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Shared decision making underpins good health care
17 June 2021 - Shared decision making between service users and health care professionals is an integral part of health care, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
Health care funding decisions and real world benefits: reducing bias by matching untreated patients
14 June 2021 - Governments and health insurers often make funding decisions based on health gains from randomised controlled trials. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
How the patient voice is becoming vital for drug approval
14 June 2021 - Rebecca Sanders from Lipodystrophy UK tells us how the patient voice helped convince NICE to approve a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
Stop blaming PHARMAC - we'd be worse off without it
10 June 2021 - Penny Tucker is concerned that there are “miracle drugs and biologics that have transformed many conditions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
AMA and Australian Government agree to strengthening the MBS review process and informed financial consent
8 June 2021 - The Australian Government and the Australian Medical Association have reached agreement to work together to co-design the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2021
'Anticancer drug should extend life for 22 months to get insurance benefits'
27 May 2021 - A research team at National Cancer Center has found that the public believes that for an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2021
PHARMAC to work with others to improve communication
21 May 2021 - PHARMAC accepts the Coroner’s comments that not all information about the brand change reached patients. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2021
Quality, access, and the use of real world data by payers: where are we now? Where do we want to be in the future?
15 May 2021 - One of the biggest challenges payers face today is determining the value of innovative therapies in diseases ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2021
Uncertain effect and high prices of precision medicine are challenging
3 May 2021 - In a report to the government, the Swedish Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency, TLV, describes the most ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2021
Andrew Little not pleased with Children's Commissioner comments on potential PHARMAC move
4 May 2021 - Heath Minister Andrew Little says he expects better of the Children's Commissioner after he described a potential ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2021
Integration of ethical considerations into HTA reports: an analysis of integration levels using a systematic review
26 April 2021 - The objective was to describe the type and level of ethical integration in published health technology assessment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2021
Do existing real world data sources generate suitable evidence for the HTA of medical devices in Europe? Mapping and critical appraisal
28 April 2021 - Technological and computational advancements offer new tools for the collection and analysis of real world data. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2021
NICE signs up to join the GetReal Institute
28 April 2021 -NICE’s ambition complements the GetReal Institute’s core mission to facilitate the adoption and implementation of real-world evidence ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2021
Medicare Benefits Schedule Electrocardiogram Review Committee – appointment of Committee Members
15 April 2021 - The Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Committee was established in March 2021 to review electrocardiogram items introduced on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2021
Prevalence of immature survival data for anti-cancer drugs presented to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and impact on decision-making
12 April 2021 - This research aims to explore how often NICE uses immature overall survival data to inform reimbursement ...