Pilot Projects

"Pilot Projects" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Small-scale tests of methods and procedures to be used on a larger scale if the pilot study demonstrates that these methods and procedures can work.

Descriptor ID	D010865
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.760.750 E05.337.737 N05.715.360.775.625 N06.850.520.450.720
Concept/Terms	Pilot Projects Pilot Projects Pilot Project Project, Pilot Projects, Pilot Pilot Study Pilot Studies Studies, Pilot Study, Pilot

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pilot Projects".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [E05.318.760]
Pilot Projects [E05.318.760.750]
Evaluation Studies as Topic [E05.337]
Pilot Projects [E05.337.737]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [N05.715.360.775]
Pilot Projects [N05.715.360.775.625]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [N06.850.520.450]
Pilot Projects [N06.850.520.450.720]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pilot Projects".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pilot Projects" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pilot Projects" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 715 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 51 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	2	2
1996	0	4	4
1997	0	2	2
1998	0	6	6
1999	0	4	4
2000	0	5	5
2001	0	7	7
2002	0	11	11
2003	0	14	14
2004	0	14	14
2005	0	12	12
2006	0	13	13
2007	0	15	15
2008	0	20	20
2009	0	27	27
2010	1	31	32
2011	0	38	38
2012	0	35	35
2013	0	34	34
2014	1	30	31
2015	0	37	37
2016	0	39	39
2017	1	50	51
2018	0	35	35
2019	0	48	48
2020	0	34	34
2021	0	41	41
2022	0	24	24
2023	0	28	28
2024	0	38	38
2025	0	14	14

Below are the most recent publications written about "Pilot Projects" by people in Profiles.

Ito Fukunaga M, Wiener RS, Toomey S, Wagner J, Shi Q, Balakrishnan K, Nguyen A, Nguyen D, McKee MD, Bankier AA, Sadasivam RS, Crawford SL, Han PK, Houston TK, Mazor KM. Previsit Preparation for Shared Decision-Making in Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care Using a Paper Decision Aid and an Automated Text Messaging Program: Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Sep 17; 9:e69044.

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Friedmann PD, Wilson D, Stopka TJ, Bernson D, Pivovarova E, Ferguson W, Hoskinson RA, Rottapel RE, Bovell-Ammon B, Gaba A, Morgan JR, Senst T, Hayes E, Evans EA. Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in County Jails - Outcomes after Release. N Engl J Med. 2025 Sep 11; 393(10):994-1003.

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Hayden CMT, Busa MA, Smith ZH, Nagarajan R, Arieta LR, Kent JA. Skeletal muscle energetics during submaximal contractions are linked to metabolic performance during ambulatory exercise: A pilot study in male adults. Physiol Rep. 2025 Aug; 13(16):e70528.

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Griggs S, Howard Q, Armentrout BL, Pignatiello GA, Strohl KP, Crawford SL, Li CR, Leuchtag M, Hickman RL. A Randomized Pilot Cognitive Behavioral Sleep Health Trial for Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes. Behav Sleep Med. 2025 Sep-Oct; 23(5):685-697.

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Goldfine CE, Wilson JM, Kaithamattam J, Hasdianda MA, Mancey K, Rehding A, Schreiber KL, Chai PR, Weiner SG. Randomized Trial of Self-Selected Music Intervention on Pain and Anxiety in Emergency Department Patients with Musculoskeletal Back Pain. West J Emerg Med. 2025 Jun 25; 26(4):1112-1119.

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Anderson ML, Wilkins AM, Hostovsky S, Pici-D'Ottavio E, Aldalur A, McGinnis F, Meza K. Psychotherapy research in the deaf community: pilot clinical trial lessons learned. J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2025 Jun 20; 30(3):315-323.

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Morgan J, Cahill J, Ritchie C, Zhang L, Gazarian P. Methods of Piloting an Abstraction Tool to Describe Family Engagement in the Hospital Setting: Retrospective Chart Review. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Jun 03; 9:e66549.

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Peacock-Chambers E, Jurkowski BL, Kangas S, DeCoste C, McMahon TJ, Borelli JL, Feinberg E, Byatt N, Zayde A, Lowell AF, Friedmann PD. Home-based family recovery supports: Feasibility, acceptability, and adoption of training home visitors in "Mothering from the Inside Out". Infant Ment Health J. 2025 Sep; 46(5):517-535.

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Bachman SL, Leonard-Corzo KS, Blankenship JM, Busa MA, Serviente C, Limoges MW, Marcotte RT, Clay I, Lyden K. Returning Individualized Wearable Sensor Results to Older Adult Research Participants: A Pilot Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 Apr 07; 80(5).

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Mahmud A, Brown MC, Wong ES, Ornelas IJ, Wellman R, Pardee R, Mun S, Singer A, Westbrook E, Barnes K, Haan HD, Lewis CC. Comparison of clinic-based assistance versus a centralized call center on patient-reported social needs: findings from a randomized pilot social health integration program. BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 28; 25(1):1171.

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