EDPs in Iran

With the support of the WHO country office in Tehran we are currently supporting the implementation of EDPs in Iran, in close collaboration with the High Council for Health Insurance (HCHI) of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, to define the country’s Health Insurance Benefit Package, targeting some 30 conditions across six disease areas.

Our activities include:

  • Support for the implementation of evidence-informed deliberative processes in the form of remote consultations with a local team of analysts;
  • Provide guidance on the application of decision criteria for periodic health benefits package revisions in Iran;
  • Provide guidance for the presentation of available evidence on interventions targeting specific diseases/conditions to local technical working groups for deliberation and appraisal;
  • Assist in developing and implementing an M&E framework for health insurance benefit package revision;
  • Provide guidance to institutionalise EDPs as part of periodic HIBP revision in Iran.

Publication:

Nouhi M, Baltussen R, Razavi SS, Bijlmakers L, Sahraian MA, Goudarzi Z, Farokhian P, Khedmati J, Jahangiri R, Olyaeemanesh A. The Use of Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for Health Insurance Benefit Package Revision in Iran. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022;11(11):2719–26

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By working in groups, we accelerate the development of knowledge and its implementation. Each group is led by an experienced group leader, who ensures the direction, focus and sustainable development of the group and the well-being and professional development of its members. The specialized knowledge is applied in one or more research programs.

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Addiction psychiatry

Arnt Schellekens's research group aims to reduce the tremendous burden of addictive disorders through translational research, linking basic science with clinical practice. The group focuses on disentangling clinical heterogeneity, in order to develop personalized addiction treatment strategies.

Advanced x-ray imaging methods

Ioannis Sechopoulos's research group specializes in research on novel image acquisition, processing and analysis in diagnostic x-ray based imaging, particularly for breast and body computed tomography.

Affordability and accessibility of care

Bram Wouterse's research group investigates how to make health care systems sustainable, from a financial, work force, societal, and environmental perspective. We do so in collaboration with policymakers and by combining evidence at the individual and local level.

AI for precision medicine

Francesco Ciompi's research group focuses on precision medicine, investigating and developing artificial intelligence models to better understand diseases, discover novel biomarkers, and help physicians to improve their routine diagnostics and select the right treatments to help patients.

AI in thoracic oncology

Colin Jacobs's research group investigates how to develop robust and trustworthy artificial intelligence algorithms for medical imaging in the field of lung cancer, how to validate these algorithms in clinical practice, and how we can have the most impact with AI in healthcare.

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We are in the process of creating a web page for each research group. Over the next few months, this overview will be completed.

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