Research as part of everyday practice
Research is not a side track in SPINE. The programme runs over five years and gathers the projects under eight areas that together cover the path from the patient's experience to the technology behind it.
Preliminary overview
The programme is being established. The areas below are the framework we work from. The individual projects, timelines and success criteria are settled once the research programme lead is appointed, and approved by the steering group. This page is updated as the work progresses.
Eight areas, one connected programme
The areas are not eight separate projects. They are the questions the programme has to be able to answer, and most projects will touch several of them at once.
Patient perspective
People's experiences, priorities and expectations of technology, treatment, support and outcomes.
Clinician perspective
Health professionals' experiences and expectations of everyday clinical work, research design, outcome measures and dissemination.
Intervention development
Systematic design, refinement and testing of new elements where technology and AI form part of everyday life for patients and health professionals.
Human–technology interaction
How patients, relatives and clinicians engage with health technology and AI: usability, uptake, trust and integration into daily routines.
Implementation
Barriers and facilitators to adopting new treatments and workflows: clinically, administratively and economically.
Clinical and economic outcomes
Evaluation of symptoms, disease course and quality of life, together with the economic and environmental effects of new treatments, procedures and workflows.
Education and behaviour change
How behaviour change among clinicians is best achieved: curriculum design, teaching methods, incentives and communication.
Technology research
Development, validation and testing of new technologies, including artificial intelligence across the other seven areas.
Three tracks running in parallel
While the programme is being built, work runs along three tracks at once.
Organisation
Roles, responsibilities and interfaces between the partners are settled, and the approvals and integrations a clinical trial requires are put in place.
Programme plan
Each programme is detailed with activities, timelines, resources and success criteria, and the funding options are mapped.
Pilot trial
Three chiropractic clinics run a structured course of treatment with integrated digital patient support. Workflows, patient experience, clinical outcomes and time spent are documented along the way.
The programme's two phases
- First phase
Establishment and first trial
The organisation is built, the programme plan is detailed, and the first pilot courses are run in chiropractic practice. The phase closes with a systematic evaluation.
- Second phase
From pilot to a running programme
The content is settled once the research programme lead is appointed. The direction is set: what works in the pilot clinics must be repeatable across the rest of the network.
The project overview opens once the programme is staffed
This is where the individual projects will appear with purpose, method, participating clinics and status. Until the research programme lead is appointed, the list stays empty rather than being filled with guesses.
Clinics that want to contribute data or take part in trials are welcome to get in touch already.
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