Welcome to the

BCCH Patients and Experts Hub

Maintained by the Brussels Centre for Collaboration in Health (BCCH) to better communicate with the patients and experts involved in the production of joint clinical assessments (JCAs) and joint scientific consultations (JCSs). 

Under the What is ‘EU HTA’?, Patients and Carers, as well as the Experts items, we provide a concise and easy-to-understand write-up of the patient and expert involvement to the EU HTA system as well as point to external materials that are essential to your involvement. The Glossary of Terms helps you to get used to the frequently used acronyms in the day-to-day work of producing JCAs and JSCs. 

BCCH supports you throughout the production of JCAs and JSCs: we manage your contract and confidentiality agreement, track timelines and contributions, and ensure you have the resources you need to make your participation meaningful. Our mission is to make your contribution straightforward and impactful, while supporting collaboration at the European level. 

Selection
Process
1
EUROPEAN COMISSION HTA SECRETARIAT
IDENTIFIES PATIENTS AND EXPERTS
2
Patients and Experts
DECLARE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATUS
3
EUROPEAN COMISSION HTA SECRETARIAT
ENSURES ABSENCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
4
htacg
SELECT PATIENST AND EXPERTS
5
EUROPEAN COMISSION HTA SECRETARIAT
SENDS CONTACT DETAILS TO BCCH
HTA IT PLATFORM
Contracting
Process
6
BCCH
REACHES OUT TO PATIENTS AND EXPERTS
7
Patients and Experts
SEND BANKING AND CONTRACTING DETAILS TO BCCH
8
BCCH
MANAGES TO CONTRACT AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT SIGNATURES
9
Patients and Experts
SIGN THE CONTRACT
Patients and Experts HUB
10
BCCH
UPDATES EC HTA SECRETARIAT AND ASSESSOR’S TEAM
involvment
Process
Optional: bcch organizes
meetings
11
assessor’s team
NOTIFIY PATIENST WHEN NEEDED
HTA IT PLATFORM
12
Patients and Experts
INPUT ON JCA SCOPING PHASE
HTA IT PLATFORM
13
Patients and Experts
INPUT ON JCA ASSESSMENT PHASE
HTA IT PLATFORM
14
assessor’s team
CONSIDER PATIENTS AND EXPERTS HUB
end of Process
15
BCCH
MANAGES PAYMENTS OF PATIENTS AND EXPERTS
16
END OF PROCESS
Workflow of Patientsʼ and Clinical Expertsʼ Participation
in Joint Clinical Assessments (JCAs)