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Profile of a Consensus Development Program in Finland: The Medical Research Council of The Academy of Finland
Profile of a Consensus Development Program in Finland: The Medical Research Council of The Academy of Finland
Pages 102-109
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The purpose of the consensus development conference program of the MRC is to raise interest in developing the assessment of health care technology in Finland. The MRC is the primary agency for organizing and sponsoring consensus development conferences for medical technology assessment.
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The main purpose of each conference is similar to that of conferences conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States, that is, to evaluate publicly the scientific information on health care technologies and to arrive at a consensus statement that will be useful for health care providers, researchers, and the public.
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The primary intended users of the consensus statements vary according to the theme of the conference. For example, the conference on acute otitis media targeted clinical practitioners, whereas the conference on cholesterol and coronary heart disease addressed a wide range of interested parties, from the providers of agricultural products and nutritionists to clinical practitioners.
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The issues addressed in a consensus development conference usually include the safety, efficacy, effectiveness, service requirements, adoption level, and economic implications of the technology, as well as social, psychological, ethical, or legal considerations as appropriate. The Finnish MRC holds the multidisciplinary approach to the broad assessment of technologies to be of great importance for the consensus development conference process.
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The committee carefully selects a pane} with the appropriate range of expertise for the particular conference. Researchers, clinicians, planners, administrators, and other health care providers are represented on the panel.
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The planning committee chair opens the conference with a brief introduction to the consensus development process. The chair of the speakers' group then provides background information on the technology in question; the presenter summarizes areas where no controversy exists and a brief review of the relevant epidemiologic and scientific data.
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Announcements are distributed by mail to a variety of individuals in health care, including the Hospital League, the Society of Health Care Assessment of Finland, medical schools, institutes, selected university departments, university clinics, central hospitals, health administrators, communal administrators, etc. The consensus statement is published in the main Finnish medical
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To date, the impact of the consensus development program has not been formally evaluated.
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