HTA Report (AHFMR)

2006-06-01

Amend, Edith, Stretch, Laurel

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is the systematic evaluation of properties, effects and/or other impacts of health care technology. Its primary purpose is to provide objective information to support health care decisions and policy making at the local, regional, national and international...

2006-01-01

Powers, Jody, Heshmati, Rahim, Dunscombe, Peter, Lee, Robert, Cooke, David, Dubetz, Meina, McKimmon, Erin, Iftody, Sandra

We present a model process that will assist health care organizations in developing and implementing a formal management system for learning from incidents. Developed specifically for the Radiation Treatment (RT) Program at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, a major cancer treatment centre in Calgary,...

2006-02-01

Wanke, Margaret, Juzwishin, Don, Chan, Liza, Thornley, Richard

The objectives of this review were: To propose a generic evaluation framework for HTA agencies to strengthen their evaluation capacity. To conduct a review of HTA agencies to understand what aspects of HTA agencies have been evaluated, approaches/methods used, outcomes of hte evaluations and to...

1997-10-01

Hailey, David, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Jacobs, Philip

This outline of issues in the assessment of telehealth is intended as a resource document for health care funders, providers and administrators. Health authorities and others in Alberta face decisions on the procurement and use of this information and communication technology. Such decisions...

2005-12-01

Hailey, David, AHFMR

Much of the activity and purpose of HTA is related to interaction with organizations and individuals with interests in the technologies that are being considered. The focus is often stakeholders with major financial or operational responsibilities for health technologies, including government...

2005-08-01

Lee, Robert, Cooke, David, Lorenzetti, Diane, Simon, Anita

This paper focuses on incident reporting systems relevant to the hospital and efforts to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes. Costs associated with incident reporting systems are included wherever possible. This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of hospital incident reporting...

1998-09-01

Homik, Joanne , Hailey. David

his report has been prepared in view of the increasing interest in ultrasound technology for diagnosis of osteoporosis. Until recently, quantitative ultrasound (QUS) was mainly being used in research settings. This procedure is still not covered by provincial fee schedules. The recent FDA...

2005-05-01

Hailey, David, AHFMR, Juzwishin, Don

The intent is to develop an overview as a guide to HTA managers; this paper should be regarded as a vehicle for further discussion on these issues.

2004-02-01

Kmet, Leanne M. , Cook, Linda S. , Lee, Robert C.

Appraising the quality of evidence is an important, yet difficult task, complicated by the consideration of disparate evidence. Quality checklists for assessing RCTs abound, yet it is acknowledged that even within this single study the reliability, validity, feasibility and utility of the various...

1998-03-01

Schneider, Wendy L. , Hailey, David

The present report has been prepared following a request by Alberta Health in relation to referral of patients outside the province for treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). There was interest by the department in the comparative effectiveness of the two main approaches to SRS (GK and...