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The Center for Technical Assistance in Health Action (Nat) in Rio de Janeiro will provide technical inputs to the magistrates of the state actions in health. A partnership signed this week between the State Department of Health and the Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro to facilitate the resolution of claims.
The partnership will make life easier for all people who enter with actions in federal court and need medication. The pilot project will begin in the capital and is expected by the end of 2012 is extended to all subsections of the state of Rio
The advisory will be triggered in all cases which have as their object the supply of drugs, supplies to health and nutrition, diagnostic tests and treatments.
The objective of this cooperation agreement is to provide technical support for the judges can judge actions involving health issues in a more informed and faster and thus offer the product or the most appropriate treatment for patients in need. Today, with the supply of new treatments and medications, and increased life expectancy, we increasingly discuss issues such as sector financing and regulation of Amendment 29 that access to health may be more universal, explained Health Secretary Sergio Cortes.
The experience of cooperation between the NAT and the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro and the active stance of the State Department of Health to resolve the litigation involving patients in the state served as a motivator to establish this cooperation agreement, which will involved nearly 105 federal courts and 200 judges, said Tavares.
NAT was created in 2009 and consists of servers of the State Secretariat of Health of the areas of medicine, pharmacy, nutrition and nursing. The pioneering initiative already has a partnership with the Court of Rio de Janeiro in providing technical advice.
Since its inception, the NAT of Rio de Janeiro has awarded more than more than 3,500 opinions, benefiting with it, thousands of patients.
As the Federal Court of Rio have adopted the electronic process, the Center can access the request of the magistrate - and the process - where you are, bringing greater agility in handling.
The initiative was an example to the Courts of Justice of Pernambuco, Piaui, Mato Grosso and the Holy Spirit, who set up this year, similar cores.