Dear Sopo, dear Marina,
Please, see the email below that was sent to Keti earlier today.
It is clear that Georgia can make a step forward. Kristiina was in touch with NordicDRG and obviously it helped.
We will see if Kristiina can provide technical assistance also in line with the email below.
Triin will check with Kristiina and hopefully she can manage this additional work too as part of our overall assistance in the area of UHC.
Based on the email from the Nordic Casemix Centre your ministry can continue negotiations on continue negotiations about maintenance fee with the Centre.
Best regards,
Marijan Ivanusa
WHO Representative
Head of WHO Country Office Georgia
Office location: 81 Vasil Barnov Street, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
Mailing address: UN House, 9 Rapiel Eristavi Street, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
Mobile 1: +995 599 305 207
Mobile 2/EU/private: +386 40 528 639
Email: ivanusam@who.int
Skype: who-ivanusam
GPN: 74211
Web: www.euro.who.int
Lähettäjä: Martti Virtanen
Lähetetty: 31.1.2018 14:32
Vastaanottaja: 'Ketevan Goginashvili'
Kopio: Kahur Kristiina; norddrgboard@nordcase.org; maisa.lukander@nordcase.org
Aihe: VS: From the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia
Sorry for not being able to answer you earlier.
Officially the board of the Nordic Casemix Centre will decide about the usage of the Nordic DRG grouper. However, the board has previously been positive for NordDRG usage ‘as is’ i.e. without any specific changes for a new country. Since you are using ICD-10 and NCSP this should be possible without any changes to your hospital information system. We would deliver the definition tables in a format that can be used by the grouper program. You could for example use the same basic grouping logic (table) that Latvia is currently using. Your ICD- and NCSP-tables would have to bee mapped to our ICD+ and NCSP+ tables. If you have not modified the original tables this is a straight forward process.
Currently we do not deliver the groupers. On our webpage (http://www.nordcase.org) you can find currently certified producers of grouper. Norwegian Board of health has produced a new grouper that may be available as open source product in the future. Also a new maintenance tool for NordDRG is currently developed as open source. Currently it is not ready.
I can not promise any support from the Nordic Casemix Centre for the use of NordDRG. Maybe persons from our expert group might be available as consultants. Obviously Kristiina Kahur could be a suitable person if she has time.
Greetings
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Martti Virtanen
CEO, Nordic Casemix Centre
Paciuksenkatu 19
00270 Helsinki
Finland
tel. +3585066728
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Lähettäjä: Ketevan Goginashvili [mailto:kgoginashvili@moh.gov.ge]
Lähetetty: maanantai 29. tammikuuta 2018 18.07
Vastaanottaja: martti.virtanen@nordcase.org; tiina.pasanen@nordcase.org; maisa.lukander@nordcase.org
Kopio: Zaza Sopromadze <zsopromadze@moh.gov.ge>
Aihe: From the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia
Dear Mr. Vitranen,
I would like to kindly address you from the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia with request to initiate cooperation with Nordic Casemix Center to obtain "Certificate of Acceptance" for NordDRG grouper software.
Let me take this opportunity and provide you with a brief overview of Georgian health care system. Since 2013, the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia (MoLHSA) introduced several important reforms, including Universal Health Care (UHC) Program, which aims to improve access to health care services and strengthen financial protection. The Government of Georgia continues to retain Universal Health Care system and is committed to further improve cost effectiveness and transparency of UHC program with the support of World Health Organization through the implementation of reimbursement methods of health service providers.
It is worth mentioning that from 2010 health providers uses ICD10 and NCSP classifications and electronic system for claim reimbursement, which is a solid base for the implementation of NordDRG.
Would you be so kind to inform us what necessary procedures should be undertaken by Georgian side to get “Certificate of Acceptance” for use of NordDRG Grouper and Software.
Thank you in advance for consideration and support.
Sincerely,
Ketevan Goginashvili, MPH
Head of Health Policy Division
Health Care Department
Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs
144 Tsereteli Ave
Tbilisi 0119, Georgia
Tel: +995 32 251 00 38 ext 1108
Mob: 995 577717984