Some examples from different countries are communities of practice [ 14], practice-based research networks [ 15], prevention research centres [ 16], knowledge brokers [ 17, 18], evidence-informed policy networks [ 19], the Pan American Health Organization [ 20, 21], collaborating centres for public health [ 22], and collaborations for leadership in applied health research and care [ 23].
Since then, 25 iCubs have been rolled out to collaborating centres across Europe, the US and Japan via the RobotCub platform.
Two of the NHRIs were reported to have been designated as WHO collaborating centres.
WHO regional offices and collaborating centres were not covered by the survey.
The target population will be patients referred to collaborating centres for treatment of haemorrhoids.
The study has been approved by ethics committees of collaborating centres and the subjects have given informed consent.
The PRISM trial involves 39 collaborating centres ranging in size from 3 trial participants to approx 250 trial participants.
The project is still open and other intensive care units are welcomed to participate as collaborating centres.
Rather, treatment regimes were at the discretion of the local ophthalmologist/orthoptist, reflecting current practice in collaborating centres.
Development of some algorithms by collaborating centres (University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain, and the Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw, Poland).
The design group intended that the minimum dataset would evolve over time to be consistent amongst collaborating centres, as far as pragmatically possible.
