All significant innovations in Norway should undergo either national or hospital-based health technology assessment within “New Methods” framework. Guiding criteria for prioritization of topics for assessments were recently formulated by the administration of the program.
Criteria are divided into 3 segments:
- Selection criteria: use of the method within specialized services, method in innovative, method can replace other methods, CE marking, financial responsibility for use of technology, availability of documentation for the method
- Relevance criteria: focus on serious disease, potential benefit, high unmet need, innovativeness, high risks associated with the method, likely budget impact, available evidence, involvement of medical radiation
- Criteria for level of potential assessment (national or hospital-based): major consequences for health care system and its budget, high-risk devices, use in screening, necessity for comprehensive health economic analysis, use of drugs in the method, companion diagnostic tests
Criteria will help Norwegian Institute of Public Health to make priority decisions about selection of topics for health technology alerts ( a form of horizon screening) for participants of the program, and prioritization of specific assessments at national and hospital levels.
Read the full document in Norwegian here.
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