SESCS is part of the Spanish Network of Agencies for Assessing National Health System Technologies and Performance (RedETS), the Guidelines International Network (GIN), and the Research Network on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS). SESCS is also a member of the Canary Islands Biomedical Technologies Institute (ITB).
The Spanish Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment and Services of the National Health System is made up of the assessment agencies or units of the general administration of the state and of the autonomous communities, which work in a coordinated manner, with a common methodology and under the principle of mutual recognition and cooperation.Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Health, RedETS was created by the Interterritorial Council of the National Health Service (NHS) in 2012, in order to promote quality, efficiency and sustainability in health technology assessment in the NHS.
The mission of RedETS is to generate, disseminate and facilitate the implementation of information intended to support decision-making in the NHS, contributing to an increase in quality, equity, efficiency and cohesion in the health system.
The Guidelines International Network (GIN) is a global network dedicated to the development and implementation of evidence-based guidelines to improve healthcare worldwide. It hosts one of the largest international libraries of guidelines in the world. Founded in 2002, GIN aims to enhance the quality of healthcare by promoting the systematic development and application of reliable and accessible clinical practice guidelines through the support of international collaboration.
GIN‘s mission is to lead, strengthen, and support collaboration and work within the community involved in the development, adaptation, and implementation of clinical guidelines.
The Research Network on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS) is a new and extensive cooperative research organization funded by the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) under its new development of Cooperative Health Research Networks Focused on Results (RICORS). This new model aims to strengthen cohesion in R&D&I within the National Health System by achieving more tangible results from biomedical and healthcare research for the benefit of citizens.
The Canary Islands Health Research Institute (IISC) is an organisation that promotes, coordinates and supports biomedical and health research across the Canary Islands. Its mission is to contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge, improve population health and foster innovation within the Canary Islands public healthcare system. IISC brings together professionals from different hospitals, universities and primary healthcare centres of the Canary Islands Health Service, enabling major health challenges to be addressed through a collaborative approach focused on scientific excellence.
From basic research to translational and clinical research, IISC works to bring scientific findings closer to clinical practice and patients by promoting high-impact projects, researcher training, technological development and collaboration with public and private institutions at both national and international levels.
The Institute of Biomedical Technologies (ITB) at the University of La Laguna aims to develop and enhance biomedical research excellence, with a translational focus and in response to the biosanitary needs of its social environment.
Among its structural objectives, the ITB seeks to establish synergies between the various regional entities dedicated to biosanitary research, with the goal of consolidating a competitive, sustainable, and excellence-driven biomedical research space in the Canary Islands.