Policy Primer from the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS): Explores the meaning and purpose of horizon scanning, and some of the different shapes this can take; Maps the Australian health and medical science
horizon scanning landscape; Overviews key international approaches to and national systems for health and medical
science-related horizon scanning.
This primer is intended to inform discussion across government, research funders and the broader health and medical sciences (HMS) sector about the role and design of a nationally coordinated HMS horizon scanning capability.
It maps key past and present Australian approaches, as well as some existing international approaches, and identifies questions that could provide a starting point for exploring next steps that Australia could take towards realising a nationally coordinated horizon scanning model…(More)”.
Horizon Scanning
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