A previous trial of its implementation demonstrated physiotherapy to be safely withdrawn from 46% of post-operative patients with minimal risk [2].
The highest quality study in the review was the cluster randomised controlled trial of the implementation of the Thinking Healthy Program (THP), by Lady Health Workers (LHWs) who are a cadre of community health workers, in rural Pakistan [ 16].
A Norwegian randomised controlled trial of the implementation of 'Active Sick Leave' (ASL - a scheme to facilitate the use of return to work with modified activities), used educational workshops and literature to help promote general practitioner adoption for patients who were off work with back pain [ 17].
The chapter highlights three NoC-based experimental systems Berkeley's Pleiades processor, MIT's Raw machine, and STMicroelectronics' multistage reconfigurable crossbar architecture as other trials of NoC implementation.
Studies were eligible for inclusion if they examined asthma protocol implementation for clinicians or patients, evaluated an intervention and not just the design, were a clinical trial of a protocol implementation, and qualitative studies as part of a protocol intervention.
This paper describes the design of the trial, the implementation of the study protocol in a child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient unit, and the data analysis strategies.
However, to ensure that all the wards involved can benefit from the improvement brought by the Program, unless it proves to be not effective, at the conclusion of the trial the implementation of the LCP-I Program will be proposed also to the control wards.
Study Selection: Studies were included if they evaluated an asthma protocol or prompt, evaluated an intervention, a clinical trial of a protocol implementation, and qualitative studies as part of a protocol intervention.
The outcomes of a trial implementation of an invigilated, online examination at a regional university in Australia and their implications for online education providers are discussed.
