1. Designation process of the Collaborating Centre BCN WHO-FIC Network Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia October 2014

2. 2 What is the Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS) To generate relevant knowledge to contribute to the improvement of the quality, safety and sustainability of the Catalan health system, focusing on assessment and using information, analysis and IT as main tools. Mission Public entity depending on the Catalan Health Ministry that acts in service of the public policies Health technology assessment (including drugs) Analysis of performance of healthcare centers IT service center (shared eHealth records + electronic prescription) Security protection on health data Main functions http://observatorisalut.gencat.cat/

3. New role of health assessment agencies Systematic review Real world evidence Knowledge generation Policy makers Healthcare professionals Patients Health sciences industries Stakeholders Health technology assessment mHealth assessment, analysis of performance of healthcare centers and social impact research assessment. Mission  Technology and information systems are a key component to the healthcare systems as they are used to provide health care services and to share clinical data between providers.  These data are critical to improve the quality of care and health services and the assessment capacity. 3

4. 4 Relate and analyze INFORMATION in an individualized, secured and anonymized way Define a service catalog that allows to generate KNOWLEDGE from this information Create VALUE for the Catalan health system and to the citizens from the knowledge generated The project consists in relating and analysing the information that is constantly being generated at an individual level across all the Catalan healthcare system, in an anonymous and secure way, and to give analysis to researchers so that they can improve and impulse their activity. Value Knowledge Information Using health information to improve quality of care

5. 5 The project will provide value directly and indirectly at three different levels Research institutions Catalan healthcare system Catalan society in general Increased ability for the research and development institutions and for the healthcare industry in general (suppliers, pharma, biotech, medical devices, etc.) to carry out their activities Increased capacity to plan and allocate resources, find efficiencies, proactivity on patient health and experience improving, system control and performance assessment and improvement, etc. Increased ability to attract talent and investment on health research sectors and other sectors directly or indirectly related to the life sciences.

6. Designation process of the Collaborating Centre BCN WHO-FIC Network 6 2008 First contact: Catalan Health Department - EURO-WHO (topic focal point in Europe) 2009 Close collaboration of Catalan Health Department with WHO-FIC Network 2010 Officially begining of the designation process: - Application documents - Support letters from Spanish Ministry of Health (with Catalonia, Andorra and Balearic Islands ) 2010-2013 Participation in WHO-FIC Annual Meetings: 2010, Toronto, Canada (Starting Designation) 2011, Cape Town, South Africa (Continuing Designation 2012, Brasilia, Brazil (Under Designation) 2013, Beijing, People’s Republic of China 2014 WHO-FIC Annual Meeting in Barcelona Hosted by Catalan Health Department –AQuAS Collaboration of Fundació TICSalut CC-BCN located in AQuAS (Under Designation ) Final Designation CC-BCN 6

7. AQuAS Department of Health Catalonia (Mortality Registry) Murcia (Epidemiology Unit) Catalan Health Service (Demand and Activity Analysis Unit) Fundació TicSalut (Standards and Interoperability Office; Innovation Unit) Tecnocampus Mataró-Maresme (Terminology Unit) Universal Doctor Injury Hospital Verge de Meritxell, ANDORRA (Quality Unit) Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga (Health Care Information Management Unit) Hospital Dr. Peset, València (Admission & Medical Documentation Unit) Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (Medical Records and Archive Unit; Medical Informatics Development and Projects Unit) Institut Guttmann, Badalona (Brain Injury Unit; Research Unit) Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge (Clinical Codification Unit) Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona (Medical Records and Archive Unit) Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona (Health Care Resources Coordinator) Corporació de Salut del Maresme i la Selva (Healthcare Information and Medical Records) Barcelona University (Biostatistics Unit, Public Health Department) 7 Collaborating Centre BCN staff 7

8. 8 CC-BCN Working plan  Activity 1. Organization of the WHO FIC Network Annual Meeting in 2014. o Create a common work space of discussion for the WHO-FIC Work Groups o Collaborate to drawn the WHO-FIC Network the roadmap for the forthcoming year o Disseminate the progress of the ICD and other classifications o Give visibility to the Spanish-speaking members of the WHO-FIC Network and promote a networking space for these members  Activity 2. Support to the ICD-11th developments. o Participation in the reference groups meetings and discussions, with special interest in Mortality Reference Group and the Family Development Committee.  Activity 3. Uses of ICT and eHealth tools applied to CTS products. o Increase the use of ICT and eHealth tools among professionals through devices of automatic codification.  Activity 4. Dissemination of classification systems and promotion of their added-value. o Creation of an updated repository of e-learning experiences and tools related to CTS products.  Activity 5. Implementation of the current use versions of ICD in the Spanish territory. o Create a repository of all the Spanish ICD implementation guidelines

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