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Health Technology Assessment and Biomedical Engineering: Global trends, gaps and opportunities [PDF]
The diffusion of medical devices is expanding at an astonishing rate. The increasing number of novel patents per year suggests this growth will continue. In contrast to drugs, medical devices are intrinsically dependent on the environment in which they are used and how they are maintained.
Leandro Pecchia, Ernesto Iadanza
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Health technology assessment. Evaluation of biomedical innovative technologies.
This article describes health technology assessment (HTA) as an evaluation tool that applies systematic methods of inquiry to the generation and use of health technologies and new products. The focus of this article is on the contributions of HTA to the management of the new product development effort in the biomedical organization.
TURCHETTI, Giuseppe +2 more
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Background Improvement of medical content in Biomedical Engineering curricula based on a qualitative assessment process or on a comparison with another high-standard program has been approached by a number of studies. However, the quantitative assessment
Enas Abdulhay +3 more
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Early stage Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of biomedical devices. The MATCH experience [PDF]
Early stage Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of biomedical devices requires different methods than those usually employed for pharmaceuticals. This paper reviews widely used methods for HTA, discusses their limits for early stage evaluation of ...
L. Pecchia, M. P. Craven
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Agreement between two methods for assessment of maximal inspiratory pressure in patients weaning from mechanical ventilation [PDF]
Background Respiratory muscle strength in patients with an artificial airway is commonly assessed as the maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) and is measured using analogue or digital manometers.
Emanuelle Olympia Silva Ribeiro +8 more
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Research gaps identified in Iran’s health technology assessment reports
Introduction Identifying gaps in the evidence is a useful byproduct of conducting a health technology assessment (HTA). This study aims to identify research gaps in Iran’s HTA reports.
Farideh Mohtasham +2 more
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COST ESTIMATE FOR THE MONTHLY SET UP AND OPERATION OF A TELECONSULTATION ROOM
Objective: to estimate the cost of setting up and monthly operation of a teleconsultation room. Method: descriptive study, carried out by means of a survey of direct and indirect costs for setting up and monthly operation of a teleconsultation room in ...
Tallita Mello Delphino +3 more
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Population-based screening – the difficulty of how to do more good than harm and how to achieve it
Screening people without symptoms of disease is an attractive idea. Screening allows early detection of disease or elevated risk of disease, and has the potential for improved treatment and reduction of mortality.
M Zwahlen +6 more
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Background During the aging process, cognitive functions and performance of the muscular and neural system show signs of decline, thus making the elderly more susceptible to disease and death.
Veronica de Lima Gonçalves +7 more
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