Publications - 2007

• Peer-reviewed journal articles
• Reports and monographs
• Prioritising summaries
• Presentations and abstracts

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Elshaug AG, Hiller JE, Tunis SR, Moss JR. Challenges in Australian policy processes for disinvestment from existing, ineffective health care practices. Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 2007; 4: 23 (31 October 2007).   

Elshaug AG, Moss JR, Southcott A, Hiller JE. Redefining success in airway surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A meta analysis and synthesis of the evidence. Sleep, 2007; 30(4): 461-467.

Elshaug AG, Moss JR, Southcott A, Hiller JE. An analysis of the evidence-practice continuum: Is surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea contraindicated? Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2007; 13(1): 3-9.

Forbes D, Creamer M, Phelps A, Bryant R, McFarlane A, Devilly G, Matthews L, Raphael B, Merlin T, Newton S. The Australian guidelines for the treatment of adults with acute stress disorder (ASD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2007; 41: 637-648.

Reports and monographs

Buckley E, Merlin T, Hiller JE. Placement of Acticon artificial bowel sphincters in the management of faecal incontinence. MSAC application 1107 Assessment report. December 2007. Canberra, ACT: Australian Government.

Mundy L, Hiller JE, Braunack-Mayer A, Merlin T. MRI for the detection of foetal abnormalities. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Horizon Scanning Report, October 2007. Canberra, ACT: Australia Government.

Mundy L, Braunack-Mayer A, Hiller JE. DNA Microarrays. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Emerging Technology Bulletin. August 2007. Canberra, ACT: Australia Government.

Merlin T, Moss J, Brooks A, Newton S, Hedayati H, Hiller JE. B-type natriuretic peptide assays in the diagnosis of heart failure: Part A - in the hospital emergency setting (November 2006); part B - in the primary care setting (May 2007). MSAC application 1087 Assessment Report. Canberra, ACT: Australian Government.

Mundy L, Merlin T, Braunack-Mayer A, Hiller JE. USCOM: ultrasound cardiac output monitor for patients requiring haemodynamic monitoring. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Horizon Scanning Report. May 2007. Canberra, ACT: Australian Government.

Mundy L, Purins A, Braunack-Mayer A, Hiller JE. Genetic testing for congenital long QT syndrome. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Horizon Scanning Report. May 2007. Canberra, ACT: Australia Government.

Mundy L, Merlin T, Braunack-Mayer A, Hiller JE. Nanomedicine. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Emerging Technology Bulletin. February 2007. Canberra, ACT: Australia Government.   

Prioritising summaries

Volume 18 - October 2007

Purins A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (October 2007) Ultrasound for assessment of risk of fracture. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 18. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (October 2007) Breast cancer diagnosis using Ultrasound elasticity imaging. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 18. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (October 2007) Skin biopsy diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 18. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (October 2007) Boron neutron capture therapy for cancer treatment. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 18. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (October 2007) Ovarian cancer symptom index. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 18. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Mundy L, Hiller JE. (October 2007) Smartinhaler™ with audiovisual reminder for asthma medication. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 18. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Volume 17 - August 2007

Purins A, Hiller JE. (August 2007) OraSure HIV Point of care testing. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 17. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Hiller JE. (August 2007) Quantitative EEG for predicting patient response to antidepressants. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 17. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Hiller JE. (August 2007) TamPap home based self sampling for HPS. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 17. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Hiller JE. (August 2007) Genetic Screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 17. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Hiller JE. (August 2007) Bladderchek: diagnostic test for bladder cancer. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary Update. Volume 17. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Hiller JE. (August 2007) Vertebral assessment with dexa. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary Update. Volume 17. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Hiller JE. (August 2007) Point-of-care influenza tests. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary Update. Volume 17. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Hiller JE. (August 2007) Niobe magnetic navigation system for percutaneous coronary interventions. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary Update. Volume 17. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Hiller JE. (August 2007) Implantable miniature telescope for macualar degeneration. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary Update. Volume 17. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Volume 16 - May 2007

Sullivan T, Hiller JE. (May 2007) The use of SMS text messaging to improve outpatient attendance. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 16. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (May 2007) Genesearch™ breast lymph node (BLN) Assay for women undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 16. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Mundy L, Hiller JE. (May 2007) Delayed enhancement MRI. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 16. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Mundy L, Hiller JE. (May 2007) Opportunistic screening of asymptomatic individuals for Chlamydia. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 16. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Purins A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (May 2007) Perinatal Hepatitis c screening. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 16. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Mundy L, Hiller JE. (May 2007) MRI guided high intesity focused ultrasound for the non-invasive treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 16. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Mundy L, Hiller JE. (May 2007) EasyOne™ spirometer. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 16. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Mundy L, Hiller JE. (May 2007) Fermiscan®: The detection of breast cancer by the analysis of diffraction patterns of hair. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 16. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Volume 15 - February 2007

Sullivan T, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Home studies for the diagnosis of sleep disorders. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Sullivan T, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Microvolt T-wave alternans for the determination of patients likely to benefit from ICD therapy. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Parrella A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Genetic screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Parrella A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Electrochemotherapy. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT 

Parrella A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Screening for lung cancer utilising computed tomography. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT. 

Parrella A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of foetal abnormalities. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT. 

Sullivan T, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Activecare DVT® for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT. 

Parrella A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation for stroke rehabilitation. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT. 

Parrella A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Affymetrix DNA microarrays. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary Update. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT. 

Sullivan T, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Brahms PCT assays for the diagnosis of systemic bacterial infection. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary Update. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT. 

Parrella A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (February 2007) VNS therapy system for the treatment of depression. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary Update. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Parrella A, Mundy L, Hiller JE. (February 2007) Earpopper™ for the treatment of otitis media in children. Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Prioritising Summary Update. Volume 15. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Presentations and abstracts*

Elshaug AG, Hiller JE, Moss JR. Exploring Policymakers' Perspective on Disinvestment from Ineffective Health Care Practices*. 5th Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealalnd (HSRAANZ) conference. December 2-5, 2007, Auckland, New Zealand.

Ivan M, Merlin T, Hiller JE, Newton S, Sullivan T, Buckley L, Hedayati H. Multi-slice computed tomography or conventional coronary angiography - how a systematic review of safety and effectiveness can inform decision-making. Oral Presentation. State Population Health conference, Adelaide, October 20, 2007.

Hiller JE, Moyes L, Mundy L, Merlin T. Horizon scanning for public health interventions. S22-03 Page 93 Book of Abstracts IV Annual Meeting Health Technology Assessment international (HTAi), Barcelona, June 17-20, 2007.  

Banham D, Merlin T, Woollacott T. Evaluating overweight/obesity health promotion activities on multiple criteria (of effectiveness, efficiency and equity). Oral presentation*. Australian Health Promotion Association's 17th National Conference. May 1-4, 2007. Adelaide, South Australia.