Italy
24
Oct 2018
In late July 2018, the regional healthcare agency of the Italian region Emilia Romagna published an a rapid assessment of KLOX LumiHeal ™ system (using photobiomodulation mechanism). The authors conclude that the that the effectiveness of this system is promising, but note that the evidence in these studies is weak (low quality and a low number of subjects), thus only preliminary conclusions can be made.
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17
Oct 2018
On 3rd of October, 2018, the Italian Agency for Regional Healthcare Services, AGENAS, announced on their website that the reviewer volunteers are needed for reviewing the reports that should be published soon.
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11
Oct 2018
In the early July 2018, the authorities of the Italian region Veneto brought a decree that updates the regional guidelines for the management of patients with colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy that were published in January 2017.
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20
Sep 2018
Emilia Romagna Region published a preliminary information report on the LumiHeal™ KLOX system, a topical photo-converter system for the treatment of acute and chronic wounds.
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06
Sep 2018
Emilia Romagna Region published a rapid assessment report on the Medtronic’s Heli-FX™ EndoAnchor™ system. The authors concluded that published literature is of poor quality (mainly non-comparative studies) and mostly includes patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm. Data on the use of the device for thoracic aorta aneurysm repair are extremely limited.
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11
Jun 2018
On 11th May, the Italian Ministry of Health announced from its website that five new Med Tech-related HTA documents are available for public consultation. See the details in the MTRC post.
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15
May 2018
On 26th April, the Italian national agency for regional healthcare, AGENAS, announced that five new HTA documents will be produced for medical technologies during the next months.
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19
Apr 2018
Emilia Romagna Region published a preliminary information report on the Equistasi® device, a wearable proprioceptive stabilizer for rehabilitation of postural instability in Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and athletes.
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06
Mar 2018
Within the Work Package 4 of EUnetHTA Joint Action 3, femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) is currently under assessment by a team led by Emilia Romagna Region.
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01
Mar 2018
The Italian Ministry of Health published a report presenting the expenditure on medical devices for the national healthcare system at 2016. On a total healthcare expenditure for goods and services of 17.6 billion of Euros, 5.8 billion (33%) are related to medical devices.
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06
Feb 2018
Regional guidelines on the use of leadless pacemakers within the region have been released by the technical committee for medical devices in Veneto.
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28
Dec 2017
Assobiomedica published a report presenting the status of the ventilation and monitoring equipment installed across the public and private hospitals at 2016. The scenario pictured by the analysis appears to be critical considering the high number of units older than 10 years.
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