Title:

Web-based horizon scanning: recent development with application to health technology assessment

Group publication title:

Informatyka Ekonomiczna = Business Informatics

Title in english:

Monitorowanie przestrzeni WWW: ocena nowych kierunków rozwoju technologii medycznych

Creator:

Palomino, Marco A. ; Taylor, Tim ; Owen, Richard ; McBridge, Geoff

Subject and Keywords:

horizon scanning ; Web data mining ; strategic planning ; information management ; knowledge management ; monitorowanie przestrzeni WWW ; eksploracja danych w sieci Web ; planowanie strategiczne ; zarządzanie informacją ; zarządzanie wiedzą

Description:

Informatyka Ekonomiczna = Business Informatics, 2012, Nr 3 (25), s. 139-159

Abstrakt:

Horizon scanning is an increasingly important part of management decision-making. It involves the systematic search for incipient trends, opportunities and constraints that might affect the probability of achieving management goals and objectives. It requires the continuous acquisition of up-to-date information to anticipate issues and thus inform decisions. As an example of the application of horizon scanning in the public sector, the UK National Horizon Scanning Center provides policy-makers with forewarning about emerging and new health technologies. In this paper, we describe the implementation of a horizon scanning system centered on the use of keyword-based, Web search engines. By leveraging the existing infrastructure of proven search engines, our system aims to automate the human-intensive process of seeking information and emerging trends. A prototype implementation has been developed, and we discuss its potential in the context of a case study on proton beam therapy commissioned by the UK Department of Health

Publisher:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

Place of publication:

Wrocław

Date:

2012

Resource Type:

artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

Language:

eng

Relation:

Informatyka Ekonomiczna = Business Informatics, 2012, Nr 3 (25)

Rights:

Wszystkie prawa zastrzeżone (Copyright)

Access Rights:

Dla wszystkich w zakresie dozwolonego użytku

Location:

Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu