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Add-On Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators for Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Chieh-Liang Huang, Chieh-Liang Huang, Yao-Chang Chiang, Wei-Chun Chang et al. • Frontiers in Endocrinology (2021)

Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) remains the cornerstone for the management of opiate abuse. However, MMT can be associated with complex factors, including complications during the tolerance phase, the inability of some patients to mai...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.638884

Health technology assessment: a framework

Manuela A. Joore, Sabine Elisabeth Grimm, Annelies E. R. C. H. Boonen, Maarten P. T. de Wit et al. • RMD Open (2020)

In a time where there is growing pressure on healthcare budgets, there is increased scrutiny of new health technologies, their effectiveness, safety and costs.1 It is in this context that Health Technology Assessment (HTA) has become increa...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001289 PMC: 7856136

Evaluation of Lens Doses among Medical Staff Involved in Nuclear Medicine: Current Eye Radiation Exposure among Nuclear-Medicine Staff

Masaki Fujisawa, Yoshihiro Haga, Masahiro Sota, Mitsuya Abe et al. • Applied Sciences (2023)

The International Commission on Radiological Protection has lowered the annual equivalent eye-lens dose to 20 mSv. Although occupational exposure can be high in nuclear medicine (NM) departments, few studies have been conducted regarding ey...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app13169182

Health technology assessment in mental health services

Narendra Javadekar, Archana Javadekar, Deepa Thakur • Industrial Psychiatry Journal (2024)

Mental illnesses have a significant impact on the lives of people not only because of their morbidity but also because of their noticeable impact on economic wellbeing. Out-of-pocket expenditure for mental healthcare services is significant...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_155_24

Use of qualitative and mixed methods research in diagnostic technology evaluation and implementation: insights from a systematic review

Caity Roleston, Umasha Ukwatte, Nia Roberts, Gail N. Hayward et al. • Diagnostic and Prognostic Research (2026)

Abstract Background Development of new diagnostic health technologies is increasing, alongside interest in how they can be implemented into health services. Evaluation of new diagnostic tests has typically consisted of technical and diagnos...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s41512-026-00240-z

Health technology and health technology assessment

Konrad Obermann, Christian Thielscher • Medical economics (2021)

In addition to the doctor, technology is an essential aspect of healthcare. In many parts of the world, a visit to the doctor does not feel complete without a prescription for a drug. Advanced laboratory and imaging technology is indispensa...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781788211918.015

Artificial neural network–based model for sleep quality prediction for frontline medical staff during major medical assistance

Qingquan Chen, Zeshun Chen, Xi Zhu, Jiajing Zhuang et al. • Digital Health (2024)

Background: The sleep quality of medical staff was severely affected during COVID-19, but the factors influencing the sleep quality of frontline staff involved in medical assistance remained unclear, and screening tools for their sleep qual...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076241287363

Health and Medical Informatics Education

Reinhold Haux, Franz Josef Leven, Jochen R. Moehr, Denis J. Protti • Methods of Information in Medicine (1994)

Health and medical informatics education has meanwhile gained considerable importance for medicine and for health care. Specialized programs in health/medical informatics have therefore been established within the last decades. This special...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1635023

Are Medical Informatics and Nursing Informatics Distinct Disciplines?: The 1999 ACMI Debate

Daniel R. Masys, Patricia Brennan, Judy G. Ozbolt, M Corn et al. • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2000)

The 1999 debate of the American College of Medical Informatics focused on the proposition that medical informatics and nursing informatics are distinctive disciplines that require their own core curricula, training programs, and professiona...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jamia.2000.0070304 PMC: 61434

Artificial intelligence-driven anthropometric assessment for young children: evaluating the accuracy and practicality of a digital image-based length and weight prediction tool

Fabian Yap, Daniel Chan, Mei Chien Chua, Matthew Hadimaja et al. • BMJ Health & Care Informatics (2025)

Background Monitoring early childhood growth is vital, as growth faltering could indicate nutritional or health issues requiring prompt intervention. Our study’s aim was to assess the performance of a length-weight artificial intelligence (...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjhci-2025-101540

Remote Patient Monitoring System for Polypathological Older Adults at High Risk for Hospitalization: Retrospective Cohort Study

Damien Testa, Israa Salma, Vincent Iborra, Victoire Roussel et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2025)

Abstract BackgroundHealth care systems are increasingly facing challenges posed by the aging of populations. In particular, hospitalization, both initial and subsequent, is often observed among older adult patients. However, res...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/71527

Examining Rural and Urban Sentiment Difference in COVID-19–Related Topics on Twitter: Word Embedding–Based Retrospective Study

Yongtai Liu, Zhijun Yin, Congning Ni, Chao Yan et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2023)

BackgroundBy the end of 2022, more than 100 million people were infected with COVID-19 in the United States, and the cumulative death rate in rural areas (383.5/100,000) was much higher than in urban areas (280.1/100,000). As the pandemic s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/42985

Penetration and familiarity of false belief on neuroscience among students and its modifiability

Takeshi Hatta, Taketoshi Hatta, Kazuhisa Todayama, Minoru Karasawa • Journal of Human Environmental Studies (2010)

In Study 1, the degrees of penetration and familiarity of false belief on neuroscience, especially brain imaging, among students were surveyed using a questionnaire technique. A total number of 485 students from medical school, school of nu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4189/shes.8.155

Accelerated maximum likelihood parameter estimation for stochastic biochemical systems

Daigle Bernie J, Roh Min K, Petzold Linda R, Niemi Jarad • BMC Bioinformatics (2012)

Abstract Background A prerequisite for the mechanistic simulation of a biochemical system is detailed knowledge of its kinetic parameters. Despite recent experimental advances, the estimation of unknown parameter values from observed data i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-68