Use of the internet in scanning the horizon for new and emerging health technologies: A survey of agencies involved in horizon scanning

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-45

  Douw, Karla ^a,b   Vondeling, Hindrik ^a   Eskildsen, Drea ^b   Simpson, Sue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Danish Ctr Eval Hlth Technol A   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical; Health Technology; Horizon scanning; Internet; Survey; Technology Assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER NETWORK; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 3042788935     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5.1.e6     Document Type: Article

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