In order to introduce health technology assessment in research institutions, specialists of the Center’s HTA Department are conducting a series of educational seminars for managers and medical staff of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.
Their aim is to raise the awareness of the medical and pharmaceutical community about the organization and conduct of HTA. The topic has become particularly relevant in view of the introduction and implementation of new mechanisms for the financial provision of medical care.
The first seminar of the series, devoted to the implementation of HTA in the healthcare sector, took place on June 10. The Center's speakers were Kostiantyn Kosiachenko, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Advisor to the Director, and Oresta Piniazhko, Candidate of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Director of the Department of Health Technology Assessment, State Registers Administration, and Price Monitoring of the Center.
The very first seminar generated great interest among scientists. Almost 100 people took part in it.
Yesterday, 13 July, the second seminar of the Zoom series took place. This time the topic was “Standardization of Medical Services.” The speaker was Oksana Hulenko, Head of the Medical Care Standardization Division of the HTA Department.
During the seminar, she told the audience about the methodology for developing and implementing medical technological documents. Specifically, she covered the following issues:
- Adaptation of clinical guidelines.
- Development of sectoral standards of medical care.
The next webinar will take place in a week, on July 20, 2021. It will be devoted to the topic: “Rational pharmacotherapy and the state formulary system for providing healthcare facilities with medicinal products”.
Speakers: Yuliia Malyshevska, Deputy Director of the HTA Department; Alona Masheiko, PhD in Pharmacy, Head of the Division for Cost-Effectiveness Assessment of Medicinal Products of the Center's HTA Department.
During the webinar, the following issues will be considered:
- Conditions for rational pharmacotherapy in accordance with WHO recommendations;
- The role of the formulary system in ensuring rational prescribing of medicinal products;
- Main tasks of pharmacotherapeutic committees of healthcare institutions,
- ABC and VEN analyses of the use of medicinal products.
As a reminder, the series of seminars is held as part of the measures begun in 2021 to introduce and implement a new mechanism for financing the provision of tertiary (highly specialized) medical care. Heads of structural units and their deputies for economic and medical matters, members of working groups on the development of clinical protocols, and other interested medical professionals of state institutions of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine are invited to participate in this series of seminars.
