title: The principles of Health Technology Assessment in laboratory medicine.
abstract: The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a multi-professional and multidisciplinary evaluation approach designed to assess health technology in the broadest sense of the term, from its instruments to the rearranging of its organizational structures. It is by now an established methodology at national and international levels that involves several medical disciplines thanks to its versatility. Laboratory medicine is one of these disciplines. Such specialization was subjected, in recent years, to deep changes even from an organizational standpoint, in order to meet the health needs of the population, making them as effective and cost-effective as possible. In this regard, HTA was the tool used to assess implications in different areas.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liguori
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Belfiore
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Amora
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liguori
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plebani
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical