EHRA Summit 2017

• 13:15 - 13:20
  • Welcome, G. Hindricks
• 13:20 - 13:30
  • Feedback from the EHRA Spring Summit 2016, H. Heidbuchel

Session 1:  Interacting with policy makers at the hospital level – Chaired by G. Hindricks & H. Heidbuchel

• 13:30 - 13:50
  • “As Director of Electrophysiology, I am happy that I studied hospital management in order to deal with my administrators.”, C. Leclercq
• 13:50 - 14:10 
  •  “I am an expert clinician and do not feel the need to acquire business skills: that is the job of my administrators.”, M. Chalij
• 14:10 - 14:30 
  • The view of the hospital administrator, R. Kuhlen
• 14:30 - 14:50 
  • Do we need local training or DAS-CAM?, T. De Potter
• 14:50 - 15:30 
  • Panel + audience discussion, Plenary
• 15:30 - 16:00 
  • Coffee Break

Session 2: Reimbursement and quality assurance advocacy towards national policy makers – Chaired by B. Merkely & K. Zeppenfeld

• 16:00 - 16:15
  • Avenues to innovation reimbursement: the innovator’s perspective, K-H Kuck
• 16:15 - 16:35 
  • Testimony of a successful reimbursement change: what worked?, H. Heidbuchel
• 16:35 - 16:55
  • Testimony of a failed reimbursement change: why it went wrong, F. Braunschweig
• 16:55 - 17:15 
  • The spiralling down of technology -and DRG- reimbursement: how to stop?, C. Elsner
• 17:15 - 17:30 
  • How policy makers try to have innovations adopted faster and more systematically
    through the health care system: NHS Innovation Accelerator, C. Davie
• 17:30 - 18:15 
  • Panel + audience discussion, Plenary
• 20:00 - 22:00 
  • Dinner

Introductory lecture

• 09:30 - 09:50
  • Advocacy and networking - why is it so important?, J. Brugada

Session 3: How to reach the key decision makers at the European level?  – Chaired by H. Heidbuchel & N. De Groot

• 09:50 - 10:10
  • How EHRA/ESC ventures into Horizon2020 funded trial, N. Dagres
• 10:10 - 10:30
  • How to find your way in the “Research & Innovation Participant Portal” when shopping for EU funding?, S. O'Kelly
• 10:30 - 10:45 
  • Lessons from the EHRA Innovation Summit: how EHRA can help to clear the hurdles for getting innovative solutions reimbursed, F. Prinzen
• 10:45 - 11:00 
  • The vision of ESC on EU health and science policies, A. R. Pries
• 11:00 - 11:15 
  • EHRA Position Documents on new technology or standards of care, L. Fauchier
• 11:15 - 11:30 
  • Coffe break
• 11:30 - 12:20
  • Panel + audience discussion
• 12:20 - 12:35
  • Late Breaking News: How the new MedTech regulations will affect us all from 2018 onwards, G. Hindricks
• 12:35 - 12:45 
  • Take-home messages and adjourn by the EHRA President, G. Hindricks