Early Awareness: The Umbrella for Health Policy
Early Awareness (EA) is a comprehensive system that extends beyond traditional horizon scanning. It acts as an umbrella, integrating various assessments to prepare health systems for upcoming technologies and policy changes. This interactive guide explores the key components of the EA process as outlined in the EuroScan Toolkit.
Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
Evaluates the potential health effects of a policy, program, or project on the population.
Health in All Policies
A collaborative approach that integrates health considerations into policymaking across sectors.
Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
Informs reimbursement and implementation decisions by assessing the value of new technologies.
The Early Awareness Workflow
Click on each step to explore its role in identifying and evaluating new health technologies.
The Life Cycle of Health Technologies
Early Awareness systems are crucial for monitoring technologies as they move from basic research to clinical use. This chart illustrates the typical progression and potential impact at each stage, where different assessment activities are most relevant.
Going beyond simply Horizon Scanning
Early Awareness – the umbrella and signal generator
See how the EA activities are fitting to other health activities by public health organizations, innovators and investors.