Protocol for the development of an artificial intelligence extension to the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) 2022

Abstract

Introduction: AI interventions for health care are on the rise. Decisions about coverage and reimbursement are often informed by Health Technology Assessment (HTA) bodies, who rely on Health Economic Evaluations (HEEs) to estimate the value for money (cost effectiveness) of interventions. Transparent reporting of HEEs ensures they can be used for decision making. Reporting guidance exists to support this, such as the Consolidated Health Economic Reporting Standards (CHEERS) checklist. We aim to identify consensus about specific items should be reported by HEEs that evaluate AI interventions and, if such items are identified, to develop them into an extension to CHEERS: CHEERS-AI Methods and analysis: The project will have 4 phases: - Phase 1 is a literature review to help identify potential AI-related reporting items. - Phase 2 commences a Delphi process, with a series of surveys to elicit the importance of the potential AI-related reporting items. - Phase 3 is a consensus-generation meeting to agree on the final extension items. - Phase 4 is dissemination of the project outputs.

TRIPOD+AI statement: updated guidance for reporting clinical prediction models that use regression or machine learning methods

“…Reporting guidelines for healthcare studies using machine learning economic evaluations to estimate the value for money (cost effectiveness) of artificial intelligence interventions70 SPIRIT-AI Protocols for clinical trials evaluating an intervention with an artificial intelligence component71 CONSORT-AI Clinical trial reports evaluating an intervention with an artificial intelligence component 72 PRISMA-AI Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of artificial intelligence interventions (in preparation) 73 STARD=Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy; TRIPOD=Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis Or Diagnosis; AI=artificial intelligence; CLAIM=Checklist for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging; DECIDE=Decisions in health Care to Introduce or Diffuse innovations using Evidence; CHEERS=Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards; SPIRIT=Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials; CONSORT=Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials; PRISMA=Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.…”