A MODEL FOR ASSESSMENT OF TELEMEDICINE APPLICATIONS: MAST

Objectives: Telemedicine applications could potentially solve many of the challenges faced by the healthcare sectors in Europe. However, a framework for assessment of these technologies is need by decision makers to assist them in choosing the most efficient and cost-effective technologies. Therefor...

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Published in:International journal of technology assessment in health care Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 44 - 51
Main Authors: Kidholm, Kristian, Ekeland, Anne Granstrøm, Jensen, Lise Kvistgaard, Rasmussen, Janne, Pedersen, Claus Duedal, Bowes, Alison, Flottorp, Signe Agnes, Bech, Mickael
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.01.2012
Subjects:
Assessments
Chronic illnesses
Communication
Communications technology
Decision Making
Delivery of Health Care
Economic analysis
Education
Europe
Health
Health care
Humans
Information society
Literature reviews
Masts
Meetings
Models, Organizational
Multidisciplinary
Patients
Program Development
Quality of Health Care
Software
Stakeholders
Systematic review
Technology Assessment, Biomedical - economics
Technology Assessment, Biomedical - methods
Technology Assessment, Biomedical - organization & administration
Telemedicine
Telemedicine - economics
Telemedicine - methods
Telemedicine - organization & administration
Workshops
Europe
Telemedicine application
HTA
EUnetHTA
Assessment model
ISSN:0266-4623, 1471-6348, 1471-6348
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Summary:Objectives: Telemedicine applications could potentially solve many of the challenges faced by the healthcare sectors in Europe. However, a framework for assessment of these technologies is need by decision makers to assist them in choosing the most efficient and cost-effective technologies. Therefore in 2009 the European Commission initiated the development of a framework for assessing telemedicine applications, based on the users’ need for information for decision making. This article presents the Model for ASsessment of Telemedicine applications (MAST) developed in this study. Methods: MAST was developed through workshops with users and stakeholders of telemedicine. Results: Based on the workshops and using the EUnetHTA Core HTA Model as a starting point a three-element model was developed, including: (i) preceding considerations, (ii) multidisciplinary assessment, and (iii) transferability assessment. In the multidisciplinary assessment, the outcomes of telemedicine applications comprise seven domains, based on the domains in the EUnetHTA model. Conclusions: MAST provides a structure for future assessment of telemedicine applications. MAST will be tested during 2010–13 in twenty studies of telemedicine applications in nine European countries in the EC project Renewing Health.
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ISSN:0266-4623
1471-6348
1471-6348
DOI:10.1017/S0266462311000638