Strategy
Vision
IFMBE is the leading global scientific society organization for engineering in medicine and biology, federating national and transnational societies of biomedical and clinical engineers (BMEs). The IFMBE HTA Division is the IFMBE Unit aiming to support BMEs interested in HTA.
Mission
The IFMBE HTAD mission is to work proactively in collaboration with other scientific societies and agencies, in order to increase the HTA culture among BMEs, while increasing and promoting the BME culture among other HTA actors and stakeholders.
Our mission is based on three main enabling values that give to BME a unique position to contribute to the world knowledge in HTA field:
- BME unique know-how in the field of healthcare technology and particularly in medical devices research, development, assessment, acquisition and management
- BME multidisciplinary training and role: differently from other involved in HTA, BMEs are trained to have a proactive role in all the life cycle of medical devices (research, development, assessment, acquisition and management).
- BME multidisciplinary training and education: engineering, ICT, medicine, biology etc.
HTA is gaining importance in BME community as BME is gaining importance in HTA field. For instance, BME community is giving growing space to HTA in BME education, publications and profession. On the other side, BME contribution in HTA is fast growing.
Strategy 2018/2021
The HTAD strategy for 2018/2021 is articulate in 4 main action areas:
- Training: aiming to develop specific training events, contents and containers on HTA written from BMEs to BMEs
- Research: reinforce HTA research across BMEs
- Publication: create new spaces to publish BME outcomes on HTA in conferences or journals.
- Events: organize specific events to promote collaborations between IFMBE, other Scientific Societies interested in HTA, Policy Makers, and HTA stakeholders.
Across those main action areas, the HTAD has identified 12 priority projects:
Data mining for real world evidence on health technologies in social media using sentiment analysis
Outcome: Develop new methods to use real-world...
IFMBE Recommendations – feasibility of implementing IFMBE recommendations for HTM
Outcome: reinforce ongoing cooperation with...
Collaboration with international institutions
Outcome: reinforce ongoing cooperation with...
IFMBE HTA publications and promotion in conferences
Outcome: all the IFMBE HTAD publications (e.g.,...
Survey to monitor BME involvement/needs in HTA
Outcome: completed global survey to investigate...
HTA capacity building and field studies in lower-income regions
Outcome: it is clear that HTA is more needed in...
IFMBE HTAD meetings for HTA studies fostering
Outcome: support the organization of meetings...
BME scholars’ mobility
Outcome: support individual scholars’ mobility,...
HTAD Strategic Communication
Outcome: Promoting the work of HTAD in the...
HTA e-training for BMEs
Outcome: deliver didactic materials on HTA...
IFMBE HTAD Awards
Outcome: recognize individuals and organizations...
IFMBE Summer School on HTA
Outcome: offer formal training on HTA to BMEs...