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European network for Health Technology Assessment
Background, aims, organisation
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Outline

• What is HTA?
• EUnetHTA background what led to the project
• EUnetHTA short the partners
• EUnetHTA tasks and objectives
• EunetHTA organisation
• Latest developments

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What is HTA

• Health technology is the application of
  scientific knowledge in health care and
  prevention
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a
  multidisciplinary process that summarises
  information about the medical, social, economic
  and ethical issues related to the use of a health
  technology in a systematic, transparent,
  unbiased, robust manner
• The aim of HTA is to inform the formulation of
  safe, effective, health policies that are patient
  focused and seek to achieve best value.

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HTA goals

• To provide input to decision making in healthcare
  policy and practice
• Essential attributes of HTA
• Orientation toward decision making
• Systematic interdisciplinary process
• Wide scope

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Examples of HTA

• Diagnostic and treatment methods
• Medical equipment
• Pharmaceuticals
• Rehabilitation and prevention methods
• Organisational and supportive systems within
  health care

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November, 2004

• Report of the EU Commissions High Level Group on
  Health Services and Medical Care (HLG) dated
  November 30th concluded
• HTA has become a political priority and there is
  an urgent need for establishing a sustainable
  European network for HTA.

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Developments in 2005

• January
• DG SANCO Public Health Work Plan 2005 (2006)
• HTA is a priority area
• Commissioner Kyprianou speech (HTA 1 of 7 main
  areas)
• the usefulness of establishing a sustainable
  European
• health technology assessment network has been
  recognised
• I hope to see this network being set up this
  year, with support
• from the Public Health Programme.

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EUnetHTA Partners

• 59 partners
• 34 Associated Partners (national/regional HTA
  agencies, MoH, research institutions,
  international organisations (Cochrane
  Collaboration)
• 25 Collaborating Partners (e.g. WHO, OECD, CoE)
• 24 EU countries ( Slovakia)
• 2 EEA (Norway, Iceland)
• Switzerland
• 4 institutions in countries outside Europe
  (Israel, Australia, Canada, USA)

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EUnetHTA Objectives

• The general objective
• To establish an effective and sustainable
  European Network for Health Technology Assessment
  EUnetHTA - that informs policy decisions
• The general strategic objective of the Network
• To connect public national HTA agencies, research
  institutions and health ministries, enabling
• effective exchange of information
• support to policy decisions by the Member States

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EUnetHTA two strands

• 1. Development of an organisational framework for
  a sustainable European network for HTA
• 2. Development of practical tools to fit into
  this framework

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EUnetHTA Strategic Objectives

• Better coordination of HTA activities
• Less duplication
• Increase the HTA output and input to
• decision-making in the Member States and EU
• Strengthen the link between HTA and healthcare
  policy making
• Support countries with limited experience with HTA

More effective use of national resources put
into HTA
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Vision for the future

• By the end of the project EUnetHTA will
• transform into a permanent network for HTA in
  Europe  - with a supporting secretariat - to be
  established by EU and its Member States
• have established a transparent structure of
  stakeholder involvement

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EUnetHTA Work Packages (WPs)

• WP1 Coordination (DACEHTA, Main Partner)
• WP2 Communications (SBU, DAHTA)
• WP3 Evaluation (NOKC)
• WP4 Common Core HTA (FinOHTA)
• WP5 Adapting existing and Common Core HTAs to
  other settings (NCCHTA)
• WP6 Transferability to policy (DACEHTA)
• WP7 Monitoring emerging technologies and HTA
  prioritisation (HAS)
• WP8 HTA support system in Member States
  without institutionalised HTA (CAHTA)

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EUnetHTA Project
Steering Committee (Main Partner and Associated
Partners) (34 Members, Chair Head of Main
Partner)
EUnetHTA FORUM (all interested
parties and stakeholders)
Advisory Group (Collaborating Partners, reps of
MoH)
Executive Committee (Main Partner and WP Lead
Partners) 9 people
Info and feedback exchange
Coordinating Secretariat at DACEHTA (Main Partner)
WP 8
WP 7
WP 6
WP 5
WP 4
WP 3
WP 2
WP 1
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Latest Developments - selection

• EUnetHTA Steering Committee meeting 3-year work
  plan adopted and governance structure endorsed
• first Core HTA technology identified
  (drug-eluting stents)
• structure for the HTA-policy study developed
• EUnetHTA update presented to High Level Group and
  DG Sanco Health Systems Working Party
• Initial contacts with major stakeholder groups
  initiated - Forum Gastein, October 4-5 European
  HTA Forum, stakeholder dialogue

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