Information service on new and emerging health technologies: Identification and prioritization processes for a European Unionwide newsletter

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.S2, 2009, Pages 48-55

  Wild, Claudia ^a   Simpson, Sue ^b   Douw, Karla ^c   Geiger Gritsch, Sabine ^a,d   Mathis, Stefan ^a   Langer, Thomas ^e  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e Arztliches Zentrum fur Qualitat in der Medizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early warning; Health technology assessment; Horizon scanning

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS INFORMATION; CORE SET; EARLY WARNING; ELECTRONIC INFORMATION; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; HORIZON SCANNING; INFORMATION SOURCES; ON-DEMAND; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRIORITIZATION; PRIORITIZATION PROCESS; SHARING INFORMATION;

HEALTH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SCANNING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EUROPEAN UNION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PUBLICATION; READING; RECIPIENT; RESEARCH PRIORITY;

EUROPEAN UNION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 75149139594     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462309990687     Document Type: Article

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