Background:
PICO is an acronym for the framework of structured clinical questions consisting of population, intervention, comparator and outcome. Although variations, all or parts of this framework can generally be applied to most data in the medical knowledge ecosystem. An increasing number of collaborators share a common interest in harmonizing data models and representation of data in single studies, systematic reviews, guidelines and decision support systems in order to improve patient care, while reducing duplication of effort. The linkedPICO project has been established to facilitate this harmonization, to help knowledge break free of its silos and join knowledge management tools with the linked world of the semantic web.

Objectives:
With the linkedPICO project we aim to leverage modern technology to achieve easier export and import of data between knowledge management tools dealing with single studies, systematic reviews, guidelines and decision support. We further aim to establish better flow and accessibility of information through identifying and standardizing core elements centered around structured PICO questions in these tools. We have set up actual data transfers and integrations between various tools, to showcase how linking PICO data works in real life.