Early identification and assessment of new and emerging health technologies: Actions, progress, and the future direction of an international collaboration—EuroScan

Objectives: To report on a workshop, and subsequent discussions, that reviewed the achievements and progress of the EuroScan collaboration since its establishment in 1999 to share information on the methods and results of early identification and assessment of new and emerging health technologies; considered challenges to the collaboration; and discussed its possible future direction. Methods: A workshop was held in Stockholm in September 2006,...