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A collaborative pilot on current awareness alerts for disinvestment and horizon scanning

Part of: Special Collection - Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2021

Vigdis Lauvrak Open the ORCID record for Vigdis Lauvrak [Opens in a new window] ,
Rosmin Esmail ,
Anna Lien Espeland ,
Kelly Farrah ,
Elisabet Hafstad ,
Ingrid Harboe ,
Antonio Migliore ,
Ingrid Kristine Ohm  and
Leigh-Ann Topfer
Vigdis Lauvrak*
Affiliation:
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Oslo, Norway
Rosmin Esmail
Affiliation:
Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Anna Lien Espeland
Affiliation:
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Oslo, Norway
Kelly Farrah
Affiliation:
CADTH (Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Elisabet Hafstad
Affiliation:
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Oslo, Norway
Ingrid Harboe
Affiliation:
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Oslo, Norway
Antonio Migliore
Affiliation:
Centre for Economic and International Studies, Faculty of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
Ingrid Kristine Ohm
Affiliation:
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Oslo, Norway
Leigh-Ann Topfer
Affiliation:
CADTH (Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*
Author for correspondence: Vigdis Lauvrak, E-mail: vigdis.lauvrak@evihta.no
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Abstract

Objective

In 2019, members of the Health Technology Assessment international (HTAi) Interest Group for Disinvestment and Early Awareness (DEA-IG) and the HTAi Interest Group for Information Retrieval (IR-IG) agreed to produce quarterly current awareness alerts for members of the DEA-IG. The purpose was to pilot a predefined strategy for sharing new publications on methods and topical issues in this area.

Methods

Literature search strategies for PubMed and Google were developed. Retrieved citations were posted on the DEA-IG Web site. Members of the DEA-IG received an email notification when new alerts were available. An informal survey of the DEA-IG members was used to provide feedback after the pilot.

Results

Six alerts were issued during the pilot (June 2019–September 2020) with a total of 170 citations. The bulk of the information were 124 PubMed indexed citations, and of these, 96 were retrieved by the PubMed search strategies. Google searches were not found to be useful, but ongoing horizon scanning work at the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) provided additional information. Based on retrospective sorting, we considered thirty-five PubMed citations to be highly relevant for health technology assessment (HTA). The response rate to the survey was limited (seventeen respondents), but most respondents found the alerts useful for their work.

Conclusions

The results of this pilot project can be used to revise search strategies and information sources, improve the relevance of the alerts, and plan for expanded dissemination strategies.

Keywords

DisinvestmentHorizon scanningEmerging health technologiesEarly awarenessHealth Technology Reassessment
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , 2021 , e85
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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