research paper/review

HTA on the monitoring of women under 50 years of age at a higher risk of breast cancer due to a genetic predisposition or a strong family history.

HTA-breast-cancer-NCCP.pdf

HTA-breast-cancer-exec-summary.pdf

HTA-breast-cancer-technical.pdf

The countries reviewed in detail in this report are Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, England, Northern Ireland and Scotland with a short summary of the findings from the United States, Denmark and Sweden. A review of the ePrescribing element of the European eHealth Project (epSOS) is also included.

Intl-Review-ePrescribing.pdf

The Authority has conducted an International Review of Privacy Impact Assessments. The review examines the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Europe.

Intl-Review-Privacy-Impact-Assessment.pdf

The Authority has conducted an International Review of Information Security in Health and Social Care. The review examines England, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

Intl-Review-Information-Security.pdf

This Business Plan outlines the objectives to be met in 2012

Business-Plan-2012.pdf

Research is essential to the successful promotion and protection of health and wellbeing. In anticipation of HIQA becoming the supervisory body for recognising and monitoring research ethic committees, this report looks at the operation and governance of these committees in five jurisdictions.

Intl-Review-Research-Ethics-Structures.pdf

Background-Research-Ethics.pdf

The report gives a retrospective national overview of the findings of the Authority’s initial inspections of nursing homes and centres for older people from 1 July 2009 to the end of September 2010.

Designated-Centres-Analysis-of-Inspection-Findings.pdf

A health technology assessment of robot-assisted keyhole surgery has concluded that while the benefits to patients in certain surgical procedures are evident, the cost of its introduction would be significant.

HTA-robot-assisted-surgery.pdf

The Authority has conducted an international review of the secondary use of personal health information in the context of Information Governance. The review examines England, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

Review-Secondary-Use-Health-Info.pdf

This review studies the practices and processes being followed internationally in the area of major national health information sources, to identify the best way to develop and monitor national standards for health information sources for Ireland.

National-Health-Information-Sources-Review.pdf