This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services.” The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and economic ...

Incorporating systems thinking into drug value assessment promises more realistic evaluations of the impact of new therapies, but it requires buy-in from policy makers, biopharmaceutical firms, ...

A white paper published by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) established a series of recommendations and guidelines for health technology assessment that aim to address health care ...

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) helps figure out if new medical tools and treatments are useful, safe, and worth the money ...

The rapid evolution of medical devices poses unique challenges and opportunities in modern healthcare. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) has emerged as a critical mechanism to evaluate not only the ...

Patient engagement is a necessity when performing health technology assessment to help better assess and identify the outcomes of a rare disease. Rare diseases present distinct challenges to health ...