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Teachers’ experiences with the Back2School intervention—a pilot study addressing problematic school absenteeism

Elisabeth Valmyr Bania, Toril Sørheim Nilsen, Mikael Thastum, Jo Magne Ingul et al. • Frontiers in Psychology (2025)

IntroductionSchool absenteeism represents a concern for students, educators, and parents alike. Teachers’ involvement is vital to students’ school life. Consequently, integrating schools and teachers effectively in absenteeism interventions...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1608184

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY REASSESSMENT: THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE

Gail MacKean, Tom Noseworthy, Adam G. Elshaug, Laura E. Leggett et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2013)

BACKGROUND: Health technology reassessment (HTR) is "a structured, evidence-based assessment of the clinical, social, ethical, and economic effects of a technology currently used in the healthcare system, to inform optimal use of that techn...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-sa DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462313000494 PMC: 3846380

Health technology assessment to optimize health technology utilization: Using implementation initiatives and monitoring processes

Katrine Bjørnebek Frønsdal, Karen M. Facey, Marianne Klemp, Inger Natvig Norderhaug et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2010)

BACKGROUND: The way in which a health technology is used in any particular health system depends on the decisions and actions of a variety of stakeholders, the local culture, and context. In 2009, the HTAi Policy Forum considered how health...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462310000309

Development and usability of VRainSUD’s cognitive training virtual reality platform for substance use disorders

Tânia Caetano, Maria Salomé Pinho, Hugo Freire, Dany Mota et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Cognitive deficits have been shown to increase the likelihood of relapse in individuals with substance use disorders (SUD). As such, cognitive training programs are important interventions for this population. In this study, we des...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-00922-6

Time dynamics of symptom progression in patients with acute pancreatitis: a Dynamic Time Warping analysis

Rui Han, Xiaoyu Deng, Hebing Liu, Yujie Duan et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2025)

BackgroundAcute pancreatitis (AP) morbidity has been increasing in recent years. Patients with AP exhibit highly variable symptom patterns over time, posting challenges to traditional analytical methods. Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) effective...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1703268

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Pan-Genotypic Sofosbuvir-Based Regimens for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Infection in China

Hui Jun Zhou, Jing Cao, Hui Shi, Nasheen Naidoo et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2021)

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 is the most prevalent HCV infection in China. Sofosbuvir-based direct antiviral agent (DAA) regimens are the current mainstays of treatment. Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (SOF/VEL) and sofosbuvir/ledi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.779215

International diffusion of new health technologies: A ten-country analysis of six health technologies

Claire Packer, Sue Simpson, Andrew J Stevens, (on behalf of EuroScan: the European Information Network on New and Changing Health Technologies) • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2006)

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to examine and explain the differential international diffusion of six health innovations. METHODS: A retrospective diffusion study was undertaken of sildenafil, cyclooxygenase-II (COX II) inhibit...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462306051336

Health Technology @ Illinois: Innovating for Health

Nicole Holtzclaw-Stone, Gabrielle Choo-Kang, Marlene Robles Granda, Asif Huq et al. • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care (2021)

This panel provided an overview of the MS Health Technology program and included the experiences of the students in the program. We provided an overview of the simulation spaces on campus that support this unique interdisciplinary professio...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2327857921101082

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a standardised diagnostic assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties: the STADIA multi-centre RCT

Kapil Sayal, Laura Wyatt, Louise Thomson, Grace Holt et al. • Health Technology Assessment (2025)

Background Emotional disorders are common in children and young people and can significantly impair their quality of life. Evidence-based treatments require a timely and appropriate diagnosis. The utility of standardised diagnostic assessme...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3310/GJKS0519

health technology and sustainbility In Health

JOBE EBRIMA, Žiūkienė Gerda Bukauskaitė • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026)

In recent years, the health care sector has experienced rapid advancement of technology. This advancement has allowed the healthcare sector to operate more efficiently. Advanced medical tools, such as telemedicine, are being used to improve...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20022312

Editorial Summer 2025

Jan, Prof Nieuwenhuis • Perspectives in Education (2026)

Early childhood education (ECE) lays the foundation for a child's lifelong learning journey. More and more, new insights and understandings of child development are evolving, and concomitantly, new preschool education has seen several excit...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.38140/pie.v44i1.10579

A qualitative study exploring community pharmacists’ perspectives of child and adolescent mental healthcare

Irene A. Kretchy, Edem K. Blewuada, Akosua B. Debrah • Scientific African (2021)

Community pharmacists are involved in the health delivery sector through the provision of services that result in improved patient outcomes and optimization of pharmaceutical care. With growing concern about increasing prevalence of mental ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00969

Designing mobile health technology for bipolar disorder

Jakob E. Bardram, Mads M. Frost, Károly Szántó, Maria Faurholt‐Jepsen et al. • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2013)

An increasing number of pervasive healthcare systems are being designed, that allow people to monitor and get feedback on their health and wellness. To address the challenges of self-management of mental illnesses, we have developed the MON...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2481364

ASSESSMENT OF THE LEARNING CURVE IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES

Craig Robert Ramsay, Adrian Grant, Sheila A. Wallace, Paul H. Garthwaite et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

OBJECTIVE: We reviewed and appraised the methods by which the issue of the learning curve has been addressed during health technology assessment in the past. METHOD: We performed a systematic review of papers in clinical databases (BIOSIS, ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300103149

Health Technologies 'In the Wild'

Stefan Rennick‐Egglestone, Sarah E. Knowles, Gill R. Toms, Penny Bee et al. • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2016)

The widespread deployment of technology by professional health services will provide a substantial opportunity for studies that consider usage in naturalistic settings. Our study has documented experiences of engaging with technologies inte...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858128

Formative qualitative research on the potential for digital solutions to address diabetes care gaps in Tanzania and Sri Lanka

Ishu Kataria, Kaushik Ramaiya, Omary Ubuguyu, Sumithra Krishnamurthy Reddiar et al. • BMJ Open (2024)

Objectives Diabetes care remains unavailable and unaffordable for many people. Adapting models of care to low-income and middle-income country contexts is a priority. Digital technology offers substantial potential yet must surmount health ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078845

First Accreditation of a Medical Informatics Program by the European Federation of Medical Informatics: Experiences

Elske Ammenwerth • Studies in health technology and informatics (2021)

BACKGROUND: European universities offer a variety of programs in Medical Informatics. The Europen Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI) offers accreditation of these programs. OBJECTIVES: To describe the process of EFMI accreditation of ...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/shti210085

Medical Informatics and Preparedness

Patrícia Flatley Brennan • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2002)

The terrorist attacks of September 2001 and the subsequent deliberate dissemination of anthrax have stimulated public awareness of the need in both the public health and clinical health care systems to quickly detect and respond to altered ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1197/jamia.m1060 PMC: 344577

Remote Consultations in England During COVID-19: Challenges in Data Quality, Linkage, and Research Validity

Liliana Hidalgo-Padilla, Massar Dabbous, Kristoffer Halvorsrud, Thomas Beaney et al. • Online Journal of Public Health Informatics (2025)

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of remote consultations across health care, requiring rapid adjustments in service delivery. Consequently, there is an urgent need to understand the impact of remote consultations on he...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/66672