Health Technology Assessment | Changi General Hospital

Health Technology Assessments are a systematic evaluation of health technologies to inform decision-making.

Key questions that are answered through HTA are:

Does the intervention work?
For whom?
At what cost?
How does it compare with the alternative?

HTA products

Rapid reviews
Budget impact analysis
Systematic reviews
Economic evaluation
Horizon scanning reports
Health services development program (HSDP) submissions

What we do

HSR performs HTAs to support decision-making in three main areas: clinical service planning, program development, and the Medical Device Oversight Committee (MDOC).

Area	What We Do	Examples of Past Reviews
Clinical service planning	Rapid reviews to guide CGH senior management in prioritising proposals to strengthen decision-making	New model of care for chronic non-invasive ventilation Measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on hospital services Emergency department-initiated extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Programme Development	Independent programme evidence assessment and establish evaluation framework for clinical programmesSupports MOH HSDP grant funding for new technologies/services	Integrated spinal surgery service with computer-guided, minimally invasive capability Integrated rehabilitation service for arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery Rotational endarterectomy for coronary artery disease in patients with complex lesions of the coronary arteries
Medical Device Oversight Committee (MDOC)	Rapid reviews to support decisions on device use and evaluation of performance	Neoveil polyglycolic acid mesh for pancreatic surgery 3D HD flex tip laparoscopic system for abdominal surgery AirSeal valveless trocar system for advanced laparoscopic/robotic surgery High-intensity focused ultrasound for benign fibroadenomas and benign thyroid nodules