EUnetHTA Adaptation Glossary (beta)

Rapid Review

This usually means a draft, more than a summary or abstract of a main report. “Quick view” might reflect better if the objective is to express the main issues of the report.

Mini HTA

This seems to be a small “concentrated” resumé assessment. It does not imply a “not so important” HTA.

Pre-assessment

This really means a draft or a first approach to a subject. It may mean an already performed “pilot study”, but usually means a draft of something to be thoroughly performed later on.

Health Technology Assessment can be translated to “Descrição de Tecnologias da Saúde”or “Avaliação de Tecnologias da Saúde”. The first stresses more the descriptive part of the assessment, without critical evaluation. The second takes into account some type of basic evaluation, which sometimes do not include judgment. The second one is the most near the English version.

Health Technology Assessment is more like “There is a health technology which…”

Guidance is best translated to “Orientação” or “Guias”. The first one is the nearer to English version. Nevertheless, it is very similar lexically to the next word Guidelines which in Portuguese has been translated to “Normas de orientação” for some time now.

Guidelines has been translated to “Normas de orientação” and the term is well consolidated in our country.

Protocol has long been translated into “Protocolo” in our country.

Advice is best translated to “Aconselhamento” which literally means counselling in Portuguese, and is much nearer the English version than “Conselhos”.

Conflict of Interest

Commissioning
We usually use it as someone (or Institution) whohais been put in charge of a specific project, or designated to lead the project e.g. “Infarmed has been commissioned to perform a thorough inspection on Pharmacies”. “The Ministry of Health is commissioning The Health Observatory for finding why there is a huge waste on drugs”.

Planning