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Implementing Early Warning Messages on Emerging Health Technologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Graham Mowatt ,
Mary Ann Thomson ,
Jeremy Grimshaw  and
Adrian Grant
Graham Mowatt
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
Mary Ann Thomson
Affiliation:
McMaster University
Jeremy Grimshaw
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
Adrian Grant
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine how horizon-scanning organizations can encourage the implementation of recommendations contained in their early warning messages about emerging health technologies. We reviewed the conclusions of the EUR-ASSESS Project Subgroup report on dissemination and impact, an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote implementation of research findings by health care professionals, and various Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group protocols and reviews. The evidence on the effectiveness of different implementation strategies aimed at distinct target groups is of variable quality. There is some evidence from rigorous study designs on the effectiveness of strategies designed to influence the behavior of health care professionals; the quality of the evidence relating to policy makers and the general public is more limited. Horizon-scanning organizations can improve the likelihood of their recommendations being acted upon by developing active implementation strategies based on the best available evidence, establishing links with key groups, and directing early warning messages at specific target audiences. Given the relative lack of good quality evidence, it is important that implementation strategies be rigorously evaluated to determine their effectiveness.

Keywords

Technology AssessmentBiomedical TechnologyHealth PolicyDissemination
Type
Special Section: Early Identification and Assessment of Emerging Health Technology
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , Fall 1998 , pp. 663 - 670
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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