Technology Name
Botulinum toxin A (BTX-A)
Implications for Decision Making
BTX-A has a demonstrated effect on muscle tone. BTX-A reduced muscle tone in patients with stroke, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis.
With regard to the effect of BTX-A on range of motion, many studies report increased range of motion, im...
Technology and Condition Bisphosphonates (etidronate, alendronate, risedronate) and teriparatide for the prevention of fracture in postmenopausal women. Issue Osteoporosis is associated with significant disease burden. Effective therapies for osteoporosis are attractive because their acquisition costs may be offset by future savings associated ...
Technology and Condition
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) or intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) in critically ill adult patients with acute renal failure (ARF). There are 2,445 cases of ARF requiring dialysis among critically ill Canadian patients per year.
Issues
CRRT is a more costly therapy that has theoretical advantages ov...
Technology
Any modality of telehealth (synchronous or asynchronous) that enables communication between a patient and health care providers, or among health care providers, for the purposes of assessing, treating, or rehabilitating stroke patients.
Issue
There is uncertainty about how telestroke programs can be optimally delivered....
Asynchronous Telehealth: Systematic Review of Analytic Studies and Environmental Scan of Relevant Initiatives
Technology
Asynchronous telehealth refers to the storage of clinically important digital samples and relevant data (e.g., pictures of moles or surgical wounds and radiological images) from any location and fo...