Collaboration

Nordic and Scandinavian cooperation

Together with Scandinavian sister authorities, Cochrane Sweden, HTA Region Stockholm, and SBU have started a network called the Nordic GRADE network. The Nordic GRADE Network aims to advance the use of GRADE for evidence-informed decision making for policy and practice in the Nordic countries, i.e. Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway. The Network builds on the extensive research and training experience of individuals within the Network to coordinate and maximize GRADE training, research and guideline activities in the Nordic countries. SBU is part of the steering group.

Nordic HTA Network

The Nordic HTA Network is a collaboration between NOMA, the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Social Services (SBU), the Danish Healthcare Quality Institute (DHQI), the Finnish Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (FinCCHTA), and the Council for Choices in Health Care in Finland (COHERE Finland).

The Nordic HTA Network has been established to facilitate collaboration and knowledge-sharing among Nordic organizations that conduct HTAs of medical devices, procedures, and other non-pharmaceutical technologies. The purpose is to optimize and streamline this work at the national level and within the Nordic countries.

European networks and collaborations

SBU is a member of the European network Heads of Agencies Group (HAG). This network gathers the responsible HTA authorities in the respective countries. SBU also represents Sweden on EU level in the HTA Coordination Group which has been established under the new EU regulation about HTA, HTAR.

Health Technology Assessment international (HTAi) is the global scientific and professional society for all those who produce, use, or encounter HTA. HTAi has members from over 65 countries and embraces all stakeholders, including researchers, agencies, policy makers, industry, academia, health service providers, and patients/consumers. HTAi provides access to a variety of resources including the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (IJTAHC) and they host the annual scientific conference on HTA. The society is governed by an elected Board of Directors that is supported by an Executive Committee, several Advisory Committees, and a Secretariat.

INAHTA is a network of 53 HTA agencies that support health system decision making that affects over 1 billion people in 34 countries around the globe. With more than 2,100 staff working in the INAHTA network, there are clear benefits to connecting these agencies to cooperate and share information about their work producing and disseminating HTA reports for evidence based decision making. INAHTA serves this purpose. http://www.inahta.org/

International Network on Social Intervention, INSIA is an international network for agencies working in the field of social interventions. INSIA was established in 2021 and currently has eight member organisations from Europe, North America and Asia. INSIA’s position statement sets out the vision, aims and benefits of the network. The secretariat is hosted by SBU.

WHO. The government has appointed SBU as Sweden's representative in the HTA network in the World Health Organisation (WHO)