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provide comments/ suggestions and ask the for clarification/ revision in the proposal

wherever required.

2.7. Approval by the HTAIn Board: Once approved by the TAC the Outcome Report
is forwarded to the Board along with Policy Recommendations for final decision. The

Board may approve the recommendations or provide comments/ suggestions and ask

for clarification/ revision wherever required.

2.8. Implementation by the User Department: The outcome report and

recommendations approved by Board are handed over to the respective User
Department who provided the topics for HTA for implementation.

The final Outcome Reports are also discussed with the Stakeholder for their feedback

and the report along with all the Meeting Minutes are uploaded on the HTAIn website

for widespread dissemination and further feedbacks. Fig. 4 outlines the overall

process flow of HTAIn and concerned departments responsible for carrying out
various steps involved.

2.9. Different Phases of HTA Studies

1) Selection and Prioritization of Topic

Objective: To identify topic(s) that are agreed on by the User Department and HTAIn
as relevant and worthwhile for assessment.

Activities

 The HTAIn secretariat will request formal submission of topics from user

departments.

 The secretariat and/ Or TAC will review the submitted list of topics and prioritize
according to prioritization criteria (discussed above).

 The list of HTA topics finalized may be discussed with the TAC and allocated to

suitable Technical Partners/ Resource Centers. Fig. 5 shows various steps involved

in topic selection and prioritization of topics.

Topic Selection timelines: The schematic diagram (Fig. 6) shows the timeline of topic

selection and prioritization.

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