Trials are needed before new devices are used in routine practice in EuropeAs the EU debates new legislation to regulate medical devices, Philipp Storz-Pfennig, Mechtild Schmedders, and Matthias Dettloff provide examples from Germany to show why the current proposals do not go far enough and call for further assessment after market approval
A gender-sensitive approach is apparently rarely adopted in current HTA production. Exceptional practices and relevant tools do exist and could serve as examples to be promoted by international collaborative networks.
Nach sieben Jahren Innovationsfonds und über hundert Beschlüssen zu beendeten Projekten ist der Transfer in die Regelversorgung noch oft unklar. Die Förderung sollte sich stärker als bislang auf Fragen zur Stärkung der Versorgungseffizienz und kritischen Versorgungsforschung konzentrieren. Ohne gemeinsames Grundverständnis wird eine „Umsetzungskrise” wahrscheinlicher und die Frage nach der Nachhaltigkeit der Mittelverwendung wird lauter werden.
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