Asociación Española

de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias

Experience and Solvence

We are an independent general interest entity dedicated since 1993 to the promotion and implementation of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in Spain.

Knowledge through a network of experts in the field

Pioneers in generating interest for an effective implementation of HTA in Spain

Rigour, everything we do is backed up by scientific evidence

Experience, we have been promoting this discipline in Spain for 28 years

position the Health Technology Assessment as the discipline that allows to evaluate the return on investments in R & D & I with the aim of improving the quality of life of patients and ensuring the sustainability of the healthcare system.

Strategic Vision

Training

We have a University Diploma in Health Technology Assessment, in collaboration with Pompeu Fabra University and the Gaspar Casal Foundation.

Scientific Endorsement

Developing a policy of endorsement with the aim of guaranteeing, facilitating and promoting initiatives of excellence aimed at formal evaluators and influencers of health technologies of the National Health System.

Scientific Meetings

We organize scientific-technical events around border issues related to discipline for the different actors of the health system.

Library

Our 28 years of experience in the sector have allowed us to combine the knowledge that exists around this discipline.

Trends in Health Technology

The Journal of Health Digitalization Trends (e-health trends) is part of an Observatory that analyses market trends.

Technological Consultancy

We are experts in the preparation of Health Technology Assessment Positioning Reports (PR-HTA).

“Health technology assessment ... is a structured analysis of a health technology, a set of related technologies, or a technology related issue that is performed for the purpose of providing input to a policy decision.”

US Congress, Office of Technology Assessment 1994Click Here

“Health Technology Assessment asks important questions about these technologies [drugs, devices, procedures, settings of care, screening] such as: When is counselling better than drug treatment for depression? What is the best operation for aortic aneurysms? Should we screen for human papilloma virus when doing cervical smears? Should aspirin be used for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease? It answers these questions by investigating four main factors: whether the technology works, for whom, at what cost, how it compares with the alternatives.”

UK NHS National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme 2013

“We shall use the term assessment of a medical technology to denote any process of examining and reporting properties of a medical technology used in health care, such as safety, efficacy, feasibility, and indications for use, cost, and cost-effectiveness, as well as social, economic, and ethical consequences, whether intended or unintended.”

Click Institute of Medicine 1985