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			<title>HTAi symposium in Toronto - additional speakers announced!</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:03:00 -0400</pubDate>
			
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			<title>HTAi Post-Conference Symposium at SMDM 2010, 27 October 2010</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Announcing the first HTAi Latin American Regional Meeting, Oct. 21-22 2010</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Paper from the HTAi Policy Forum now available: &quot;HTA to optimize health technology utilization&quot;</title>
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			<description>The paper developed following the 2009 meeting of the HTAi Policy Forum has been published in the...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The paper developed following the 2009 meeting of the HTAi Policy Forum has been published in the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. Free access is available at the following link:
<link http://journals.cambridge.org/HTAPolicyForum - external-link-new-window><b>“HTA to optimize health technology utilization: using implementation initiatives and monitoring processes”</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</link><br /><i>K. Fronsdal, K. Facey, M. Klemp et al. on behalf of the HTAi Policy Forum</i> 
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
			
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			<title>International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care - Impact Factor for 2009 released; Vol. 26 Issue 3 now available</title>
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			<description>The Impact Factor for the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (IJTAHC)...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Impact Factor for the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (IJTAHC) for 2009 has been released. <b><link http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayMoreInfo?jid=THC&type=if - external-link-new-window>IJTAHC's Impact Factor for 2009 is 1.794</link></b>, a significant increase over 2008 (1.439).
IJTAHC is the official journal of HTAi.
The July 2010 issue of the Journal&nbsp;is now available online to all HTAi members. 
All members of HTAi receive free online access to the Journal. To access this edition, <link 53 - internal-link "Opens internal link in current window">log into your member account</link>&nbsp;and then visit <link 5 - internal-link "Opens internal link in current window">this page</link>.
HTAi members are also eligible to receive a printed edition of the Journal at a discounted rate. Contact the <link info@htai.org - mail "Opens window for sending email">Secretariat</link> for more information.]]></content:encoded>
			
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			
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			<title>WHO First Global Forum on Medical Devices to be held in Thailand, Sept. 9-11, 2010</title>
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			<description>The World Health Organization is pleased to announce that the First Global Forum on Medical Devices...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The World Health Organization is pleased to announce that the First Global Forum on Medical Devices to be held 9-11 September, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The First Global Forum on Medical Devices&nbsp;will bring together&nbsp;policy makers, professional organizations, funding agencies and key stakeholders to foster interdisciplinary discussion and partnerships. The Forum is part of WHO's&nbsp;overall strategy to improve access to safe, effective and appropriate medical devices.
HTAi has been closely involved in planning for the First Global Forum on Medical Devices through its role on the WHO Advisory Group on Innovative Technologies. In June of this year, HTAi and WHO signed a Memorandum of Understanding for ongoing work to promote HTA.
<b><link http://www.who.int/medical_devices/gfmd/en/index.html - external-link-new-window "Opens external link in new window">More information about the First Global Forum on Medical Devices</link></b>.]]></content:encoded>
			
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
			
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			<title>HTAi invites Letters of Intent to host the 2013 Annual Conference</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Webcast from HTAi 2010 now available</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:43:00 -0400</pubDate>
			
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			<title>HTAi 2010 conference evaluation available online</title>
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			<description>Members are invited to share feedback on HTAi's 2010 Annual Conference in Dublin, Ireland (June...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Members are invited to share feedback on HTAi's 2010 Annual Conference in Dublin, Ireland (June 6-9) through the online<link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GDYTSR3 - external-link-new-window "Opens external link in new window"> feedback form.</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:31:00 -0400</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Winners announced - Egon Jonsson Award</title>
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			<description>The first annual Egon Jonsson Award, given by HTAi in recognition of an outstanding article in the...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The first annual <i><b>Egon Jonsson Award</b></i>, given by HTAi in recognition of an outstanding article in the <i>International Journal of Technology in Health Care,</i> has been awarded to:
<i><b>P Trueman et al., &quot;The feasibility of harmonizing health technology assessments across jurisdictions: A case study of drug eluting stents,&quot; IJTAHC 25 (October 2009), 455-462.</b></i>
The following papers were also nominated&nbsp;as finalists for the award:
<ul><li>J Elston et al., “Use of surrogate outcomes in cost-effectiveness models: A review of UK HTA Reports” (Issue One)</li><li>MGH Nizen et al., “Finding legitimacy for the role of budget impact in drug reimbursement decisions” (Issue One)</li><li>I Dhalla et al., “Perspectives on NICE’s recommendations to use health technologies only in research” (Issue 3)</li><li>M Velasco Garrido et sal., “Surrogate outcomes in HTA: an international comparison” (Issue 3)</li><li>J Glanville et al., “How well do search filters perform in identifying economic evaluations in MEDLINE and EMBASE” (Issue 4)</li></ul>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
			
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