- Research areas
- High tech medicine
High tech medicine
High-tech medical interventions are placed in an area of tension due to a short life-cycle, budget constraints and efficacy/ safety aspects. These AIHTA reports support decision-making based on the best available evidence.
Research projects
Bewertung medizinischer Einzelleistungen – MEL 2025
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project co-operation: AIHTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2024 – March 2025
Artificial Intelligence in health care (focus on hospitals)
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project team: Michaela Riegelnegg, Doris Giess, Gregor Goetz
Duration: Mid- April to Mid- November 2024
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 164: https://eprints.aihta.at/1546/
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/
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/
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
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/
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
Evaluation of individual medical procedures - MEL 2022
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project co-operation: AIHTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2021 – March 2022
Evaluation of individual medical procedures - MEL 2023
Project leaders: Gregor Goetz
Project co-operation: AIHTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: November 2022 – March 2023
Publications: Evaluation of individual medical procedures - Reports
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/
