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Block design allowed for control of the Hawthorne effect in a randomized controlled trial of test ordering

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Diagnostic Imaging Practice Guidelines for Musculoskeletal Complaints in Adults—An Evidence-Based Approach: Introduction

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Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of lumbar spine x-ray for low back pain in UK primary care practice

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Using theory to improve low back pain care in Australian Aboriginal primary care: a mixed method single cohort pilot study

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Primary care referrals for lumbar spine radiography: diagnostic yield and clinical guidelines.

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Republished: How to study improvement interventions: a brief overview of possible study types

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Explaining variation in GP referral rates for x-rays for back pain

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Developing implementation science to improve the translation of research to address low back pain: A critical review

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Investigation and management of iron deficiency anaemia in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a simple management prompt

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Randomized controlled trials in de-implementation research: a systematic scoping review

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Adoption and use of guidelines for whiplash: an audit of insurer and health professional practice in New South Wales, Australia

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Effect of an Individualized Audit and Feedback Intervention on Rates of Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Imaging Requests by Australian General Practitioners

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Improving clinical practice in stroke through audit: results of three rounds of National Stroke Audit

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Implementing Evidence-Based Guidelines for Radiography in Acute Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study in a Chiropractic Community

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Improving the care for people with acute low-back pain by allied health professionals (the ALIGN trial): A cluster randomised trial protocol

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Enhancing clinician and patient understanding of radiology reports: a scoping review of international guidelines

Farmer, C., Bourne, A., O’Connor, D. A., Jarvik, J. G., & Buchbinder, R. (2020) · Insights into Imaging · doi:10.1186/s13244-020-00864-9 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

Assessing the Long-term Effect of Educational Reminder Messages on Primary Care Radiology Referrals

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To what extent can behaviour change techniques be identified within an adaptable implementation package for primary care? A prospective directed content analysis

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What is the evidence on interventions to manage referral from primary to specialist non-emergency care? A systematic review and logic model synthesis

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Translating clinicians' beliefs into implementation interventions (TRACII): A protocol for an intervention modeling experiment to change clinicians' intentions to implement evidence-based practice

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Clinical practice guidelines

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Prospective use of serial questionnaires to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in suspected lung cancer

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Educational Interventions for Implementation of Arthritis Clinical Practice Guidelines in Primary Care: Effects on Health Professional Behavior

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Effectiveness of GP access to magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: a randomised trial

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Does a joint development and dissemination of multidisciplinary guidelines improve prescribing behaviour: a pre/post study with concurrent control group and a randomised trial

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Next-generation audit and feedback for inpatient quality improvement using electronic health record data: a cluster randomised controlled trial

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The Enhancing Secondary Prevention in Coronary Artery Disease trial

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Economic Evaluation of Active Implementation versus Guideline Dissemination for Evidence-Based Care of Acute Low-Back Pain in a General Practice Setting

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Reducing Inappropriate Lumbar Spine MRI for Low Back Pain: Radiology Support, Communication and Alignment Network

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The 2 × 2 cluster randomized controlled factorial trial design is mainly used for efficiency and to explore intervention interactions: a systematic review

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Justification and active guideline implementation for spine radiography referrals in primary care

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Consumer understanding of terms used in imaging reports requested for low back pain: a cross-sectional survey

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General practitioners’ knowledge of whiplash guidelines improved with online education

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Feasibility and acceptability of a computerised system with automated reminders for prescribing behaviour in primary care

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The DAMASK trial protocol: a pragmatic randomised trial to evaluate whether GPs should have direct access to MRI for patients with suspected internal derangement of the knee

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Assessing the Long-term Effect of Educational Reminder Messages on Primary Care Radiology Referrals

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Influence of postal distribution of The Royal College of Radiologists' guidelines, together with feedback on radiological referral rates, on X-ray referrals from general practice: a randomized controlled trial

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Effect of an Individualized Audit and Feedback Intervention on Rates of Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Imaging Requests by Australian General Practitioners

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Randomized controlled trial of the effect of the Royal College of Radiologists' guidelines on general practitioners' referrals for radiographic examination.

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The use of radiological guidelines to achieve a sustained reduction in the number of radiographic examinations of the cervical spine, lumbar spine and knees performed for GPs

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