Insights on earlier adoption of medical innovations

"The aims of this piece of work are:

• To identify the key features of systems in which drugs, devices and diagnostics are assessed from trials to patients quickly, by considering a number of global ‘front-runners’;
• To understand how these systems work in practice;
• To reflect on the challenges and opportunities to effectively translate into the UK’s health system"

Insights on earlier adoption of medical innovations: An international review of emerging and effective practice in improving access to medicines and medical technology
S Wooding, G Cochrane, J Taylor, A Kamenetzky, S Sousa, S Parks
Rand Europe
July 2015

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Capturing value from health technologies in lean times

"The adoption of new health technologies brings potential improvements to quality of life as well as new costs for provincial healthcare systems."

Capturing value from health technologies in lean times
Commentary no.396
A Blomqvist, C Busby, D Husereau
C.D. Howe Institute
December 2013

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