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HTA-methods & steering instruments
The continued development of HTA-methods reflects the dynamic and diversity of medical research issues. Our methodological projects cover various activities, such as the design of different analytical tools, the focus on evaluation tools or ‘impact research’ on the usage of HTA-results, etc.
Research projects
Implementing Rapid Recovery Programs in Total Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery: Challenges and Opportunities in Austria
Project leaders: Daniel Fabian
Project team: Diana Szivakova, Sabine Geiger-Gritsch
Duration: Q1 2026 to Q2 2026 (6 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Integrated Digital Wound Management Systems (IDWMS) in the Care of Chronic Wounds: Evidence Assessment and Evaluation Framework for Implementation in the Austrian Healthcare System
Project leaders: Yui Hidaka
Project team: Oliver Bernecker, Yui Hidaka
Duration: Q1 2026 to Q3 2026
Language: English (with German summary)
Health navigators
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Claudia Wild, Romy Schönegger
Duration: Q1 2026 to Q2 2026
Language: German (with English summary)
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)
Registries in Austria and their usage for healthcare improvement
Project leaders: Christoph Strohmaier
Project team: Christoph Strohmaier, Julia Kern-Kim
Duration: Mid-April to Mid-November 2023
Language: German (with English summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 157: https://eprints.aihta.at/1489/
Transparency: Sponsoring of patient initiatives 2021, update
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Nikolaus Gregor-Patera
Duration: February 2023 – April 2023
AIHTA - Project „Transparency“
HTA Information Service
Project leaders: Reinhard Jeindl, Julia Mayer-Ferbas
Project team: Reinhard Jeindl, Julia Mayer-Ferbas
Duration: Since January 2023, continuously
HI PRIX (Health Innovation Next Generation Payment and Pricing Models)
Project team: Daniel Fabian
Project lead: Claudia Wild
Duration: January 2023 – December 2025
HI-PRIX - Health innovation next generation payment & pricing models (hiprixhorizon.eu)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 179: https://eprints.aihta.at/1595/
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 158: https://eprints.aihta.at/1499/
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.
HTAR (HTA-Regulation): Implementation in Austria
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project team: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss, Sabine Ettinger, Gregor Goetz, Judit Erdös
Duration: ongoing (4 PM)
Language: German
