Synopsis of completed research projects
High tech medicine
Systematic Review of the Long-Term Effectiveness and Safety of Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Mucopolysaccharidoses Disorders and Pompe Disease
Project leaders: Sabine Geiger-Gritsch
Project team: Eva Malikova, Sabine Geiger-Gritsch
Ana Pantovic (first author)
Duration: April – September 2025 (5 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 169: https://eprints.aihta.at/1599/
Prevention and screening
Further Development of the Program on Preventive Health Check-Ups
Project leaders: Jule Anna Pleyer, Doris Giess
Project team: Jule Anna Pleyer, Lena Grabenhofer, Viktoria Hofer, Doris Giess, Julia Mayer-Ferbas
Part 1:
Duration: Mid-April 2025 – Mid-November 2025 (7 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 170a: https://eprints.aihta.at/1576/
Part 2:
Duration: May 2025 – August 2025 (2 PM)
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 170b: https://eprints.aihta.at/1577/
Part 3:
Duration: May 2025 to August 2025 (2 PM)
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 170c: https://eprints.aihta.at/1573/
Health economics
Nudges to Optimise Prescriber Behaviour of Physicians
Project leaders: Viktoria Hofer
Project team: Viktoria Hofer, Jule Anna Pleyer
Duration: Mid-April 2025 – November 2025 (3 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 168: https://eprints.aihta.at/1593/
High tech medicine
Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Evaluation of the Clinical and Organizational Impacts of selected AI Applications in Hospitals
Project leaders: Judit Erdös
Project team: Judit Erdös, Lena Grabenhofer
Duration: Mid- April – Mid- November 2025 (6 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Publications:
HTA Project Report No. 171a: https://eprints.aihta.at/1597/
HTA Project Report No. 171b: https://eprints.aihta.at/1598/
High tech medicine, Health economics
Telecardiology for heart failure patients: Benefit assessment and evaluation concept for telemedicine-supported care programs in Austria
Project team: Michaela Riegelnegg
& Michal Stanak
Project lead: Michal Stanak
Duration: April – November 2025
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 172 https://eprints.aihta.at/1594/
Prevention and screening, Psychological & psychiatric interventions
Social Prescribing in Primary Care: A Realist Review
Project leaders: Julia Kern-Kim
Project team: Julia Kern-Kim, Romy Schönegger
Duration: April – November 2025 (5.5 PM)
Language: English (with a detailed German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 173: https://eprints.aihta.at/1581/
Prevention and screening
Structured Medication Review for Polypharmacy
Project leaders: Reinhard Jeindl
Project team: Reinhard Jeindl, Julia Kern-Kim
Duration: April 2025 – November 2025 (4 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 175: https://eprints.aihta.at/1600/
Psychological & psychiatric interventions
Transition from Child and Adolescent to Adult Mental Health Services: Analysis and Comparison of International Models
Project leaders: Romy Schönegger
Project team: Romy Schönegger, Yui Hidaka
Duration: February 2025 - September 2025
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Projekt Report No. 177: https://eprints.aihta.at/1574/
High tech medicine
Bewertung medizinischer Einzelleistungen – MEL 2025
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project co-operation: AIHTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: since 2009, always from November to March (17.5 PM)
Oncology
Oncological Breast Cancer Care in Selected European Countries - Organisation of healthcare infrastructures and medical service provision
Project leaders: Nicole Grössmann-Waniek
Project team: Nicole Grössmann-Waniek, Christoph Strohmaier, Michaela Riegelnegg
Duration: Mid-April 2024 – Mid-November 2024
Language: Englisch (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 162: https://eprints.aihta.at/1545/

























