Mission

The mission of the Institute for Technology Assessment (ITA) is to conduct health outcomes research to guide the development, evaluation and utilization of medical technologies that improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of medical care.

Directions to the ITA

Driving Directions to the MGH – Institute for Technology Assessment Office 101 Merrimac Street – 10th Floor Boston, MA 02114 Telephone: (617) 724-4445 From Points North (Interstate 93) Head South on the Interstate (93 South). Take the Haymarket Square/Government Center exit (first exit after Storrow Drive). At the bottom of the ramp, you must turn … Read more

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Paradoxically, CRC is a preventable cancer; long-dwelling pre-cancerous polyps can be detected during screening and excised. Screening has also been demonstrated to detect cancers at earlier stages, when survival rates are high and … Read more

Upcoming Seminar at the ITA (SITA)

Please join the MGH Institute for Technology Assessment on Tuesday, May 14 at Noon via Zoom for a presentation by Dr. Zachary J. Ward, MPH, PhD.

Talk title: TBA.

Please note this talk will be recorded.

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Excel Workbooks in Multiple Windows

For Office 2007: To launch multiple instances of Excel, we change it by not using DDE to open the file. Check the "Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)" box in Excel (Windows icon in upper left corner) -> Excel Options -> Advanced If this does not work,for Windows Vista and Windows 7, … Read more

History

The Institute was established in 1997 (originally known as the Decision Analysis and Technology Assessment (DATA) Group), in order to support economically-based assessment of medical technologies, and outcomes research in general. The Institute provides the infrastructure and expertise to evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic medical technologies at all stages of development, and thereby to promote optimal … Read more

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