scholarly journals Rapid Reviews with Health-Technology Assessments in Reimbursement Systems – an Examination of Ireland as a Case Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. grhta.5000250
Author(s):  
Aileen Murphy ◽  
Sandra Redmond
Keyword(s):  
Health Technology ◽  
Rapid Reviews

scholarly journals Automation in Systematic, Scoping and Rapid Reviews by an NLP Toolkit: A Case Study in Enhanced Living Environments

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eftim Zdravevski ◽  
Petre Lameski ◽  
Vladimir Trajkovik ◽  
Ivan Chorbev ◽  
Rossitza Goleva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Reviews ◽  
Living Environments

Impact of CEDIT recommendations: An example of health technology assessment in a hospital network

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Bodeau-Livinec ◽  
Emmanuelle Simon ◽  
Catherine Montagnier-Petrissans ◽  
Marie-Eve Joël ◽  
Elisabeth Féry-Lemonnier
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Good Match ◽  
French Hospital ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Widespread Interest

Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess the impact of CEDIT (French Committee for the Assessment and Dissemination of Technological Innovations) recommendations on the introduction of technological innovations within the AP-HP (Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris), the French hospital network to which this body is attached.Methods: In 2002, a study based on semidirective interviews of fourteen people affected by these recommendations and a case study relating to thirteen recommendations issued between 1995 and 1998 were conducted.Results: The CEDIT is very scientifically reputable among interviewees. There is generally widespread interest for the recommendations. They are used as decision-making tools by administrative staff and as negotiating instruments by doctors in their dealings with management. Based on the case study, ten of thirteen recommendations had an impact on the introduction of the technology in health establishments. One recommendation appears not to have had an impact. Furthermore, the impact of two technologies was impossible to assess.Conclusions: This study highlights the significant impact of recommendations arising from a structure that is attached to a hospital network and the good match between CEDIT's objectives and its assignments.

From Idea to Use

2012 ◽  
pp. 1037-1053
Author(s):  
Henrik Enquist
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information System ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Stakeholder Interests ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research Team

The objective of the case study presented here was to develop and investigate the use of a novel e-health technology called the Memory Stone. This personal device was intended to be used for storing information and enabling communication with the healthcare information system. It would also serve as an intimate repository during the pregnancy, and as such, function as a learning tool during the course of a pregnancy. Using a participatory design approach, the work was performed in collaboration between a multidisciplinary research team, ten pregnant women, and eight healthcare professionals including midwives, general practitioners and medical specialists. In this chapter, some more or less problematic issues encountered during the case study will be discussed and put forward as topics to be considered in future research concerning e-health technology. This discussion includes areas such as initiative versus creativity, methodological issues, stakeholder interests, and other difficulties when introducing novel information technology in a healthcare context.

Challenges Facing Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting and Counterfeit Drugs Monitoring

2018 ◽  
pp. 135-154
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Adverse Drug Reactions ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Drug Reactions ◽  
Counterfeit Drugs ◽  
Notification System ◽  
Republic Of Benin ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Reporting Method

This chapter investigates in a case study the limitations of adverse drug reactions reporting (ADRr) and the challenges facing counterfeit drugs monitoring in the African developing countries with a focus on the Republic of Benin and proposes solutions to improve the adverse drug reporting method and infrastructures as well as the counterfeit drugs monitoring. The study aims at implementing an ADRr system using the m-health technology to overcome the limitations and ease the use of the “yellow card” in the developing world. Furthermore, a real-time notification system is provided to promptly disseminate among the populations any registered and proved ADR.

scholarly journals Cardiovascular Paediatric Medicines Development: Have Paediatric Investigation Plans Lost Heart?

Pharmaceutics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1176
Author(s):  
Bethany Faulkner ◽  
M. Begoña Delgado-Charro
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
European Medicines Agency ◽  
Therapeutic Area ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Off Label Use ◽  
Off Label ◽  
Treat Heart Failure ◽  
Paediatric Medicines

This work aimed to establish whether paediatric needs in cardiovascular diseases have been met by paediatric investigation plans (PIPs) produced since the development of the European Union Paediatric Regulation in 2007. The European Medicines Agency repository was searched for patterns in the development of paediatric medicines in general. Next, positive PIPs related to cardiovascular diseases were scrutinized for outcomes and compared to specific paediatric cardiovascular needs. In total, 1866 PIPs were identified with 12% corresponding to decisions taken for cardiovascular medicines. However, despite this therapeutic area having the greatest number of overall PIPs, only 14% of established needs in paediatric cardiovascular diseases were addressed by PIPs with positive decisions. Further, 71.9% of PIPs with decisions in cardiovascular disease corresponded to full waivers, so the product would not be studied in paediatrics. Despite the progress found in overall numbers of PIPs published, cardiovascular products are still commonly used off-label in paediatrics. Particularly, there is a need to develop products to treat heart failure and hypertension, two areas with clear unmet clinical needs in paediatrics. A case study on valsartan showed that industry, regulators, health technology assessment bodies, and prescribers should work together to reduce off-label use of paediatric cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

