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Look out for this project, we will work towards providing objective analyses of existing and future methodologies with an pragmatic touch, to keep in mind the reality of HTA assessments (there is no one size fits all in Europe, yet) #HTA, #healthtechnologyassessment, #SUSTAIN_HTA

Fantastic workshop to wrap up the excellent work carried out under this #TSIproject workstream “Making the case for sustainable #investments in health”, share experiences and learn from each other together with partners and experts from European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Expertise France, SEO Amsterdam Economics, European Commission #DGREFORM, Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain. Well done to colleagues from Sciensano for the #HealthImpactAssessment study on a reduction of tobacco selling points in Belgium: one of the policy measures set out in the Inter-federal strategy for a smoke-free generation! The project has helped countries identify their capacity building needs and tailor a 'learning by doing' approach to meet these needs! In Belgium, it helped to build capacity to undertake #HIAs and facilitate collaboration between policymakers across Ministries and researchers in order to support future #evidencebased policy making. 💡 Food for thought: 👉 How much of the health measures and interventions to tackle the #CDoH and risk factors are actually evidence-based? 👉 How much of the evidence showing clear associations between a measure, positive health outcomes and even cost-savings is shelved and never translates into informed, impactful policies for a myriad of reasons? 👉 How can we embed a more structured, systematic #HIA approach in the design and implementation of future #publichealth policy decisions? What we CAN do is invest in a building a culture of evidence-informed policy making so it’s not policy by chance but evidence public health policy by design! Some takeaways from this unique and collaborative exercise in Belgium: -       KISS: keep it super simple and speak the language of politicians when disseminating HIA outcomes (think of DALYs - don't take it for granted that MoF know what we're talking about); -       Work together: the value of #intersectoral collaboration cannot be stressed enough so involve other Ministries; -       Timing: be there at the right time and identify strategic windows of opportunity when you can provide the numbers ex-ante to support politicians in making the right choice from a menu of policy options (starting from the least to the most ambitious so they get the full picture); -       Invest in getting the #data you need, it will pay off later with a more robust and comprehensive analysis, impacting the outcomes -       Don’t be discouraged if the results of a HIA on a policy measure are inconclusive or appear insignificant. Keep in mind the overall impact of several measures aimed at achieving the same goal! Brecht Devleesschauwer Vanessa Gorasso Sarah Croes Leonor Guariguata Joost Witteman Alain Lefebvre Anne Swaluë Annick Galante Eline Remue Nora Mélard Caroline Costongs Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment Simon Drees Simone Gelmetti, ACMA Dimitra Panteli Ben Duncan Ben Cave

My brief and non-comprehensive assessment of the Political Guidelines that Ursula von der Leyen presented this morning at the EP. ✅ There’s the European Affordable Housing Plan… that S&D asked for. ✅ there’s the Quality Job Roadmap inspired by ETUC and the progressives ✅ there’s the just transition for all and a good focus on civil society engagement ✅ there’s the a general alignment with the social Europe depicted in the La Hulpe Declaration 🚫 no serious link or action to address the potential divergence coming from the competitiveness agenda and single market deepening 🚫 there’s no specific mention of regulating algorithmic management for better working conditions 🚫 on health also a rather timid approach, very focused on pharma and with not even the dignity of a self-standing chapter. The plans on health are included in a chapter on circular and resilient Europe and one bullet point on a preparedness Union. No mention of a public infrastructure for innovation in health as put forward by the EP and Forum Disuguaglianze, which would totally make a difference. Also nothing on advancing on health standards or fighting regional health inequalities or contrasting the damaging intra-EU mobility of health professionals. 🚫 The statement "we will invest massively in our sustainable competitiveness" doesn't seem substantiated by any appropriate investment tool. No ambitions or plans on continuing the experience with joint borrowing, no plans for new own resources, no vision or methods for European public investment. Please add comments and inputs so that collectively we get a more comprehensive analysis.

Great event...some personal takeaways -The siloing of health data is a legal and institutional problem that is going to fossilize itself and constipate future innovation (and effective public health funding). Federal and Provincial Health Ministers can choose to imagine a system where (eventually) Canadians enjoy heath data that is vendor neutral and shared effectively. Canadian jurisdictions can co-create a process that ends with accepting the risk of sharing data using new approaches (institutional and technological). Having ~16 'grown-up' EMR systems for managing a citizen's heath data with 2000+ bespoke implementations is an obvious opportunity for Provincial and Federal coordination. Delay will just make the system more weird. -Adding gaggles of devices at the edge of a health enterprise is an important cyber risk -Doctors would like to be able to understand address cyber privacy risk more effectively

