Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment

Laura is the Head of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Unit at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. She has over 20 years of experience in evaluative research, specifically in HTA. She also serves as chair of the HTAi Policy Forum. Previously, she has worked in the Catalan Ministry of Health and was the co-founder of the Catalan Agency per HTA. She has been the coordinator of the European Project AdHopHTA (Adopting Hospital based HTA). Her work has focused on the development, identification, management and transfer of information to advise on the designing of strategies and policies in the areas of assessment, planning and access of medical devices, drugs, surgical procedures and other health care technologies as well as health care programs. She has published 19 articles in national journals, 24 articles in international journals, 5 books chapters written, and 38 publications for governmental organizations related to HTA and planning. She serves as a member of the Editorial Committee of the international Journal for Health Technology Assessment. Dr. Janet Martin is Director of the Centre for Medical Evidence, Decision Integrity & Clinical Impact (MEDICI), and Assistant Professor, Departments of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University in London, Canada. Her research focuses on applied health technology assessment, evidence-informed decision making, and knowledge translation (HTA&KT) in hospital and regional settings. Her research also extends to hospitals and healthcare systems in developing countries to improve essential emergency and surgical services.

1. Introduction.- 2. Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment: The Australian Experience.- 3. Hospital-Based HTA in China.- 4. Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in New Zealand.- 5. Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment in a Public-Sector Tertiary Hospital In Singapore.- 6. Hospital Based Health Technology Assessment In Denmark.- 7. Health Technology Assessment Activities in Finnish Hospitals.- 8. The ComitéD´Evaluationet de Diffusion des Technologiques (CEDIT).- 9. The HTA and Innovation Unit at Gemelli University Hospital.- 10. Hospital Based HTA at Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands: Welcome to Reality.- 11. Hospital Based Health Technology Assessment in Three Spanish Hospitals.- 12. Activity-Based HTA: Hospital-Based HTA Performed by Clinicians With Support and Quality Control - The Sahlgrenska University Hospital HTA-Centrum Experience.- 13. Hospital HTA in Switzerland.- 14. Hospital Based HTA in Turkey.- 15. The Evidence Decision SupportProgram (EDSP) within the Surgery Strategic Clinical Network (SSCN) of Alberta Health Services (AHS).- 16. Hospital HTA and Know4Go at MEDICI in London, Ontario.- 17. Technology Assessment At Sick Kids (TASK): A Health Technology Assessment Research Unit Devoted to Child Health.- 18. Hospitalbased HTA at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal.- 19. CHU de Québec - Université Laval: 10 Years Experience in HB-HTA.- 20. CHUS in Quebec.- 21. The Health Technology Assessment Unit (TAU) of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).- 22. The Penn Medicine Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Supporting the Quality, Safety and Value of Patient Care Through Evidence-Based Practice at the Systems Level.- 23. Medical Technology Assessment at Kaiser Permanente.- 24. Health Technology Assessment in aPublic Hospital in South Africa.- 25. Hospital Based HTA in Argentina: The Hospital Garrahanand Hospital El CruceExperience.- 26. The Role of Hospitals in Health Technology Assessment in Brazil.- 27. Networks In HB-HTA.- 28. View from Hospital Stake-Holders.- 29. View From Industry.- 30. Involving Patients In Hospital-Based HTA: Experiences, Approaches And Future Directions.- 31. View from Clinicians.- 32. Hospital Based HTA in 25 Organizations World-Wide: Lessons Learned.- 33. Looking to the Future of HB-HTA: The Next Frontier.