HTAs in Finland in June 2024

In June 2024, the Finnish Coordinating Center for Health Technology Assessment (FinCCHTA) announced that two rapid hospital assessments in the extracorporeal treatments and endoscopy fields were accomplished:

• Abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (A-NRP) in transplantation;
• Endoscopic ultrasound-guided (EUS) radiofrequency ablation (RFA) treatment of pancreatic tumors.

These rapid hospital assessments were performed by the Helsinki University Hospital; however, the reports themselves are not available. 

In June 2024, the FinCCHTA also released a Digi-HTA assessment aiming to evaluate the Tunstall TSP system, which is used to receive personal alarm alerts and to forward related assistance tasks. The system includes web and desktop applications designed for professional use in processing alerts. The clients are provided with a Lifeline Digital personal alarm device through which the alerts are forwarded. In addition to the personal alarms, the system may be fitted with various sensors and accessories not included in this assessment.

According to the assessment subareas, the product received the following scores:

• Effectiveness – promising but more evidence is needed (1);
• Safety – sufficient (2);
• Costs – reasonable (2);
• Data security and data protection – sufficient (2);
• Usability and accessibility – sufficient (2).

The product received a total score of 9 (out of 10), which means that the product meets the assessment criteria mainly and that the organization considering the deployment of this product should note that in one key area, there are things to consider. More evidence of its effectiveness is still needed. The assessment is valid until June 2027.

See the full details in Finnish here, here, and here.

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