Digi-HTA
Digi-HTA is a method developed for digital products and services for social and health care and well-being. It is used to assess the suitability of a product or service for the use of customers and employees in the sector.
The aspects of the assessment are effectiveness, costs, safety, data protection and security, as well as usability and accessibility. In addition, issues affecting the commissioning of a digital product, such as the care process and changes in IT, are examined in particular.
The representatives of the wellbeing services counties can make use of Digi-HTA assessments, for example, before procurement, in connection with the procurement, when starting the piloting of products or in carrying out a market survey.
The Digi-HTA assessment enables a technology company to demonstrate the suitability of its digital product or service for the use in social and health care or in promoting well-being. The assessment allows the company to obtain an evaluation of its product by independent experts, so the company can also use the assessment in product development.
Current events
EDiHTA (European Digital Health Technology Assessment)
is an EU-funded project aiming to develop and harmonize the assessment of digital health technologies across Europe. The project conducts pilot assessments through an open call in collaboration with HTA bodies from different countries.
The call is open until 20 March 2026 at 17:00, and the pilot assessments will take place between July 2026 and April 2027. Read more here: EDiHTA , Open Pilot Call for DHT Developers/Manufacturers is Now Live – EDiHTA
17.9.2025 A new assessment has been published!
FinCCHTA has published a new Digi-HTA – assessment. Scopia application for colonoscopy quality control
19.6.2025 An expired assessment has been now re assessed and published!
FinCCHTA has re assessed Suvanto Care Safety Service. Available at: Suvanto Care Safety Service – Fincchta
28.5.2025 An expired assessment has been now re assessed and published!
FinCCHTA has re assessed Orla DTx. Available at Orla INR Remote Monitoring – Fincchta
11.3.2025 A new assessment has been published!
FinCCHTA has published a new Digi-HTA – assessment. Sotender application for allocating social services and health care gig work – Fincchta
8.10.2024 Towards harmonization of assessment of digital health applications and technologies: Digi-HTA vs PECAN
The latest report in FinCCHTA’s publication series on the harmonization of assessment of digital health applications and technologies has been published. The report describes the practical application of the French PECAN model and the Finnish Digi-HTA model, as well as their similarities and differences. The report has been implemented in collaboration with the University of Oulu.
5.5.2024 A scientific article that includes a comparative study of the Digi-HTA, DiGA, NordDEC, and CEN-ISO/TS 82304-2:2021 assessment models has been published.
Haverinen, J. et al. (2024). Finnish Digi-HTA Assessment Model for Digital Health and an International Comparison. In: Särestöniemi, M., et al. Digital Health and Wireless Solutions. NCDHWS 2024. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2084. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59091-7_20
21/04/2023 – Towards harmonization of the assessment of digital health applications and technologies: comparative reports DiGAV & Digi-HTA and NordDEC & Digi-HTA
The second and third reports of FinCCHTA’s three-part publication series on the harmonization of assessment of digital health applications and technologies have been published. The reports include the application of DiGAV, NordDEC and Digi-HTA, similarities and differences from the point of view of harmonization of evaluation methods. The reports have been implemented in cooperation with the University of Oulu.
The reports can be downloaded from FinCCHTA’s website: Digi-HTA & DiGAV and Digi-HTA & NorDEC
23/02/2023 – Towards harmonization of assessment of digital health applications and technologies: CEN-ISO/TS 82304-2 & Digi-HTA
The first report of FinCCHTA’s three-part publication series on the harmonization of assessment of digital health applications and technologies has been published. The report discusses the application of the technical specification CEN-ISO/TS 82304-2 and Digi-HTA, similarities and differences from the point of view of harmonization of assessment methods. The report has been implemented in cooperation with the University of Oulu and the Label2Enable project.
You can read the news release from this link. The report can be downloaded from FinCCHTA’s website:
Contact information
E-mail: fincchta@pohde.fi
Telephone (exchange): + 358 8 315 4394
E-mail addresses: firstname.lastname(at)pohde.fi
Jari Haverinen – Senior Planning Officer, FinCCHTA
Petra Falkenbach – Head of Assessment, FinCCHTA
