We are proud to announce the upcoming publication of the 2nd – completely revised – edition of the book “Patient Involvement in Health Technology Assessment” by Springer – with the editors Karen Facey, Ann Single, and Anke-Peggy Holtorf. More than 100 authors have contributed to the 33 chapters including experts from HTA bodies, academic institutions, […]
We are celebrating the publication “Toward including environmental sustainability in Health Technology Assessment” (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462325100500) reporting on the early output of the HTAi Environmental Sustainability in HTA (ESHTA) Working Group under the Leadership of Melissa Pegg BSc (Hons) MSc MSc PIEMA and Debjani B Mueller. Many people with different perspectives (including HTA, academic research, industry, health policy, […]
Incorporating environmental sustainability into HTA is critical to support healthcare sustainable development. The definition of HTA emphasizes the inclusion of environmental aspects, however this domain is still not widely adopted globally. Therefore, a working group at HTAi (www.htai.org) has come together to work on this subject and develop some foundational consensus. https://htai.org/engage-with-us/working-groups/htai-eshta/ The ESHTA Working Group […]
We are collecting examples where changes in health technologies, healthcare delivery, or healthcare policies have been made that improved environmental sustainability without negative or with positive impact on patient outcomes. If you are aware of such examples, please reach out to the ESHTA Working Group of HTAi (https://htai.org/engage-with-us/working-groups/htai-eshta/) or directly to Anke-Peggy Holtorf.