Resolve screening conflicts and discuss decisions

What counts as a conflict

A screening conflict opens when reviewers disagree between include and exclude for the same study and phase. Conflicts are tracked separately for title/abstract and full-text screening.

Maybe decisions are useful for uncertainty, but the explicit conflict queue focuses on include/exclude disagreements.

Discuss the decision

1. Open the conflict panel or the saved decision discussion in the screening workspace.
2. Read each visible reviewer judgment, note, and exclusion reason.
3. Add a threaded comment to the relevant decision when clarification is needed.
4. Resolve comment threads once the question is answered.
5. Keep the discussion concise and tied to eligibility criteria.

Resolve the conflict

1. A screening lead or project lead opens the conflict.
2. Choose the final include or exclude outcome for that phase.
3. If excluding, provide the required exclusion reason.
4. Save the resolution.
5. Coventra preserves the original reviewer decisions and records the consensus resolution with resolver and timestamp metadata.

What happens after resolution

Resolved conflicts no longer count as open conflicts in progress summaries. If a reviewer later changes or removes a decision, the project can re-evaluate the state and reopen work as needed.