Integration of Treatment council to The Danish Healthcare Quality Institute (DHQI) - Impacting Medtech and Diagnostics
23 May 2025

The integration of the Treatment Council (Behandlingsrådet) into the Danish Healthcare Quality Institute (DHQI) provides an important development for Medtech and Diagnostics. 

The DHQI has a broader scope, including:  

  • Clinical Guidelines 
  • Evaluations 
  • Clinical Quality Registries 

With this combined responsibility, one could anticipate/hope there will be a broader utilisation of real-world data to inform the evaluations.  

Status of all initiated evaluations by Treatment council: 

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Recommended: 

  • rTMS for resistant depression 
  • Non-operative treatment of distal radius fractures (>65) 
  • Sensor-based diabetes tech (CGM alarms) 
  • Home NIV for COPD patients 

Partial recommendation: 

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) treatment 

Not recommended: 

  • Internet CBT for depression (iKAT) 
  • Handheld ultrasound in acute care 
  • AI decision support in colonoscopy  
  • High-tech hospital beds  
  • Non-arthroscopic partial meniscus resection 
  • Optune for Gliobastoma

 Read more about the new institute here: https://www.sundk.dk/ 

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