AIHTA - Synopsis of current research projects

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High tech medicine

Bewertung medizinischer Einzelleistungen – MEL 2026

Project leaders: Julia Kern

Project co-operation: AIHTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: October 2025 – February 2026
Publication: July 15th, each year

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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)

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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)

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Health economics

Measures to Improve Cost Data Use for Health Economic Studies and Decision-Making – Overview of Existing Frameworks and Status Quo in Austria

Project leaders: Christoph Strohmaier

Project team: Christoph Strohmaier, Judit Erdös

Duration: April – November 2025 (5 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)

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Prevention and screening

Structured Medication Review for Polypharmacy

Project leaders: Reinhard Jeindl

Project team: Reinhard Jeindl, Julia Kern

Duration: April 2025 – November 2025 (4 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)

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High tech medicine

Human Genetic Testing in Austria: An Overview of Reviews of Massive Parallel Sequencing (MPS) - Application Areas, Clinical Evidence, and Implications for Healthcare

Project leaders: Gregor Goetz

Project team: Gregor Goetz, Reinhard Jeindl, Alba Colicchia

Duration: April 2025 – November 2025 (7 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)

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Health economics

Preparatory Work for an Austrian Health Economic Guideline

Project leaders: Sarah Wolf

Project team: Christoph Strohmaier, Diana Szivakova, Sarah Wolf

Duration: February 2025 – January 2026
Language: English (with German summary)

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Psychological & psychiatric interventions

FALCO: Fighting Addictions, improving Lives: COmprehensive drug rehabilitation with music

Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss

Project team: Lucia Gassner

Authors: Gassner L¹, Bidzan-Bluma I², Makurat D², Karshikofffrom B³, Magel F⁴, Svensden TS⁵, Bieleninik L², Erga AH³, Zechmeister-Koss I¹

Affiliations: ¹Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbH, Austria; ²University of Gdansk, Poland; ³University of Stavanger, Norway; ⁴Anton Proksch Institute, Austria; ⁵Regional Center for Substance Use Research, Norway

Research area: Psychological & psychiatric interventions
Project leader: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Principal investigator: Catherine Lourdes Dy (NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS)
Further project partners: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS (NO, coordinator), Universitetet I Bergen (NO), Helse Stavanger HF (NO), Sykehuset Innlandet HF (NO), Universität Wien (AT), Stiftung Anton Proksch Institut Wien (AT), Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (AT), HAT Austria – Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbH (AT), Herzog College (IL), Bar Ilan University (IL), Universita Degli Studi Di Pavia (IT), Uniwersytet Gdanski (PL), Fundacio Institut d’Investigacio Biomedica de Bellvitge (ES), Universitat de Girona (ES), Fundacio Institut d’Investigacio Biomedica de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta (ES), Fundació Sanitària d’Igualda (ES), Universität Zürich (CH)

This AIHTA third-party funding is part of a Horizon-Europe project (grant number 101155881)

Duration: January 2025 to December 2029
Language: English

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