Health Technology Assessment
Technology Assessment and Healthcare Research forms a large part of ECRI Institute's work. Helping to support this work is one of the largest private Medical Libraries in the world which maintains over 1,500 medical periodicals. The library collection includes over 11,000 books, 17,000 health-related technical reports, thousands of codes and standards, 200 audio-visuals, 2,000 serials, and over 100 CD-ROM resources. The collection is international in scope and has been designated as the WHO Archives on Healthcare Technology.
In 1987 the World Health Organisation (WHO) granted ECRI Institute the status of Collaborating Centre for Technology Assessment in recognition of its contribution and capabilities.
Emerging Technology Services (ETS) for 'Horizon Scanning'
ECRI Institute has eveloped a new Health Technology Assessment on-line service for researchers interested in 'Horizon Scanning' and looking at future trends in medical technology. The services comprises three main components.
1. Health Technolgy Forecast - ECRI Institute's opionions of the direction medical technologies are going and their impact on the health system.
2. Technology Assessment Research Guide for Emerging Technologies (TARGET) - A repositry for all the new and emerging technologies and who is driving them
3. Health Technology Trends - A monthly newsletter and briefing document covering topical trends in healthcare.
The data gives ECRI Institute's perspective about the future of new and emerging technologies together with the effect they will have on the health system from many different viewpoints.
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