Page 6 - HTAIn an Introduction

Achieving optimal health requires investments in medical care, public

health/prevention, and social programs. Unfortunately, due to limited

resources, decisions must be made regarding how to prioritize and

pay for these efforts

“HTA plays a role in helping to prioritize these essential needs.

Primarily, the purpose of an HTA is to inform decision makers about

what is known and what is not known about a technology, with the

goal of creating policies that gets the right treatment to the right

patient at the right time at the right cost, given the tradeoffs”

Through the HTA process, the strengths and weaknesses of the new

technology (and the strength of evidence surrounding its use) are

thoroughly explored. This helps facilitate future investments for

sustaining the use of said technology and further research, especially

in areas where few treatments exist