Collaboration

EuroScan is happy to collaborate with organisations with related activities in order to:

• Disseminate information on, and increase understanding of, early awareness and alert systems and activities
• Avoid duplication
• Share experiences, methods and outputs
• Promote the introduction and diffusion of safe, effective and cost effective health technologies in health systems around the world.

Collaboration to date

EuroScan International Network has signed Memorandum of Understandings with the International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment, the World Health Organisation (WHO), Department of Essential Health Technologies and Health Technology Assessment International . All MoU outline a partnership between EuroScan International Network and the relevant organisations.

Between 2006-2008, EuroScan was a collaborating partners in a number of working packages in the EUnetHTA project :

• WP2 (Communications),
• WP 7 (Monitoring emerging/new technology development and prioritisation of HTA), and
• WP 9 (System for support of countries without institutionalized HTA).

In addition to this, WP7 commissioned EuroScan to design and produce a pilot EU-wide information-service/ newsletter that would provide health care decision makers with policy relevant information on new and emerging technologies (see Wild C, Simpson S, Douw K, Geiger-Gritsch S, Mathis S and Langer T. Information service on new and emerging health technologies: Identification and prioritization processes for a European Union–wide newsletter, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Volume 25, Supplement S2, December 2009, pp 48-55).

EuroScan also has links with the European Science Advisory Network for Health project. The objective of EuSANH is to promote independent scientific advice on health issues to national and European health authorities and to support evidence-based health policy.