The objectives of this study were to explore the technological information of health technologies under development and analyse the safety, efficacy, potential impact of each technology, and to preemptively provide information to consumers including patients, healthcare service providers, clinical research professionals, industries, government policy decision makers, insurers, and licensors.

Additional objectives were to stimulate the industry through healthcare- related information exchange by coordinating with pertinent domestic institutions and create international information networks. This study aimed to contribute to the inauguration of a system managing the health technology lifecycle and the solid establishment of a health technology assessment system in Korea by building a business foundation for an investigation system of high potential, newly developed health technologies.