Written by Daisy Stewart (Systematic Review Analyst) and Tom Macmillan (Consultant – Systematic Review) A search filter is a pre-written search strategy (string of search terms) that is designed to retrieve studies with a particular methodology or focus from a...
Written by Pip White, Senior Medical Writer The global value dossier (GVD) is an essential tool used to internally align the global strategy and externally communicate the value of a product. The GVD presents evidence-based messaging to convey the product value...
Written by Jenna Stephens (Systematic Review Analyst) and Neil Webb (Head of Systematic Review) Evidence-based medicine and its standard practice When Archibald Cochrane formulated his vision for evidence-based medicine (EBM), it was driven by an absence of reliable,...
Written by Jenna Stephens (Systematic Review Analyst) and Tom Macmillan (Consultant – Systematic Review) In principle, the process of searching for published evidence for medical devices is no different from other health technologies. The NICE process guidelines...
Written by Tom Macmillan, Consultant – Systematic Review The NICE Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme (MTEP) evaluates novel medical devices and diagnostics for use within the National Health Service (NHS). There are currently 3 outputs from the...
Written by Chris Hellmund (Senior Medical Writer) and Neil Webb (Head of Systematic Review) A poster on this topic was presented at ISPOR Europe 2019. This blog post provides an overview of our findings.The abstract is available here. In previous blog posts, we...