Regional Meeting of Practice Guidelines and IX RedETSA Meeting: Integration of HTA mechanisms and Practice Guidelines to inform and implement decision making towards Universal Health 14 – 16 November 2017, Panama
During the days of November 14 to 16, the Regional Meeting of Practice Guidelines and IX RedETSA Meeting: Integration of HTA mechanisms and Practice Guidelines to inform and implement decision making towards Universal Health took place in Panama City, where 52 people from 16 countries and 33 different organizations were present. For the first time, those responsible for the practice guidelines in the Region of the Americas and the Network for Health Technologies Assessment of the Americas together organized a presential meeting that aimed to advance in the integration of HTA mechanisms and Practice Guidelines to inform decision making and monitor its application to advance toward Universal Health.
The first day of the meeting the topics related to the HTA and RedETSA were discussed, as an update of activities by the secretariat (PAHO) and the members, updating Collaborating Centers and defining priorities for 2018. There were also panels and discussion on Medical Devices (evaluation methodologies, priority medical devices, prices, management) and on Economic Assessment (transferability, models, and high cost diseases).
On the second day of the meeting the topics related to Practice Guidelines were discussed. The participants presented the advances and difficulties in the area; the “Manual for the Strengthening of National Programs of Evidence-informed Guides: A Tool for Adaptation and Implementation of Guidelines in the Americas” was presented, and there was a group discussion and work on adapting guides informed by the evidence in the Region.
The third day dealt with the integration of HTA mechanisms and Practice Guidelines. The incorporation of the perspective of the patients in the HTA processes and of the Practice Guidelines and a methodology for the preparation of short reports were discussed, and several participants presented experiences of integration of mechanisms to support the decision making of coverage in their countries. Finally, the groups discussed the best ways to strengthen the institutionalization and integration of mechanisms to support coverage decisions, and agreed on the next steps.
Bellow you can see the agenda of the meeting, have access to the links of the presentations and the list of participants.
Participants’ List
| COUNTRY | NAME | INSTITUTION |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Cristian Dorati | Centro Universitario de Farmacologia |
| Argentina | María Clara Zerbino | Ministerio de Salud de Argentina |
| Argentina | Santiago Hasdeu | Ministerio de Salud de Argentina |
| Argentina | Sebastian Garcia Martí | Intituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitária - IECS |
| Bolivia | Mirka Susana Zuñiga | La Agencia Estatal de Medicamentos y Tecnologías de Salud - AGEMED |
| Brazil | Flávio Maurício Garcia Pezzola | Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - CCOPAS/IEB - UFSC |
| Brazil | Leandro Safatle | Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária - ANVISA |
| Brazil | Livia Lemos | Centro Colaborador de Avaliação de Tecnologias de Saúde - CCATES Brasil |
| Barzil | Marisa Santos | Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia - INC |
| Brazil | Priscila Avelar | Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - CCOPAS/IEB - UFSC |
| Brazil | Renato Garcia | Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - CCOPAS/IEB - UFSC |
| Brazil | Vania Canuto Santos | Ministério da Saúde do Brasil |
| Canada | Alicia Framarin | Intitut Nationale d' Excelence en Santé - INESS |
| Canada | Carol Vlassoff | University of Ottawa |
| Chile | Patricia del Carmen Kraemer Gomez | Ministerio de Salud de Chile |
| Chile | Victoria Hurtado Meneses | Ministerio de Salud de Chile |
| Chile | Yohanna Valderas | Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile - ISPCH |
| Colombia | Jaime Calderon | Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud - IETS |
| Colombia | Rodrigo Pardo | Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| Costa Rica | Ana Eduviges Sancho | Ministerio de Salud de Costa Rica |
| Costa Rica | Angie Ramirez | Caja Costaricense de Seguro Social - CCSS |
| Costa Rica | Mauricio Duarte | Caja Costaricense de Seguro Social - CCSS |
| Cuba | Ana Margarita Toledo | Ministerio de Salud de Cuba |
| Ecuador | Adriana Granizo Martinez | Ministerio de Salud Publica de Ecuador |
| Ecuador | Jacinto Esteban Bonilla Escobar | Ministerio de Salud Publica de Ecuador |
| El Salvador | Ricardo H. Ruano | Ministerio de Salud de El Salvador |
| El Salvador | Roberto Quijada | Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social - ISSS |
| Honduras | Gerardo Pinede | ARSA Honduras |
| Mexico | Jesús Ojino Sosa | Centro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnologíca en Salud - CENETEC |
| Mexico | Veronica Gallegos | Centro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnologíca en Salud - CENETEC |
| PAHO | Alexandre Lemgruber | Panamerican Health Organization |
| PAHO | Ana Marcela Torres | Panamerican Health Organization |
| PAHO | Francisco Caccavo | Panamerican Health Organization |
| PAHO | Ludovic Reveiz | Panamerican Health Organization |
| PAHO | Murilo Contó | Panamerican Health Organization |
| PAHO | Sonia Quezada | Panamerican Health Organization |
| PAHO | Rita Casol | Panamerican Health Organization |
| PAHO | Jose Gonzalez | Panamerican Health Organization |
| PAHO | Hilda Leal | Panamerican Health Organization |
| PAHO | Itzel Thomas | Panamerican Health Organization |
| PAHO | Isaías Montilla | Panamerican Health Organization |
| Panama | Pedro Contreras | Ministerio de Salud de Panamá |
| Panama | Jeremias Bernal | Ministerio de Salud de Panamá |
| Peru | Karina Alicia Gil Loayza | Ministerio de Salud de Perú |
| Peru | Marianella Villalta Contreras | Organismo Andino de Salud - ORAS CONHU |
| Peru | Nora Reyes | Instituto Nacional de Salud - INS |
| Peru | Patricia Pimentel | Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud - IETS |
| Peru | Zila Patricia Caballero | Instituto Nacional de Salud - INS |
| Dominic Republic | Andelys De la Rosa | Ministerio de Salud Publica de Republica Dominicana |
| Dominic Republic | Escarlen Heredia | Dirección General de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Productos Sanitarios - DIGEMAPS MSP |
| Uruguay | Alarico Rodriguez | Fondo Nacional de Recursos - FNR |
| Uruguay | Ana Perez | Ministerio de Salud Publicade Uruguay |