INAHTA Newsletter

Minutes from the Board meetings in 2009

Minutes from INAHTA Board meetings in 2009 are published on the website.
Following topics were discussed by the Board on November 26, 2009:

   G-I-N meeting, November 2-3, 2009

   INAHTA/HTAi Working Group on Ethical Issues

   Working Group on External Communication

   Observer at the HTAi Board

                   Download minutes here

New INAHTA Briefs publications

Following INAHTA Briefs summaries are now updated on the website:

Diagnostic Tests and Algorithms Used in the Investigation of Hematuria, NETCCS, UK

CT and MRI for Selected Clinical Disorders, CADTH, Canada

Bioengineered Skin Substitutes for the Management of Burns, ASERNIP-S, Australia 

Efficacy of Patient Isolation for the Control of Airborne Infections in Hospitals, NOKC, Norway

Click here for more Briefs publications

Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making - Call for abstracts

The 13th Biennial European Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM), which will take place from May 30 to June 2, 2010, in the city of Hall/Tyrol in Austria. The conference venue will be UMIT - University for Health Sciences in a modern building located close to the beautiful medieval town center, surrounded by the wonderful mountains of Tyrol.

The conference will begin with short courses on Sunday, May 30, followed by a reception on Sunday night. The conference will include plenary sessions, oral presentations, posters, workshops, panel discussions, and Special Symposia on Public Health Decision Making and Personalized Decision Making.

              Click here for more information

HTA-related courses

 Following courses have been published on the INAHTA website:

Systematic reviews for HTA and Pharmacoeconomics: their role in reimbursement decisions

International HTA course at UMIT

Economic evaluations & economic evidence in healthcare: finding information to inform technology assessments & economic models

                  Read more here

INAHTA ListServ summaries

Summares of ListServ responses are available at the Members-Only section:

Requirements for HTA consultants, issued by Stahecca, Lithuania

Ion carbon radiotherapy, issued by HAS, France

Radical Prostatectomy, issued by NHS-QIS, Scotland, UK

                      Download summaries here

Please contact the Secretariat if you would like to comment on previous announcements or publish a new one in the Members-Only update.