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    Evidence generation plan

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    6 Implementation considerations

    Companies should work with providers and NHS teams to begin evidence generation. Planning for a period for the setup of the technology is advised. The following considerations around implementing the evidence generation process have been identified through working with system partners:

    • Companies should provide training for staff in using the technology, when support is needed. The training and implementation period should be before the data collection period and be sufficient to account for potential learning effects.

    • Evidence generation should be overseen by a steering group including researchers, commissioners, practitioners, and people with lived experience.

    • The evidence generation process is most likely to succeed with dedicated research staff to reduce the burden on NHS staff.

    • Sites should be carefully selected to, when appropriate, maximise data collection and ensure services representative of those in the NHS are included.

    • Careful planning of the approach to information governance is vital. The company should ensure that appropriate structures and policies are in place to ensure that the data is handled in a confidential and secure manner and to appropriate ethical and quality standards.

    The following barriers for implementing the evidence generation process have been identified through working with system partners:

    • the availability of research funds for data collection, analysis and reporting, as well as NHS funding to cover the costs of implementing the technologies in clinical practice

    • lack of expertise and staff to collect data

    • burden on clinical staff, such as the need to have training before implementation, data collection and follow up

    • variable levels of technological literacy affecting uptake and use of the technologies

    • support for languages other than English in the technologies affecting their uptake and use.

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