Meanwhile, in a further development with huge implications for reducing food waste, trials of technology aimed at prolonging the life of fresh produce have proved successful.
There are few published trials of technology-guided sedation and those published do not demonstrate benefit [ 19].
There is accruing evidence that information technology can improve patient health care, with several trials of technology showing smaller numbers of medication errors, or can provide earlier detection of adverse events.
The article by Bates and Gawande [ 4] describes several trials of technology that have reduced medication errors, decreased errors of omission from poor handoffs between clinicians and provided earlier detection of adverse events.
In this paper, the concept of distributed cognition is used to inform the design, development and trialling of technologies to support Crime Scene Examination is reported.
This definition of clinical research captures research on mechanisms of disease, therapeutic intervention, clinical trials, development of technologies, epidemiological and behavioral studies and outcomes as well as health services research.
As appropriate, ACRIN conducts small, rapid pilot trials of emerging technologies to determine whether a technology is ready for a more definitive trial and to gain insight as to what are the appropriate goals for such a trial.
For example, Kupermann and colleagues [ 5], in a randomized controlled trial of technology for the early detection of adverse events, showed an 11% reduction in time to treatment and a 29% reduction in the duration of dangerous conditions to patients.
He told the team he was interested in research and willing to take part in trials of new technologies.
An understanding of the health of potential volunteers in Africa is essential for the safe and efficient conduct of clinical trials, particularly for trials of preventive technologies such as vaccines that enroll healthy individuals.
