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Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) organizations determine the value of health technologies such as medical devices, lab tests, or medications. positive, neutral, and negative impact) are presented for 17 types of outcomes. Twenty-nine types of outcomes are qualitatively documented. Descriptive statistics (e.g.,

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It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want to: A Bittersweet Happy 30th Birthday to LDTs

FDA Law Blog

It came 16 years after Congress passed the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, without saying a word about FDA authority over laboratory testing. And it came four years after the comprehensive federal legislation governing laboratories, again without mentioning FDA or referring to such tests as devices. On the other side, Sen.