Congresso Português de Cardiologia

2nd CUTEheart Workshop: Health Technology Assessment in Cardiovascular Disease

Date: 23rd April 2016 | Venue: Hotel Tivoli, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal

Program schedule

09:00 Registration

09:30 – 09:45 Welcome Session

Altamiro Costa Pereira, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto

Sharon-Lise Normand, Harvard Medical School, USA

09:45 – 10:45 1st Session: International perspectives on health technology assessment in cardiovascular care

Moderator: Armando Teixeira-Pinto, University of Sydney, Australia

Non-compliance in randomised controlled trials comparing vascular and endovascular surgical interventions for

cardiovascular care

Manuel Gomes, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

The link of diagnostic tests and patient outcomes: methodologic challenges and experience from cardiovascular disease

Constantine Gatsonis, Brown University, USA

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30 2nd Session: Main results and lessons to be learned from the CUTEheart project

Moderator: Sharon-Lise Normand, Harvard Medical School, USA

Mariana Lobo, Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto

Elisabete Fernandes, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon

Cláudia Nisa, Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto

Leonor Bacelar Nicolau, Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon

11:30 – 12:45 Round Table: Implementing Health Technology Assessment in Portugal

Moderator: Altamiro Costa Pereira, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto

Luís Azevedo, Senior Researcher, Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), University of Porto

Heitor Costa, Executive Director of Portuguese Pharmaceutical Industry Association (APIFARMA)

João Gonçalves, Secretary-General of Portuguese Association of Medical Devices Industry (APORMED)

Marta Temido, President of the Central Administration of the Health System (ACSS)

Sónia Cardoso, Directorate of Health Products, National Authority of Medicines and Health Products, IP (INFARMED)

José Silva Cardoso, Past President of Portuguese Society of Cardiology (SPC)

Rui Cruz Ferreira, Coordinator of the National Program for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Directorate-

General of Health, Ministry of Health

12:45 – 13:00 Closing Session

Sharon-Lise Normand, Harvard Medical School, USA

Altamiro Costa Pereira, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto

16:00 – 17:00 Posters Session

Posters’ Room