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 – RedETSA

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.

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Participants’ List

COUNTRYNAMEINSTITUTION
ArgentinaCristian DoratiCentro Universitario de Farmacologia
ArgentinaMaría Clara ZerbinoMinisterio de Salud de Argentina
ArgentinaSantiago HasdeuMinisterio de Salud de Argentina
ArgentinaSebastian Garcia MartíIntituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitária - IECS
BoliviaMirka Susana ZuñigaLa Agencia Estatal de Medicamentos y Tecnologías de Salud - AGEMED
BrazilFlávio Maurício Garcia PezzolaInstituto de Engenharia Biomédica da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - CCOPAS/IEB - UFSC
Brazil Leandro SafatleAgência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária - ANVISA
Brazil Livia LemosCentro Colaborador de Avaliação de Tecnologias de Saúde - CCATES Brasil
Barzil Marisa SantosInstituto Nacional de Cardiologia - INC
Brazil Priscila Avelar Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - CCOPAS/IEB - UFSC
Brazil Renato GarciaInstituto de Engenharia Biomédica da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - CCOPAS/IEB - UFSC
Brazil Vania Canuto SantosMinistério da Saúde do Brasil
CanadaAlicia FramarinIntitut Nationale d' Excelence en Santé - INESS
CanadaCarol VlassoffUniversity of Ottawa
ChilePatricia del Carmen Kraemer GomezMinisterio de Salud de Chile
ChileVictoria Hurtado MenesesMinisterio de Salud de Chile
ChileYohanna ValderasInstituto de Salud Pública de Chile - ISPCH
ColombiaJaime Calderon Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud - IETS
Colombia Rodrigo PardoUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
Costa Rica Ana Eduviges Sancho Ministerio de Salud de Costa Rica
Costa Rica Angie RamirezCaja Costaricense de Seguro Social - CCSS
Costa Rica Mauricio Duarte Caja Costaricense de Seguro Social - CCSS
Cuba Ana Margarita ToledoMinisterio de Salud de Cuba
EcuadorAdriana Granizo MartinezMinisterio de Salud Publica de Ecuador
EcuadorJacinto Esteban Bonilla EscobarMinisterio de Salud Publica de Ecuador
El SalvadorRicardo H. RuanoMinisterio de Salud de El Salvador
El SalvadorRoberto QuijadaInstituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social - ISSS
HondurasGerardo PinedeARSA Honduras
MexicoJesús Ojino SosaCentro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnologíca en Salud - CENETEC
MexicoVeronica GallegosCentro Nacional de Excelencia Tecnologíca en Salud - CENETEC
PAHOAlexandre LemgruberPanamerican Health Organization
PAHOAna Marcela TorresPanamerican Health Organization
PAHOFrancisco CaccavoPanamerican Health Organization
PAHOLudovic ReveizPanamerican Health Organization
PAHOMurilo ContóPanamerican Health Organization
PAHOSonia QuezadaPanamerican Health Organization
PAHORita CasolPanamerican Health Organization
PAHOJose GonzalezPanamerican Health Organization
PAHOHilda LealPanamerican Health Organization
PAHOItzel ThomasPanamerican Health Organization
PAHOIsaías MontillaPanamerican Health Organization
PanamaPedro ContrerasMinisterio de Salud de Panamá
PanamaJeremias BernalMinisterio de Salud de Panamá
Peru Karina Alicia Gil LoayzaMinisterio de Salud de Perú
Peru Marianella Villalta ContrerasOrganismo Andino de Salud - ORAS CONHU
Peru Nora Reyes Instituto Nacional de Salud - INS
Peru Patricia PimentelInstituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud - IETS
Peru Zila Patricia CaballeroInstituto Nacional de Salud - INS
Dominic RepublicAndelys De la Rosa Ministerio de Salud Publica de Republica Dominicana
Dominic RepublicEscarlen HerediaDirección General de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Productos Sanitarios - DIGEMAPS MSP
UruguayAlarico RodriguezFondo Nacional de Recursos - FNR
UruguayAna PerezMinisterio de Salud Publicade Uruguay