Ollenschlaeger G, Maekelae M, Davis D, Marshall C, Kleijnen J, Slutsky J, Maienborn A; Health Technology Assessment International. Meeting (2nd : 2005 : Rome, Italy).
Ital J Public Health. 2005; 2: 46.
AQuMed, Berlin, Germany; FinOHTA, Helsinki, Finland; GAC, Toronto, Canada; NZGG, Wellington, New Zealand; CRD, York, UK; AHRQ, Rockville MD, USA; G-I-N, Berlin, Germany
EuroScan - the European Information Network for New and Changing Health Technologies is a collaboration of agencies involved in providing early identification and early assessment of emerging and new health technologies to regional or national governments. EuroScan's primary aim is to share and evaluate information on selected emerging health technologies or new applications of existing ones in order to address their effects and the anticipated short term and long term consequences of their use for health care and society. EuroScan was founded in 1999 and currently has thirteen member agencies (all of whom are members of INAHTA). EuroScan members fund a part-time researcher in a Secretariat within the National Horizon Scanning Centre in the UK. EuroScan activities to date have included: developing a broad understanding of early warning activities and the differences and similarities with "mainstream" HTA activities, sharing methods and sources for early identification and the early assessment of emerging health technologies, piloting and establishing an Internet based database for exchanging information on key emerging technologies, dissemination of activities in conferences and seminars, and participating in ongoing European discussions on the development of HTA and early warning systems. A searchable public-access database of early warning reports published by EuroScan member agencies on their own websites can be found on www.euroscan.bham.ac.uk. Future plans for EuroScan depend on current discussions on the direction of HTA within Europe, and the need for an ongoing discussion group to exchange and develop methods and information on horizon scanning and early warning activities.
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- Biomedical Technology
- Congresses
- Cooperative Behavior
- Delivery of Health Care
- Europe
- Forecasting
- Information Services
- Internet
- classification
- hsrmtgs
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