Papers & Publications

Wide dissemination of the work on methods for early awareness and alert systems and reports on the experiences and progress of EuroScan members in establishing systems within their own countries are an important output of the EuroScan collaboration.

Conferences to which EuroScan has made a formal contribution:

  • 15th ISTAHC Annual Meeting; Emerging Health Technologies Seminar – Edinburgh, Scotland, June 1999
  • 16th ISTAHC Annual Meeting; EUCOMED (European Confederation of Medical Devices Manufacturers) Symposium – The Hague, The Netherlands, June 18th, 2000.
  • Early Assessment of Health Technologies Symposium: Do the Risks Justify the Benefits? In collaboration with CADTH – Ottawa, Canada, October 2000.
  • Evidence and Assessment for Improved Health Care – Stockholm, Sweden, May 2001
  • Clinical Excellence 2001, National Institute of Clinical Excellence Annual Conference – London, England, December 2001.
  • Simpson S, Carlsson P, Douw K, Packer C. A comparative analysis of ealy warning systems demonstartes differences in methods and structure: a survey of Euroscanmamber agencies. 18th ISTAHC Annual Meeting; “The Challenge of Collaboration.” – Berlin, June 2002
  • 19th ISTAHC Annual Meeting; “Predicting is tough, especially when it comes to the future”, Is Horizon Scanning for Emerging Health Technologies Worthwhile? – Canmore, Canada, June 2003.
  • Bringing HTA into Practice, 2nd Annual HTAi Meeting, Rome 20th-22nd June 2005.

EuroScan Publications

Simpson S, Packer C, Carlsson P, Sanders J, Gutiérrez Ibarluzea I, Fay A-F, Norderhaug I. Early identification and assessment of new and emerging health technologies: Actions, progress, and the future direction of an international collaboration – EuroScan. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care; 24:4(2008), 518-525

Packer C, Simpson S, Stevens, A. International diffusion of new health technologies: a ten-country analysis of six health technologies. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2006; 22(4): 419-428

Relevant Member Publications

Methods

Joanna Smith, Alison Cook and Claire Packer. Evaluation criteria to assess the value of identification sources for horizon scanning, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Vol 26, no.3, July 2010, pp 348 – 353, doi:10.1017/S026646231000036X

Fung M, Simpson S, Packer C. Identification of innovation in public health, Journal of Public Health, pp1-8, doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdq045

Pluddemann A, Heneghan C, Thompson M, Roberts N, Summerton N, Linden-Phillips L, Packer C,Price CP. Prioritisation criteria for the selection of new diagnostic technologies for evaluation, BMC Health Services Research 2010,10:109 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-10-109

Wild C, Simpson S, Douw K, Geiger-Gritsch S, Mathis S and Langer T. Information service on new and emerging health technologies: Identification and prioritization processes for a European Union–wide newsletter, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 25, Supplement S2, December 2009, pp 48-55

Ibargoyen-Roteta N, Gutierrez-Ibarluzea I, Benguria-Arrate G, Galnares-Cordero L, Asua J. Differences in the identification process for new and emerging health technologies. Analysis of the EuroScan database. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2009;25(3): 367-373.

Ibargoyen-Roteta N, Gutierrez-Ibarluzea I, Asua J, Benguria-Arrate G, Galnares-Cordero L. Scanning the horizon of obsolete Technologies: possible sources for their identification. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2009;25(3):249-254.

Roberta Joppi, Luca Demattè, Anna Michela Menti,Daniela Pase, Chiara Poggiani, Luigi Mezzalira on behalf of the Italian Horizon Scanning Project Group, The Italian Horizon Scanning Project, Eur J Clin Pharmacol (2009) 65:775–78, DOI 10.1007/s00228-009-0666-z

Murphy K, Packer C, Stevens A and Simpson S. Effective early warning systems for new and emerging health technologies: developing an evaluation framework and an assessment of current systems. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2007; 23(3): 324-330.

Simpson S, Packer C, Stevens A, Raftery J. Predicting the impact of new health technologies on average length of stay: development of a prediction framework. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2005; 21(4): 487-491.

Simpson S, Hyde C, Cook A, Packer C, Stevens A. Assessing the accuracy of forecasting: applying standard diagnostic assessment tools to a health technology early warning system. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2004;20(3):381-384.

Douw K, Vondeling H, Eskildsen D, Simpson S. Use of the internet in scanning the horizon for new and emerging health technologies: a survey of agencies involved in horizon scanning. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2003: 5(1):e6

Stevens A, Milne R, Lilford R, Gabbay J. Keeping pace with new technologies: systems needed to identify and evaluate them. BMJ, 1999; 319:1291

Robert G, Stevens A, Gabbay J. Early warning systems’ for identifying new healthcare technologies. Health Technology Assessment 1999; Vol. 3: No. 13

Diffusion & Impact

Packer C, Stevens A, Cook A, Raftery J. The diffusion of thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction from 1981 to 2000 in England: trend analysis and comparison with need. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2004;20(4):531-536.

Cook A, Packer C, Stevens A, Quinn T. Influences upon the diffusion of thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction in England: case study. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care; 2004;20(4):537-544.

Booth-Clibborn N, Packer C, Stevens A. Health technology diffusion rates: statins, coronary stents and MRI in England. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2000 16(3):781-6

Systems in Countries

Nachtnebel A, Geiger-Gritsch S, Hintringer K, Wild C. Scanning the horizon – development and implementation of an early awareness system for anticancer drugs in Austria. Health Policy. 2012;104:1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.003

Packer C, The National Horizon Scanning Centre (NHSC): early warning for new and emerging health technologies in England. Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health. 2005; 9: 410-413

Carlsson P, Health technology assessment and priority setting for health policy in Sweden. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2004; 20(1):44-54.

Douw K, Vondeling H, Sorensen J, Jorgensen T, Sigmund H. The future should not take us by surprise: preparation of an early warning system in Denmark. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2004;20(3):342-350.

Hailey D, Topfer L.A, Willis F. Providing information on emerging health technologies to provincial decision makers: a pilot project. Health Policy. Oct 2001; 58 (1): 15-26

Shani S, Siebzehner M.I, Luxenburg O, Shemer J Setting priorities for the adoption of health technologies on a national level – the Israeli Experience Health Policy 2000; 54: 169-185

The International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (Vol 14 no. 4 1998) included a special section on Early Identification and Assessment of Emerging Health Technology edited by Per Carlsson (Sweden) and Torben Jørgensen (Denmark) with contributions from member organisations including:

  • An Early System for the Identification and Assessment of Future Health Care Technology: The Dutch STG Project by David Banta and Annetine Gelijns.
  • Basis for Decisions on Emerging Health Technology: A Danish Feasibility Study by Torben Jørgensen and Lars Grupe Larsen.
  • Which are the Best Information Sources for Identifying Emerging Health Care Technologies? An International Delphi Study by Glenn Robert, John Gabbay and Andrew Stevens.
  • The Identification of New Health Care Technologies by the Health Council of the Netherlands by Gabriël ten Velden.
  • Early warning of New Health Care technologies in the United Kingdom by Andrew Stevens, Claire Packer and Glenn Robert.
  • The Early Experiences of a National System for the Identification and assessment of emerging Health Care Technologies in Sweden by Per Carlsson, Henric Hultin and Johanna Törnwall.

Stevens A, Packer C, Robert G. Early warning of new health care technologies in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 1998 14(4): 680-686.

Stevens A, Robert G, Gabbay J. Identifying New Health Care Technologies in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 1997 13(1): 59-67