Health Technology Assessment: The regulation that provides access to healthcare data
How collaboration and coordination across Europe help to create innovative products
The Regulation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA), implemented by the European Union and applicable since 12 January 2025, aims to ensure a fair, transparent, and evidence-based evaluation of medical technologies. By establishing a framework for joint clinical assessments among EU Member States, the HTA enhances decision-making processes, reduces duplication of efforts, and promotes equitable access to innovative healthcare solutions across Europe.
Part of the HTA’s success is the connection to open data. Open data ensures that the evidence base for clinical assessments is accessible, reliable, and transparent, as anybody can access it and conduct an independent test. Open data is often easily reusable, facilitating cross-border collaboration as Member States can share standardised data, methodologies, and outcomes with each other. It also fosters trust and accountability by providing stakeholders (e.g., healthcare providers, policymakers, and patients) with clear and comparable information about the effectiveness of health technologies.
Data.europa.eu is a key player in this open-data ecosystem, hosting a large collection of datasets from various sectors, including over 25 000 datasets in the health category. This means the portal serves as a valuable resource for HTA processes, where researchers and policymakers can access high-quality, structured data to support clinical assessments and analyse trends in healthcare innovation. Our interoperability and commitment to data quality align seamlessly with the HTA Regulation’s objectives, ensuring that health technology evaluations are supported by evidence.
By leveraging open data and the tools provided by platforms like data.europa.eu, the HTA Regulation strengthens the EU’s capacity to deliver efficient, patient-centred healthcare. This synergy demonstrates how open data can support the healthcare system, so make sure to discover our wide range of datasets and other open data resources!
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