The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) is pleased to be part of RareKids-CAN, a new Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Trials and Treatment Network announced today by Federal Health Minister, the Honourable Mark Holland. Dr. Jeff Round, IHE’s Chief Scientific Officer will be participating as the co-lead for the Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment, & Reimbursement theme,…
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Time: 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. MST Health technology assessment (HTA) uses evidence appraisal and synthesis with economic evaluation to inform adoption decisions. Standard HTA processes sometimes struggle to: Support decisions which involve significant uncertainty, and Encourage continued generation of and adaptation to…
Background: The One Society Network was funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) under their Emerging Infectious Disease Modeling (EIDM) Initiative (https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/FundingDecisions ). The Network connected researchers across Canada, working to understand…
23 – 25 April 2007 Calgary, Alberta The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) co-hosted this Calgary conference in April 2007 to consult experts on factors contributing to the low birth weight rate in Alberta, to develop a consensus on the relevant factors, and to tailor interventions to address the contributing factors. The consensus statement on how to prevent low birth weight…
Program Consensus Development Conference on Healthy Mothers – Healthy Babies: How to Prevent Low Birth Weight – Final Program (2.6 MB) Download Program Consensus Statement Consensus Statement on Healthy Mothers – Healthy Babies: How to Prevent Low Birth Weight (240 KB) Download Consensus Statement Media Release 23 May 2007 – Media Release…
How do you engage citizens, decision-makers, and experts in an appropriate way to address complex health issues? One approach is the Consensus Development Conference. The Consensus Development Conference approach has been used effectively in Alberta by the Institute of Health Economics. The program is modelled on the National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus Development program…