21 October 2020 - The history of European health technology assessment goes back more than 30 years. Almost as old as health technology assessment agencies themselves is the desire to achieve European collaboration. 

This gained further impetus with the establishment of the European Network of Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) in 2006. In this context, the field of information management faced specific challenges. 

Although these services are an integral part of health technology assessment and information specialists play a key role here, this field is often not adequately represented in the health technology assessment agencies within EUnetHTA.

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