Read this month’s issue of New at CADTH. Here, you’ll find the latest information on our products and services, corporate news, and news flashes of upcoming events across Canada.
CADTH is hosting a series of lectures by prominent scholars and opinion leaders to share their perspectives on some of the most pressing issues facing health technology assessment (HTA) and health care today.
CADTH invites you to attend the last lecture/webinar before we break for the summer. This…
CADTH has undertaken an update of the Therapeutic Review Framework. The revised document, now titled Therapeutic Review Framework and Process, is intended to outline a framework and standardized process for Therapeutic Reviews that meet the needs of our customers.
The updated document is now…
Now in its 10th year, Rapid Response is CADTH’s fastest and most flexible offering.
The CADTH Rapid Response Service has a lot to celebrate: it recently published its 3,000th report.
“This milestone shows how CADTH’s experience, pan-Canadian scope, and independence make it a trusted leader in the…
Five Years of Patient Engagement
When CADTH’s first Call for Patient Input was issued in May 2010, three patient groups answered: Arthritis Consumer Experts, Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, and The Arthritis Society. The groups provided insight and their unique perspectives into the CADTH…
Pilot Extension for Individual Patient Input to CDR
We are further extending the pilot to receive patient input submissions from individual patients and caregivers for an additional six months (until August 3, 2015).
CADTH will accept patient input from individual patients or caregivers when there…
Short Videos on Patient Input into the CADTH Common Drug Review
CADTH recently produced four short videos describing:
why CADTH values patient input
what elements are most useful to reviewers and expert committee members in groups' patient input submissions
how to submit input.
Canadian Drug Expert…
The CADTH team of water station volunteers was in the heart of the race action during the annual Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend on May 24, 2015.
More than 90 employees, family members, and friends came out early in the morning to hand out water and Gatorade to more than 20,000 runners making it…
Technical difficulties resolved for patient input submissions
We’ve had a few technical problems recently with our Common Drug Review patient input online submission system. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we investigated and fixed the problem. We’ve added new safeguards to…
In February 2015, CADTH hosted the Rapid Review Summit: Then, Now, and in the Future, in partnership with the British Columbia Ministry of Health, the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (C2E2), the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and the University of Pennsylvania.
The purpose of…
A delegation from the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) in the Republic of South Korea was here on May 7 to learn more about the regulation and assessment of medical devices in Canada.
CADTH signed a memorandum of understanding with NECA to work together on advancing…
In March 2015 we posted the draft summary report generated from the stakeholder consultations held on February 5, 2015 regarding phase II of the transfer of pCODR to CADTH. Please note that the deadline for general feedback on this report, as well as input on other key questions, is May 27, 2015.…