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Evidence and follow-up for clinics and manufacturers

Practical guides on patient questionnaires, longitudinal follow-up, clinical evidence and the data needed after a treatment or device reaches patients.

How not to leave PMS to the last minute as a medical device manufacturer

Why product-linked post-market surveillance needs to start early, especially when national registries do not cover every SKU.

Post-market surveillance & PMCF
Real-world evidence
Registries
Medical device regulations
Medical device manufacturers
Regulatory
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Which knee questionnaire to use for your research?

How to balance publication expectations, patient burden, subscales, licensing and cost when choosing a primary knee outcome measure.

PROMs & PREMs
Clinicians
HEOR
Medical device manufacturers
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The data you need to sell is the data MDR already wants

How product-linked follow-up can support both post-market clinical follow-up and market-access conversations.

Post-market surveillance & PMCF
Real-world evidence
Medical device regulations
Medical device manufacturers
Regulatory
Market access
HEOR
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A knee registry that tracks recovery hard, then checks in lightly to year five

Denser PROMs in year one, light annual follow-up to year five, shared across arthroplasty, sports, and patellofemoral care.

Registries
PROMs & PREMs
Clinicians
Medical device manufacturers
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3 real benefits of remote patient monitoring in clinical practice

Where remote patient monitoring actually helps: replacing wasted appointments, capturing recovery trends, and expanding clinical capacity.

Remote patient monitoring
Clinicians
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Decentralised clinical studies: collecting real-world data without the CRO price tag

A practical guide for medical device manufacturers and clinical researchers running remote longitudinal studies and PMCF data collection.

Clinical studies
Real-world evidence
Pharma
Biotech
Medical device manufacturers
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Digital health tracking: what actually works in clinical practice

A practical guide for clinicians introducing digital patient tracking and outcome measures without adding administrative chaos.

Remote patient monitoring
Clinicians
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Automated patient management: scheduled follow-up without the admin burden

How scheduled reminders, automated questionnaire delivery, and triage dashboards streamline routine musculoskeletal follow-up.

Remote patient monitoring
Clinicians
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State of shockwave therapy

How extracorporeal shockwave therapy works, what the evidence supports and how it is used in UK practice.

Treatments & evidence
Clinicians
Distributors
Medical device manufacturers
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State of hyaluronic acid injections

An evidence-led overview of intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections and their practical role in musculoskeletal care.

Treatments & evidence
Clinicians
Pharma
Distributors
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State of PRP injections

An evidence-based overview of platelet-rich plasma therapy in musculoskeletal medicine, with a focus on UK practice.

Treatments & evidence
Clinicians
Biotech
Distributors
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Digital vs traditional patient symptom tracking

A comparison of paper-based and digital symptom tracking across data quality, cost and patient participation.

Clinical studies
Remote patient monitoring
Clinicians
Pharma
Medical device manufacturers
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Efficient patient-initiated follow-up after orthopaedic injections

How digital pain diaries can support patient-initiated follow-up and reduce unnecessary routine appointments.

Remote patient monitoring
Clinicians
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Remote patient monitoring: cost savings for healthcare providers

The operational and financial case for replacing some routine follow-up with remote monitoring.

Remote patient monitoring
Clinicians
HEOR
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Foot & ankle PROMs: a clinician's guide

Which validated questionnaires suit foot and ankle surgery, and why AOFAS may no longer be the best default.

PROMs & PREMs
Clinicians
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7 Proven Strategies to Boost Patient Engagement with PROMs

Struggling with low PROM completion rates? Learn the 7 evidence-based principles that help clinicians achieve 90%+ patient engagement with outcome measures.

PROMs & PREMs
Clinicians
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These articles combine published research with what we have learnt from running questionnaire-based follow-up in practice. Where the evidence or our experience has limits, we say so.