Editor’s Note: Technology’s evolution continues to outstrip society’s ability to absorb it without significant disruption. Legislators often cope with a headline in one hand and the draft of a bill in ...

Congress must deal with a growing number of issues that new technological developments are forcing on the nation. I deliberately write “forcing” because the way technology works, no one asks the ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has published a technology report with the results of first responders’ operational assessments of the Pendar X10 Handheld ...

The Opportunities and Challenges of Rethinking Our Approach to Value Assessment in Healthcare As America’s healthcare system continues to evolve, it is critical that our perception of care and its ...

For a time, Congress had exactly that, in the form of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). But lawmakers shuttered it 30 years ago, and we’re still feeling its absence today. “It was an ...

Congress is in dire need of improving science and technical expertise as a legislative resource. Thankfully, there is a straightforward solution: reinstating the Office of Technology Assessment. The ...

Reps. Sean Casten and Mark Takano appealed to their colleagues Tuesday to fund and restore a Capitol Hill technology agency that was defunded more than 20 years ago, as advocates say it could help ...

A white paper published by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) established a series of recommendations and guidelines for health technology assessment that aim to address health care ...

Could agriculture face a Southwest-type meltdown? Southwest Airlines faced a perfect storm last December when it was forced to cancel more than 15,000 flights. The primary cause? An antiquated ...

Many researchers working on health technology assessments (HTAs) are keen to address disparities in health care. But the COVID-19 pandemic and recent prominence of the Black Lives Matter movement have ...

Member states agreed today on a mandate to start negotiations with the European Parliament on a legislative proposal concerning joint work on health technology assessment for the benefit of patients.