Synopsis of completed research projects
High tech medicine
Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) therapy as prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients at risk – Update 2022
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project team: Gregor Goetz
and Bernhard Wernly
Duration: May 2022 – August 2022
Language: English with German Summary
Publication: Decision Support Document No. 103/2. Update 2022: https://eprints.aihta.at/1407/
HTA-methods & steering instruments
Digital health applications - scientific accompaniment of a process in Austrian social insurances
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Claudia Wild, Reinhard Jeindl, Gregor Goetz
Duration: Mid April 2022 – End of October 2022
Language: German
The process modules proposed in the project reports No. 134 https://eprints.aihta.at/1279/ and No. 141: https://eprints.aihta.at/1348/ were discussed in three workshops with social insurance representatives and adapted for process implementation.
High tech medicine, Rehabilitation and occupational therapy
Update of long COVID care pathways and structures
Project leaders: Sarah Wolf
Project team: Sarah Wolf
Project duration: April 2022 – September 2022
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 135b Update: https://eprints.aihta.at/1408/
Prevention and screening
Review on perinatal and infant mental health care models and pathways (third-party funded)
Project leaders: Inanna Reinsperger
Project team: Inanna Reinsperger (first author, AIHTA), Jean Paul (second author, MUI)
Duration: April 2022 – November 2022
Language: English with German summary
This review is part of the project ‘Co-designing perinatal mental health support in
Tyrol’ in which the AIHTA is a partner (host: Medical University Innsbruck)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 148: https://eprints.aihta.at/1420/
Prevention and screening
Child and adolescent mental health care models
Project leaders: Reinhard Jeindl
Project team: Reinhard Jeindl, Viktoria Hofer
Duration: April 2022 – November 2022
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 149: https://eprints.aihta.at/1418/
Indicators
Rehabilitation and occupational therapy
Osteopathy: effectiveness and safety for musculoskeletal pain and overview of training and quality requirements
Project leaders: Lucia Gassner
Project team: Lucia Gassner, Viktoria Hofer
Duration: April 2022 – November 2022
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 144: https://eprints.aihta.at/1416
HTA-methods & steering instruments
Clinical-quality registers in dementia care: a scoping review and mapping of registers for improving quality of care and service delivery
Project leaders: Christoph Strohmaier
Project team: Christoph Strohmaier, Lucia Gassner
Duration: April 2022 – November 2022
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report N0. 150: https://eprints.aihta.at/1419/
High tech medicine
Contrasting the evidence from pivotal trials with the real world evidence (RWE)
Project team ALL: Andrea Titieni-Schuhmann, Anja Panhuber
Project team DLCBL & PMBCL: Anja Panhuber, Gregor Götz
Duration: April 2022 – November 2022
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 146: https://eprints.aihta.at/1415/
Prevention and screening
Risk-based breast cancer screening in Austria: a systematic analysis of predictive models to assess the individual breast cancer risk, their utility and applicability in breast cancer screening programs
Project team: Sarah Wolf
Irmgard Frühwirth
Project lead: Irmgard Frühwirth
Duration: March 2022 – August 2022
Language: German
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 145: https://eprints.aihta.at/1402/
Prevention and screening
Regulation and financing of prenatal screening and diagnostic examinations for fetal anomalies in selected European countries (Policy Brief)
Project leaders: Inanna Reinsperger
Project team: Inanna Reinsperger
Duration: December 2021 – March 2022
Language: English with German summary
Suggested by: Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
Publication: Policy Brief No. 12: https://eprints.aihta.at/1369/