Adaptation of HTA Reports
Goals & Purpose
The aim of the working group is to collaborate with the network to develop a tool and the possibility of carrying out adaptations of HTA reports from other institutions. By adopting and adapting assessments already carried out, duplication of efforts is avoided, and the experience and knowledge accumulated by other institutions is leveraged. This allows for faster and more efficient assessment of health technologies, which in turn speeds up decision-making in health policy. Furthermore, the adoption and adaptation of assessments from other institutions and organisations fosters international collaboration and knowledge exchange, as well as improving efficiency.
The group is focused on designing a tool that allows, based on already published technology reports, to subject products to analysis that respond to our needs, optimizing resources and evaluation times.
Members of the group
- Ana Perez – Academic Unit for Health Technology Assessment, University of the Republic (Uruguay)
- Alicia Aleman – Academic Unit for Health Technology Assessment, University of the Republic (Uruguay)
- Perla Mordujovich de Buschiazzo- University Center of Pharmacology, Collaborating Center of the Pan American Health Organization, Faculty of Medical Sciences, National University of La Plata and Argentine Public Network for Health Technology Assessment (RedARETS) (Argentina)
- Christian Dorati – University Center of Pharmacology, Collaborating Center of the Pan American Health Organization, Faculty of Medical Sciences, National University of La Plata and Argentine Public Network for Health Technology Assessment (RedARETS) (Argentina)
- Jorgelina Alvarez – Provincial Committee on Health Technologies of Mendoza and Argentine Public Network for the Evaluation of Health Technologies (RedARETS) (Argentina)
- Hugo Marin Piva – Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Costa Rica)
- Patricia Caballero – National Institute of Health (Peru)
- Victoria Hurtado Menese – Department of Health Technology Assessment and Evidence-Based Health, Ministry of Health (Chile)
- Marisa Santos – National Institute of Cardiology (Brazil)
- Alejandra Ferrari – Academic Unit for Health Technology Assessment, University of the Republic (Uruguay)
- Alejandra Croci – Academic Unit for Health Technology Assessment, University of the Republic (Uruguay)
- Ricardo Ruano Arevalo – Health Technology Directorate, Ministry of Health (El Salvador)
- Andres Mejia Ramirez – Guatemalan Social Security Institute (Guatemala)
- Karina Aliaga – National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases (Peru)
Results - Job made by the group
Development of the Tool for the adaptation of Health Technology Assessment reports (2024). A tool was proposed to adapt HTA reports, which was based on the one developed by the European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) and was translated into Spanish and adapted by the working group of the Guide to rapid health technology assessment reports of the Spanish Network of Agencies for the Assessment of Health Technologies and Benefits of the National Health System (REDETS).
Our tool consists of two stages and includes a set of dichotomous questions organized into 3 modules. The instrument is a support guide and should not be considered as a quantitative tool with delimited cut-off points.
You can access the tool at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/62061
Links of interest
The following methodologies developed in the Americas region were identified:
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