📣 15 #TSI flagships 2025 just announced! 📣 The #TechnicalSupportInstrument is the European Commission's mechanism for offering technical expertise to #MemberStates to undertake structural reforms, addressing key challenges facing the EU, many of which are linked to the #EuropeanSemester. https://lnkd.in/gJKkUSmE Here the new flagships, the first two particulary relevant for health and social advancements: 🔍 EU Health Hub – Investing in Resilient Health System 🔍 Addressing Demographic Change Through Reforms #LTC 🔎 ComPAct - Pillar I - Skills for public administration systems 🔎 ComPAct - Pillar II - Capacity for Europe's Digital Decade 🔎 ComPAct - Pillar III - Greening Public Administration 🔎 Economic Security in Technologies and Resources (ESTER) 🔎 Innovative Public Financial Management  🔎 EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy 🔎 Improving Sustainability Reporting for Businesses 🔎 Making Energy Systems Fit for the Green and Digital Transition 🔎 PACE - Public Administration Cooperation Exchange 🔎 Simplifying Revenue Administration for Businesses  🔎 Single Market and Competitiveness 🔎 Support implementation of the Migration and Asylum Pact  🔎 Supporting the Resilience of Natural Resources

📢 Our latest whitepaper, “One HTA to Assess Them All 2.0 - The Strategic Perspective on EU HTA Updated”, offers a comprehensive analysis of the European Health Technology Assessment (EU HTA). This report by SKC delves into both the substantive and strategic aspects, providing valuable insights for stakeholders. 💡Key highlights: We have (re-)analyzed the implications of the newly defined EU HTA framework and updated the #operative, #strategic, and #structural #success #factors to optimally prepare for and handle the new process. In just a few pages, our whitepaper portrays the relevant factors of EU HTA and explains its strategic importance with concrete steps and food for thought. 📩You can download the full whitepaper on our website free of charge: https://lnkd.in/eNN4KJwY #EUHTA #JCA #marketaccess

📜 🇪🇺 The Political Guidelines for the next European Commission include: ❇️ Putting research and innovation at the heart of our economy 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZhTcXRr ✍️Here our own Priority Actions on Healthcare: 1️⃣Keep the European Union (EU) attractive to innovation ❇️ EU R&D financing through the Horizon programmes and the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) is critical and needs to be expanded. ❇️The EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) should include a dedicated and integrated roadmap for funding the resilience, sustainability, and health innovation of healthcare systems. ❇️Healthcare infrastructure investments via the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and the EU Structural and Cohesion Funds should be enhanced. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ei3EjMAV

💥 We present our newly released whitepaper titled “One HTA to Assess Them All 2.0 - The Strategic Perspective on EU HTA Updated”. In this comprehensive report, SKC delves into the substantive and strategic depths of the European Health Technology Assessment (EU HTA). 💡Key highlights: We have (re-)analyzed the implications of the newly defined EU HTA framework and updated the operative, strategic, and structural success factors to optimally prepare for and handle the new process. In just a few pages, our whitepaper portrays the relevant factors of EU HTA and explains its strategic importance with concrete steps and food for thought. 📩You can download the full whitepaper on our website free of charge: https://lnkd.in/ebfjtZT9 👀 If you are interested or know someone within your organization who might be interested, please check out our new format “Ask the expert”. It is a Q&A session in which you and your colleagues have the chance to discuss EU HTA-specific challenges and questions with our EU HTA expert team. The first session is scheduled for July, 16 and you can apply for your registration at https://lnkd.in/eR_CFUFF #EUHTA #JCA #marketaccess

As this week is International Open Access Week, we would like to remind our wonderful research community that you may be eligible to publish open access in Health Systems and have the costs covered by your institution. ❔ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞❔ ➡️ Check here to see if your country/institution has an open access agreement with Taylor & Francis here: https://lnkd.in/ekAKK7Yy ➡️ If you are unsure, drop us an IM or speak with your librarian. 💡Deals are in place with CAUL (Australia and New Zealand), KEMÖ (Austria), CzechELib (Czech Republic), FinELib (Finland), Forum13+(Germany), IReL (Ireland), MALMAD (Israel), VSNU (Netherlands), Sikt (Norway), B-on (Portugal), Bibsam (Sweden), CSAL (Switzerland) & JISC (UK) - to name a few... ❔𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬❔ 1️⃣ Submit to Health Systems 2️⃣ Authors of accepted papers will be given the option to be funded through an open access agreement (if present) 3️⃣ Upon signing the publishing agreement, your institution will be notified of your request for funding 4️⃣ If approved, you will be informed via email. If not approved, you have the option to either fund open access through a different source or publish as a subscription article, which does not require any payment. ➡️ For more details see: https://lnkd.in/gswic83E ⭐ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 ⭐ 👉 Greater Visibility 👉 Impact beyond the academy 👉 Increasing scholarly impact 👉 Complying with funder mandates #operationsresearch #operationalresearch #decisionscience #IS #healthcare #healthsystems #ORMS #openaccess The OR Society Taylor & Francis Group

In this perspective piece, CCI's Director of Ontario Affairs, Skaidra Puodžiūnas, outlines key priorities for Ontario as the province gears up for the fall legislative session and a potential early election. Collaboration with local innovators is essential to driving prosperity and better services for Ontarians. From creating a sustainable pathway for healthcare innovation to advancing digital leadership, these policy directions can set the province on a path to a thriving innovation ecosystem. Read here: https://lnkd.in/eujq8ARe