Implementing information technology projects requires a calculated process to prevent failure. At the same time application of information technology in organizations faces various potential risks. Exploring information technology environment in organizations reveals the potential risks and provides a structure for comprehensive risk management. There are various methods available for risk mana...

Implementing information technology projects requires a calculated process to prevent failure. At the same time application of information technology in organizations faces various potential risks. Exploring information technology environment in organizations reveals the potential risks and provides a structure for comprehensive risk management. There are various methods available for risk mana...

The Global Fund is experiencing increased pressure to optimize results and improve its impact per dollar spent. It is also in transition from a provider of emergency funding, to a long-term, sustainable financing mechanism. This paper assesses the efficacy of current Global Fund investment and examines how health technology assessments (HTAs) can be used to provide guidance on the relative prio...

OBJECTIVES To develop a framework for defining the potential value of diagnostic testing, and discuss its implications for the health-care delivery system. METHODS We reviewed the conceptual and empirical literature related to the valuing of diagnostic tests, and used this information to create a framework for characterizing their value. We then made inferences about the impact of this framew...

In light of growing demands for public accountability, the broadening scope of health technology assessment organizations (HTAOs) activities and their increasing role in decision-making underscore the importance for them to demonstrate their performance. Based on Parson's social action theory, we propose a conceptual model that includes four functions an organization needs to balance to perform...

BACKGROUND Authors from the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) presented an analysis of submissions to the Common Drug Review (CDR) between 2004 and February 3, 2016 for drugs for rare disorders (disorders with a prevalence of <50 per 100,000). OBJECTIVE The aim of this analysis was to examine the same CDR submissions to evaluate whether the negative reimbursement re...

OBJECTIVES This review assessed current practice in the preparation of rapid reviews by health technology assessment (HTA) organizations, both internationally and in the Australian context, and evaluated the available peer-reviewed literature pertaining to the methodology used in the preparation of these reviews. METHODS A survey tool was developed and distributed to a total of fifty Internat...

Recommendations already exist on how to write a structured abstract for the INAHTA Database (http://agatha.york.ac.uk/htahp.htm). The abstract must be written in English. In 392 INTL. J. OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE 18:2, 2002 Best practice in undertaking and reporting HTA Table 15. Data To Be Included in an English Structured Abstract Title: first title in English, then original tit...

PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY In Canada, the CADTH Common Drug Review helps ensure that scarce health care resources are used to fund the most effective drugs. Clinicians, researchers, payers, and patients all have important, but potentially different, ideas on what should be considered, to determine a drug's value. Since 2010, CADTH has invited patient groups to contribute their perspectives to the C...