Italy
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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08
Dec 2017
Emilia Romagna Region announced the launch of two new series of documents, according to the new regional assessment framework for medical devices developed during 2017: rapid assessment reports and preliminary information reports.
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05
Dec 2017
Emilia Romagna Region published a preliminary information report on the CytoSorb® device, an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber for the reduction of circulating cytokines in the blood stream.
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01
Dec 2017
Emilia Romagna Region published a rapid assessment report on the cardiac cryoablation catheter (also known as cryoballoon) for atrial fibrillation (AF). The authors concluded that, compared to radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation is not linked to higher effectiveness but presents shorter procedural time.Emilia Romagna Region published a rapid assessment report on the cardiac cryoablation catheter (also known as cryoballoon) for atrial fibrillation (AF). The authors concluded that, compared to radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation is not linked to higher effectiveness but presents shorter procedural time.
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20
Nov 2017
Annual report from the Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (GISE) shows increasing trends in procedural volume of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI), mitral clip implantations, closure of left atrial appendage (LAA) and patent foramen ovale (PFO).
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20
Oct 2017
The analyses were performed on the 2015 data from 16 Regions, on the basis of 35 indicators. According to the score assigned, Regions were classified as “compliant” (i.e., score ≥ 160 or between 140 and 160 with no critical values in any of the indicators) or “non-compliant” (i.e., score < 140 or between 140 and 160 with at least one critical value in one of the indicators). Overall results showed that the Country is split into two sections: Regions in the north were all compliant while those in the south, with the only exception of Basilicata, showed suboptimal performances.
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09
Oct 2017
Agreement on the national HTA programme for medical devices has been reached between the central and regional authorities during the last Assembly. The main player in this context will be the Cabina di Regia per l’HTA. The steering committee will produce policy recommendations about the use of the assessed technologies and monitor implementation by procurement organizations. Read about the scope of the framework in our blog post.
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23
Aug 2017
A list of scientific societies and technical and scientific medical associations appointed to release national guidelines will be defined in the next months by the Ministry of Health, following its decree issued on 2nd August 2017.
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