High tech medicine
High-tech medical interventions are placed in an area of tension due to a short life-cycle, budget constraints and efficacy/ safety aspects. These AIHTA reports support decision-making based on the best available evidence.
Research projects
Evaluation of individual medical procedures - MEL 2017
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project co-operation: LBI-HTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2016 – April 2017
Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) therapy as prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients at risk
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Sabine Ettinger
& Mirjana Huic
Duration: May 2016 – November 2016
Suggested by: Representatives of federal states in Austria
Publication: Decision Support Document No. 103: https://eprints.aihta.at/1109/
Evaluation of individual medical procedures - MEL 2016
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project co-operation: LBI-HTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2015 – April 2016
Publications
Thrombectomy for patients with ischemic stroke
Duration: May 2015 – March 2016
Publication: Decision Support Document No. 95: https://eprints.aihta.at/1084/
Addendum to: Options and strategies to drive appropriate use of MRI in Austria II
Agnes Kisser & Christoph Naimer
Duration: April 2015 - October 2015
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 80b: https://eprints.aihta.at/1090/
Robotic-assisted surgery: A systematic review of effectiveness and safety for elected indications and accumulating costs
Duration: May 2015 – November 2015
Publication: LBI-HTA Projektbericht No. 84: https://eprints.aihta.at/1077/
HTA Strategy for Lithuania
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Claudia Wild, Tarquin Mittermayr
Duration: February 2015 - July 2015
Publication: HTA Decision Support Document No. 90a: https://eprints.aihta.at/1064/
Evaluation of individual medical procedures - MEL 2015
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project co-operation: LBI-HTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2014 – April 2015
Publications
Positron emission tomography/ Computer tomography (PET/ CT): need-assessment for planning
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Claudia Wild
Duration: September 2014 - December 2014
Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 77: https://eprints.aihta.at/1045
Opportunities and strategies to drive appropriate use of MRI in Austria
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Julia Mayer-Ferbas
Duration: April 2014 – November 2014
Publication: HTA Projektbericht Nr. 80: https://eprints.aihta.at/1043/