Knowledge-based health services - Experiences with mini Health Technology Assessments
Everyone wants safe healthcare. In addition, we need to know that the methods used work, how much they cost, that they are ethically justifiable and, not least, that they can be introduced. Mini-HTAs give us a better basis for making the right decisions when introducing new methods and healthcare services. How can mini HTAs be used in your healthcare organisation?
The coronavirus pandemic has taught us how important it is to have robust authorisation processes before vaccines and other medicines are put into use. Technology entering the healthcare system must be assessed in the same way to ensure safe clinical use. In this webinar, we will familiarise ourselves with ‘mini Health Technology Assessments’ and how it can help to quality assure the basis for choosing health technologies.
The webinar will focus on the purpose of mini-HTAs, what they are suitable for, how they work and how to share experiences. Mini-HTA is a relevant tool for both hospitals and municipalities.
Presentation by Karin Borgen, special advisor at Oslo University Hospital and Helene Arentz-Hansen, senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Karin Borgen is a special advisor in the Director's Staff for Medicine, Health Sciences and Emergency Preparedness at Oslo University Hospital. She is interested in evidence-based practice in general, mini-method assessment and local professional documents in particular. She is also interested in the development, improvement and organisation of evidence-based practice in the health service, including health technology assessment and local professional documents (guidelines, etc.) in hospitals.
Helene Arentz-Hansen holds a degree in biology from the University of Munich and a PhD in immunology from the University of Oslo. She now works as a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. She is project manager for the National Resource Group for mini-HTAs.
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