From translational research to open technology innovation systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Savory ◽  
Joyce Fortune
Keyword(s):  
Translational Research ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quadruple Helix Model

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to question whether the emphasis placed within translational research on a linear model of innovation provides the most effective model for managing health technology innovation. Several alternative perspectives are presented that have potential to enhance the existing model of translational research. A case study is presented of innovation of a clinical decision support system. The paper concludes from the case study that an extending the triple helix model of technology transfer, to one based on a quadruple helix, present a basis for improving the performance translational research. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach is used to help understand development of an innovative technology within a teaching hospital. The case is then used to develop and refine a model of the health technology innovation system. Findings – The paper concludes from the case study that existing models of translational research could be refined further through the development of a quadruple helix model of heath technology innovation that encompasses greater emphasis on user-led and open innovation perspectives. Research limitations/implications – The paper presents several implications for future research based on the need to enhance the model of health technology innovation used to guide policy and practice. Practical implications – The quadruple helix model of innovation that is proposed can potentially guide alterations to the existing model of translational research in the healthcare sector. Several suggestions are made for how innovation activity can be better supported at both a policy and operational level. Originality/value – This paper presents a synthesis of the innovation literature applied to a theoretically important case of open innovation in the UK National Health Service. It draws in perspectives from other industrial sectors and applies them specifically to the management and organisation of innovation activities around health technology and the services in which they are embedded.

OP124 Research Gaps In Health Technology Assessment In Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (S1) ◽  
pp. 47-48
Author(s):  
Erica Ell ◽  
Betânia Leite ◽  
Dalila Gomes ◽  
Daniela Rego ◽  
Lenilson Gonçalvez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Rapid Reviews

Introduction:In 2017 the Brazilian Ministry of Health (BMH), through the Department of Science and Technology (DECIT) and in partnership with the Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz (HAOC), financially supported research activities focused on health technology assessment (HTA) on topics deemed important by the BMH. The aim was to help resolve the priority health problems of the Brazilian population and to strengthen the management of the Unified Health System, within the scope of HTA.Methods:A survey of HTA research needs was carried out in all BMH sectors through internal meetings conducted by representatives from each of the sectors. The problems and needs were then discussed, prioritized, and transformed into research lines in a workshop sponsored jointly by DECIT and the HAOC. Following this, a specific public call was made to the HTA community to comment on the prioritized research lines. The submitted research projects were then judged and selected by a committee of experts in the field. The approved projects were contracted, and when the projects were completed the results were presented and discussed by the researchers in a final seminar for representatives of the BMH technical areas.Results:A total of 135 research gaps were identified, of which forty-two lines of research were included in the research call after the prioritization workshop and the search for evidence in the literature. The call involved an amount of BRL one million (USD 280,442), and seventeen research projects were financed, including two systematic reviews, seven rapid reviews, and eight economic evaluations.Conclusions:The promotion of research by the BMH has enabled the search for scientific evidence to support public policies and decision making in health services.

Health technology assessment and ill-structured problems: A case study concerning the drug mebeverine

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margriet Moret-Hartman ◽  
Gert Jan van der Wilt ◽  
John Grin
Keyword(s):  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Problem Definition ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Structured Problems ◽  
Irritable Bowel

Objectives:The practical significance of health technology assessment (HTA) in policy decisions or clinical practice has been challenged. Possibly, problem definitions underlying HTA do not concur sufficiently with the problem definitions held by policy makers or clinicians. We performed an in-depth case study on mebeverine, a drug prescribed to patients with irritable bowel syndrome, to explore this hypothesis.Methods:The theoretical framework was provided by the theory of argumentative policy analysis. We analyzed documents and held semistructured interviews to collect data. We reconstructed interpretative frames to analyze actors' argumentation.Results:The funding and usage problems relating to mebeverine were ill-structured. Actors disagreed on the information needed and the norms at stake. As a result, the problem definition shifted, and the resulting problem definitions failed to correspond with the problems perceived by the target populations.Conclusions:To ensure that future studies on healthcare problems are useful, it is imperative that policy makers take the problem definitions of potential users into account.

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