Pharmacovigilance & Drug Safety

Health technology assessment

Health technology assessment (HTA) is that the systematic evaluation of the properties and effects of a health technology, addressing the direct and intended effects of this technology, also as its indirect and unintended consequences, and aimed mainly at informing deciding regarding health technologies. it's other definitions including a way of evidence synthesis that considers evidence regarding clinical effectiveness, safety, cost-effectiveness and, when broadly applied, includes social, ethical, and legal aspects of the utilization of health technologies. The precise balance of those inputs depends on the aim of every individual HTA. a serious use of HTAs is in informing reimbursement and coverage decisions by insurers and national health systems, during which case HTAs should include benefit-harm assessment and economic evaluation. and a multidisciplinary process that summarises information about the medical, social, economic and ethical issues associated with the utilization of a health technology during a systematic, transparent, unbiased, robust manner. Its aim is to tell the formulation of safe, effective, health policies that are patient focused and seek to realize best value. Despite its policy goals, HTA should be firmly rooted in research and therefore the methodology.