On November 4, 2024, EDiHTA was invited to join a Sustainability Roundtable hosted by the ASSESS DHT project. The event successfully convened over 30 experts from HTA bodies in 13 countries, along with representatives from 3 supra-national organisations. This pivotal event centred on fostering dialogue about sustaining the innovative approaches and tools being developed within the projects for the future of health technology assessment (HTA) for digital health technologies (DHT). During the roundtable, both projects shared insights into their current progress and laid out their plans for achieving greater harmonisation of HTA for DHT across Europe.

The event opened with insightful remarks from Claudia Wild (Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbH (AIHTA), Juan Carlos Rejon-Parrilla (Andalusian HTA Unit (AETSA) within the Fundación Progreso y Salud) and the EDiHTA Project Manager, Emmanouil Tsiasiotis (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore). Their insights helped set the tone for the engaging discussions that followed.

Attendees participated in three dynamic pitch sessions that focused on key topics:

• Taxonomy (ASSESS DHT & EDiHTA): Led by our partner, Wija Oortwijn (Radboud University Medical Center), in collaboration with ASSESS DHT representatives, this session explored progress towards creating a standardised classification for digital health technologies.
• Lifecycle Approach (ASSESS DHT): Addressing evidence generation and evaluation across the technology lifecycle.
• Framework and Toolkit (EDiHTA): Our partner and work package leader, Rosa Maria-Vivanco Hidalgo (Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia) discussed the development of practical tools for streamlined assessment processes.

These sessions led to an interactive discussion segment and a Q&A session. This collaborative setting allowed participants to exchange perspectives and engage with critical questions. The success of the roundtable was driven by the active participation of all attendees and the invaluable collaboration between the EDiHTA and ASSESS DHT projects.

Thank you to all attendees, speakers and organisers for making this event a success. Stay tuned for more updates on our ongoing collaboration with the ASSESS DHT project!