Synopsis of completed research projects
Prevention and screening, Psychological & psychiatric interventions
Mental health screening of adults in primary care
Project leaders: Inanna Reinsperger
Project team: Julia Kern, Inanna Reinsperger
Duration: April to November 2024
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 159: https://eprints.aihta.at/1544
High tech medicine
POCT/ Point-of-Care Tests: D-Dimer and Troponin - Update 2024
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Judit Erdös, Claudia Wild
Mirjana Huic (first author, HTA/EBM Center, Croatia)
Duration: 02/2024 – 07/2024
Language: English (with German Summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 124, 1. Update 2024: https://eprints.aihta.at/1524/
High tech medicine
Stereotactic radiotherapy (Cyberknife®), proton beam therapy and irreversible (electroporation Nanoknife®) for localised prostate cancer (PCa): a systematic review. Update 2024
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Judit Erdös, Louise Schmidt , Inanna Reinsperger
Duration: 02/2024 – 07/2024
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No.: 107/1. Update: https://eprints.aihta.at/1530/
High tech medicine
Bewertung medizinischer Einzelleistungen – MEL 2024
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project co-operation: AIHTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2023 – March 2024
Publications: Evaluation of individual medical procedures - Reports
HTA-methods & steering instruments
HTAR (HTA-Regulation) Implementation in Austria: Revision of the existing methods manual and complementation with national decision support methods
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project team: Gregor Goetz
Internal Review: Claudia Wild, Reinhard Busse, Dimitra Panteli
Duration: June 2023 – April 2024
Language: English (with German summary)
HTA-methods & steering instruments
Registries in Austria and their usage for healthcare improvement
Project leaders: Christoph Strohmaier
Project team: Christoph Strohmaier, Julia Kern
Duration: Mid-April to Mid-November 2023
Language: German (with English summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 157: https://eprints.aihta.at/1489/
Prevention and screening
Review of strategies regarding target group accessibility, participation motivation, and adherence in prevention programmes for overweight or obese children, adolescents, and adults
Project leaders: Inanna Reinsperger
Project team: Sarah Wolf, Inanna Reinsperger
Project duration: Mid-April 2023 until Mid-November 2023
Language: German (with English executive summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 155: https://eprints.aihta.at/1486/
High tech medicine
Image-guided spinal injections in treatment of chronic spinal pain: an overview of evidence-based guideline recommendations and specific focus on guidance techniques
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project team: Mirjana Huic (first author, HTA/EBM Center, Croatia), Gregor Götz (second author, AIHTA, Austria)
Duration: April 2023 – October 2023
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 156: https://eprints.aihta.at/1477/
High tech medicine
Robot-assisted surgery: A systematic review of effectiveness and safety in thoracic and visceral surgery
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Lucia Gassner, Nicole Grössmann-Waniek
and Michaela Riegelnegg
Duration: April 2023 – August 2023
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 108: https://eprints.aihta.at/1461
HTA-methods & steering instruments
Transparency: Sponsoring of patient initiatives 2021, update
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Nikolaus Gregor-Patera
Duration: February 2023 – April 2023
AIHTA - Project „Transparency“