Sentence examples for indicator protocol from inspiring English sources

Items on the questionnaire were adapted from the European Addiction Severity Index (EuropASI), the Treatment Demand Indicator Protocol (TDI) and other questions, which were relevant for evaluation of treatment needs and clinical monitoring of clients.

This indicator testing protocol is one example of a protocol that may be useful in assessing potential quality indicators when adapted to specific country health care settings and may be of use to policy-makers and researchers worldwide to test the likely effect of implementing indicators prior to roll out.

The indicator testing protocol consists of two stages: indicator development and indicator testing (see Figure 1).

Based on the evidence obtained from piloting, twelve indicators passed the indicator testing protocol.

Pilot 1 (October 2009-March 2010) involved thirteen indicators across six clinical domains and twelve indicators passed the indicator testing protocol.

We describe the methodologies and results of an indicator testing protocol (ITP) using data from proposed quality indicators for the United Kingdom Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).

Using an indicator testing protocol as part of piloting was seen as a valuable way of testing potential indicators in 'real world' settings.

However, prior to 2009 there was no published indicator testing protocol for the development and piloting of quality indicators in the UK.

In this paper we have described the indicator testing protocol for assessing potential new QOF indicators using 'real time' examples from the first pilot (October 2009-March 2010).

However, the indicator testing protocol identified a number of implementation issues and unintended consequences that can be rectified or removed prior to national roll out.

This paper describes the multiple stage development and piloting processes of the indicator testing protocol that we developed as part of the process of piloting indicators for the UK QOF.