HTAi’s mission is to support and promote the development, communication, understanding and use of HTA around the world as a scientifically based means of promoting the introduction of effective innovations and the effective use of resources in health care.

The HTAi Policy Forum provides a unique opportunity for senior people from public and private sector organizations with strategic interests in HTA to meet one another, members of the HTAi Board, and invited international experts, for strategic discussions about the present state of HTA, its development and implications for health care systems, industry, patients and other stakeholders. The aim of the Forum is to provide an environment where senior people can engage in strategic discussions informed by the perspectives of their different organizations without the constraints associated with discussions of specific products or organizational policies.

A list of the current membership of the HTAi Policy Forum is available on this web site. The Board of Directors of HTAi has approved a new process for the invitation of new members to the Policy Forum. Further information on that process is available in the document below.

Papers of the HTAi Policy Forum: Free access now available

The paper developed following the 2009 meeting of the HTAi Policy Forum has been published in the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. Free access is available at the following link:

“HTA to optimize health technology utilization: using implementation initiatives and monitoring processes”  
K. Fronsdal, K. Facey, M. Klemp et al. on behalf of the HTAi Policy Forum

Papers from previous meetings:

The results of the Policy Forum's February 2008 deliberations on harmonising evidence requirements for HTA in decision making have been published in the Fall 2008 issue of the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, the official journal of HTAi. Courtesy of Cambridge University Press a downloadable version of this article is available for download.

An article and commentary from the Fall 2007 issue of the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care presenting the deliberations of the Policy Forum from February 2007 on coverage with evidence development is also available for download.

More information including Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Policy Forum is available for download below.

Requests for more information or further questions about the Policy Forum should be directed to the HTAi secretariat.