GHP November 2016

24 | ghp November 2016 Research & Development Solving Healthcare Challenges Key Partnerships • INAHTA: IHE hosts the Secretariat of International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment. More than 50 agencies in 33 countries are involved; • HTAi: IHE hosts the Secretariat of Health Technology Assessment International, which has more than 60 organisations and 1,200 individual members worldwide. IHE also hosts and the Scientific Secretariat for HTAi Policy Forum; • WHO: IHE is a technical member of WHO Health Evidence Network; • CADTH: IHE is a member of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Technology Exchange; • NOAHE: IHE hosts the Secretariat of the Network of Alberta Health Economists; • Alberta Ministry of Health: IHE serves as the provincial program for health technology assessment; and • IHE partners with health economists around the globe. Core Services The IHE provides a wide range of high quality and credible technology assessment and economic The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) was founded in 1995 on the belief that the best solutions to healthcare problems are the result of a collaborative approach between government, academia, and industry. Over two decades later, the IHE remains an independent and not-for-profit organisation, that is uniquely governed by a board of directors comprised of key influencers and decision-makers from each of these three groups. The IHE is committed to supporting both public and private sector organisations to achieve their objectives by producing, synthesising, and disseminating evidence-based findings from health economics, health policy, health technology assessment, and comparative effectiveness research. and policy analysis services via both internal staff and external national and international network resources. Given a unique structure representing both the public and private sectors, the IHE also acts in the capacity of a neutral convenor for health policy dialogues and engagements between government, academia, and industry utilising mature conference and publication series vehicles. The core services include: • Health technology assessment; • Health technology management; • Health economics, modelling & analytics/ decision support; • Budget impact assessment; • Health care costing; • Policy impact evaluation; • Transformative health delivery multi- stakeholder project management; • Public/private sector convening & engagement; • Knowledge Translation & Evidence Dissemination; • Reimbursement. IHE Industry Program Area The IHE has a pan-Canadian program area dedicated to issues and topics of strategic importance to the private sector life sciences