“New doesn’t mean better”: Towards a new concept of innovative health technology

An innovative health technology (IHT) should be understood as a new technology that is better in its benefits than the status quo in the local health system. The additional benefit that the IHT means must refer to relevant outcomes for a society based on complete best quality scientific evidence. Th...

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Autores: Fiestas, Elmer, Dongo, Víctor, Fiestas, Fabián
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Perú
Recursos:Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
Repositorio:Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:cmhnaaa_ojs_cmhnaaa.cmhnaaa.org.pe:article/1532
Acesso em linha:https://cmhnaaa.org.pe/ojs/index.php/rcmhnaaa/article/view/1532
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Innovación
Invenciones
Evaluación de tecnologías biomédicas
Innovation
Inventions
Technology assessment, biomedical
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Resumo:An innovative health technology (IHT) should be understood as a new technology that is better in its benefits than the status quo in the local health system. The additional benefit that the IHT means must refer to relevant outcomes for a society based on complete best quality scientific evidence. This proposed definition of IHT then highlights the social value of a health technology, which can be made explicit through that methodological tool, increasingly used globally, called health technology assessment. This approach can help governments, from an ethical and economic perspective, to ensure a more efficient distribution of resources and public budgets for rapid and equitable access of the population to IHT. This article proposes and supports the implementation of this definition of IHT in the decision-making processes in health in the Peruvian context.