Using the MRC Framework for Complex Interventions to Develop Clinical Decision Support: a Case Study

Dowding, D.; Lichtner, V.; Closs, S.J.é

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 235: 544-548

2017


ISSN/ISBN: 1879-8365
PMID: 28423852
Document Number: 694068
The Medical Research Council (MRC) framework for complex interventions provides useful guidance to assist with the development and evaluation of health technology interventions such as decision support. In this paper we briefly summarise a project that focused on designing a decision support intervention to assist with the recognition, assessment and management of pain in patients with dementia in an acute hospital setting. We reflect on our experience of using the MRC framework to guide our study design, and highlight the importance of considering decision support interventions as complex interventions.

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