NECA Holds Annual Academic Conference on 'Health Technology Assessment'

The National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) announced on the 6th that it will hold its annual academic conference on the 14th under the theme "Decision-Making Using Health Technology Assessment: Challenges and Tasks."

NECA holds an annual academic conference every year to share current health and medical issues and challenges and to explore future development directions. This event will be held in person.

Recently, to pursue a balanced development of the healthcare industry and the sustainability of health insurance finances, the need for health technology assessment (HTA), which provides scientific evidence to ensure the best decision-making in healthcare decision processes, has been increasing. Accordingly, this event was organized to share the current status and achievements of the HTA system and to seek new roles and visions for HTA together with stakeholders from various sectors.

The first session, titled "Achievements, Issues, and Future Directions of New Health Technology Assessment," will present the current operation status and improvement directions of the new health technology assessment system and gather opinions from experts across society. Professor Changjin Moon of CHA University will chair the session. Professor Junheum Yeon of Inje University College of Medicine will present on "Issues, Truths, and Future Directions of New Health Technology Assessment," followed by Professor Youngseok Lim of Ulsan University College of Medicine, who will present on "Current Status of Evidence Generation for Early Access Health Technologies and Efforts for the Future." CEO Jinhwan Lim of AimMed and Executive Director Jaejun Lim of the Korea Medical Devices Industry Association (Head of Business Planning at VUNO) will present on the industry's desired "Early Access Health Technology System" and "New Health Technology Assessment Customer Support Service," respectively. The subsequent discussion will include participants such as Sangyun Oh, Director of Medical Resource Policy at the Ministry of Health and Welfare; Junhyun Kim, Director of the Health Policy Participation Research Institute; Sunyoung Park, Director at Lunit; and Chaemin Shin, Head of the New Health Technology Assessment Division at NECA.

The second session, titled "Reassessment of Existing Technologies: Application and Achievements," will share the overall status of the operation of the health technology reassessment system and discuss challenges for institutional development. The session will be chaired by Jungyul Park, President of the World Medical Association, and Jieun Choi, Head of the Health Technology Assessment Research Division at NECA, will present on "Current Status and Development Plans of NECA's Health Technology Reassessment." In the following discussion, experts from various fields, including Professor Moosong Lee of Ulsan University College of Medicine, Professor Hyungjun Kim of Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Professor Hyunsun Park of Inha University College of Medicine, and Jung-hwa Kang, President of the Korea Consumer Federation, will discuss their experiences and development directions regarding the health technology reassessment system.

This event is free and open to anyone who pre-registers through NECA’s website and other channels.

Lee Jae-tae, President of NECA, said, "This annual academic conference is an opportunity to reflect on NECA’s role and the health technology assessment system for the development of healthcare in Korea through the valuable insights of experts from various sectors. We hope for rich discussions on the path the HTA system has taken, the path it will continue to take, and the future directions and challenges for the institution."

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