Applied Technologies for Clinical Care is led by Professor Louise Rose and focuses on technological innovations and the use of new evidence-based technologies in clinical care.
The team explores current technological applications and de-implementation of outdated technologies and technology-related patient or supporter-reported outcome measures. Methodological expertise includes n-of-1 studies, randomised controlled trials, co-design, and implementation science (process evaluation, big data, outcome measurement).
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Methodologies is led by Professor Glenn Robert and centres on the application and investigation of a range of methodological approaches. Division members apply these approaches to issues relating to nursing, midwifery and maternity care as well the broad co-production of:
- Sociological and anthropological studies of healthcare
- Discourse and conversation analysis in healthcare settings
- Narrative inquiry as applied to healthcare (Voice-Centred Relational Method)
- Co-design and co-production of health and social care
- Clinical trials through our specialist Nightingale Saunders Clinical Trials & Epidemiology Unit facilities
- Historical studies of healthcare practices
- Policy studies
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The Cicely Saunders Institute is led by Professor Richard Harding. Research in the Institute is built on four themes:
- Evaluating and improving care for people with cancer, respiratory disease, heart failure, liver, kidney and neurological disorders.
- Symptom research. Discovering new ways of controlling common distressing symptoms, including pain, breathlessness, nausea, fatigue and spasticity, and undertaking clinical trials into new treatments.
- Measuring outcomes. Developing and implementing robust patient-oriented measures of outcomes in palliative care and rehabilitation.
- Living and dying in society. Investigating care for older people, support for caregivers, cultural issues in palliative care and other issues reflecting how the way we live and die is changing.
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