On 4 June 2026, the EDiHTA project will contribute to the PEOF 2026 Global Gathering in Seville, Spain, with the interactive session “Mapping the HTA Journey for Digital Health Technologies: Co-creating Patient Involvement within the EDiHTA Project”. The session will explore how patients can meaningfully contribute to Health Technology Assessment (HTA) processes for digital health technologies, and how more patient-centred approaches can support safer, more effective and more responsive digital innovation in healthcare.
Co-creating patient involvement in digital health technology assessment
Digital health technologies are increasingly shaping healthcare delivery, decision-making and patient experience. To ensure these technologies respond to real needs and can be implemented responsibly, patient perspectives must be integrated into assessment processes from an early stage. The EDiHTA session will invite participants to reflect on how patients can contribute across the HTA journey, from identifying relevant outcomes and usability considerations to discussing implementation barriers, evidence needs and the broader value of digital health solutions. Through interactive discussions and co-creation activities, participants will work together to strengthen patient involvement mechanisms, improve tools and resources, and identify capacity-building needs for the uptake of digital HTA practices across Europe.
Session details
Session title: Mapping the HTA Journey for Digital Health Technologies: Co-creating Patient Involvement within the EDiHTA Project
Event: PEOF 2026 Global Gathering
Date: 4 June 2026
Time: 09:30-11:15 CEST
Location: Seville, Spain
Speakers and moderator
The session will feature contributions from:
- Emmanoil Tsiasiotis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Annapoorna Prakash, Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, the Netherlands / Radboud University
- Sonia Muñoz-López, FCRB-Hospital Clínic de Barcelona / Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
The session will be moderated by Valentina Strammiello from the European Patients’ Forum.
Supporting more patient-centred digital HTA
By bringing together patient representatives, researchers and HTA experts, the session will contribute to EDiHTA’s wider work on developing a European framework for digital health technology assessment. The discussion will help identify how patient involvement can be made more systematic, practical and impactful in the evaluation of digital health technologies.
This contribution reflects EDiHTA’s commitment to supporting assessment approaches that are not only methodologically robust, but also responsive to patient needs, healthcare realities and the evolving digital health landscape.