Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Software Tool: Phase II: Prototype of a Decision-Support System - Softcover

SMART Vaccines--Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines--is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help inform choices among candidates for new vaccine development. A blueprint for this computer-based guide was presented in the 2012 report Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Framework: Phase I.

Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Software Tool,Phase II extends the proof-of-concept presented in the Phase I report, which was based on multi-attribute utility theory. This report refines a beta version of the model developed in the Phase I report and presents its next iteration, SMART Vaccines 1.0.

Ranking Vaccines: Phase II discusses the methods underlying the development, validation, and evaluation of SMART Vaccines 1.0. It also discusses how SMART Vaccines should--and, just as importantly, should not--be used. The report also offers ideas for future enhancements for SMART Vaccines as well as for ideas for expanded uses and considerations and possibilities for the future.

• Front Matter
• Summary
• 1 Introduction: New Vaccines and SMART Vaccines
• 2 Refinements to the SMART Vaccines Model
• 3 Data Synthesis, Software Redesign, and Evaluation
• 4 Observations and Looking Forward
• References
• Appendix A: Computational Modeling for SMART Vaccines
• Appendix B: Candidate Disease Profiles
• Appendix C: Data Sources and Methodology for SMART Vaccines
• Appendix D: Verification and Analyses of the SMART Vaccines Computational Model
• Appendix E: Stakeholder Speakers
• Appendix F: Biographical Information