Effective early warning systems for new and emerging health technologies: Developing an evaluation framework and an assessment of current systems

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-330

  Murphy, Kieran ^a   Packer, Claire ^a   Stevens, Andrew ^a   Simpson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early warning systems; Health technology assessment; Horizon scanning; Organizational efficiency

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; HORIZON SCANNING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; ITERATIVE METHODS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 34250710525     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462307070493     Document Type: Article

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