Health technology assessment applied to emergency preparedness: a new perspective.
Int J Technol Assess Health Care
; 37(1): e77, 2021 Jul 16.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1315573
ABSTRACT
Emergency preparedness is a continuous quality improvement process through which roles and responsibilities are defined to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from the impact of emergencies. This process results in documented plans that provide a backbone structure for developing the core capacities to address health threats. Nevertheless, several barriers can impair an effective preparedness planning, as it needs a 360° perspective to address each component according to the best evidence and practice. Preparedness planning shares common principles with health technology assessment (HTA) as both encompass a multidisciplinary and multistakeholder approach, follow an iterative cycle, adopt a 360° perspective on the impact of intervention measures, and conclude with decision-making support. Our "Perspective" illustrates how each HTA domain can address different component(s) of a preparedness plan that can indeed be seen as a container of multiple HTAs, which can then be used to populate the entire plan itself. This approach can allow one to overcome preparedness barriers, providing an independent, systematic, and robust tool to address the components and ensuring a comprehensive evaluation of their value in the mitigation of the impact of emergencies.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Technology Assessment, Biomedical
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Civil Defense
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Disaster Planning
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Technol Assess Health Care
Journal subject:
Health Services Research
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S0266462321000465
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