Proposal of a Methodology to Enhance Mini-HTA Evaluations

The National HTA Programme (PNHTA) - Medical Devices is designed to promote collaboration among the entities responsible for decision-making processes, with the purpose of developing and implementing tools based on Health Technology Assessment (HTA), ensuring more effective governance of medical devices. This study focuses on the implementation of a new strategy for managing the procurement requests of innovative medical devices, in line with the PNHTA. Specifically, it aims to develop a support method for healthcare organizations planning to introduce new technologies into clinical practice, providing a useful tool to guide decisions regarding the adoption or exclusion of each device. The innovation lies in identifying a method aimed at improving the robustness of healthcare decisions. The proposed model uses the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to conduct a multicriteria analysis of the innovative devices, in order to strengthen the decision-making process. This method allows for the comparison and evaluation of different alternatives based on specific criteria and sub-criteria, with the objective of identifying the most advantageous solution.