Govt appoints nine members to drive health tech reform

The federal government has appointed nine members to the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Review Implementation Advisory Group (IAG).

To be chaired by the renowned cardiologist and Co-director of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney, Professor Andrew Wilson, the IAG will help guide critical reforms in response to the findings and recommendations of the HTA Review Report, which was released in September.

Health technology assessment is the process of reviewing the quality, safety, efficacy and value for money of new health technologies before they are…