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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

Reported Challenges in Health Technology Assessment of Complex Health Technologies

Milou A. Hogervorst, Rick A. Vreman, Aukje Kaija Mantel-Teeuwisse, Wim Goettsch • Value in Health (2021)

OBJECTIVES: With complex health technologies entering the market, methods for health technology assessment (HTA) may require changes. This study aimed to identify challenges in HTA of complex health technologies. METHODS: A survey was sent ...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2021.11.1356

A systematic review of the impact of master's-educated nurses on inpatient care

Song Ge, Xing Xi, Gui-fang Guo • International Journal of Nursing Sciences (2015)

Aim: Review the impact of master's-educated nurses on inpatient care in different healthcare systems and specialties. Background: Improved healthcare service quality and efficiency are needed due to a number of factors, including an aging p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2015.10.003

The Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme in the Basque Country: obtaining a good performance by means of professional collaboration

Isabel Portillo, Isabel Idigoras, Isabel Bilbao, Jose Luis Hurtado et al. • International Journal of Integrated Care (2019)

Introduction: The Basque Health Service approved the Colorectal Cancer (CRC) screening programme in 2008; targeted at residents (50 to 69 years old) estimated 598,201 by biennial faecal immunochemical test (FIT) and colonoscopy in positive ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5334/ijic.s3166

Health Technology Assessment

MBA MA • CRC Press eBooks (2015)

The term health technology refers to drugs, devices, and programs that can improve and extend quality of life. As decision-makers struggle to find ways to reduce costs while improving health care delivery, health technology assessments (HTA...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/b18285

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

Effect of Interactive eHealth Interventions on Improving Medication Adherence in Adults With Long-Term Medication: Systematic Review

Pouls, Bart P H, Vriezekolk, Johanna E, Bekker, Charlotte L, Linn, Annemiek J et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021)

BackgroundMedication nonadherence leads to suboptimal treatment outcomes, making it a major priority in health care. eHealth provides an opportunity to offer medication adherence interventions with minimal effort from health care providers ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/18901

Full-thickness skin graft versus split-thickness skin graft for radial forearm free flap donor site closure: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jasper J.E. Moors, Zhibin Xu, Kunpeng Xie, Ashkan Rashad et al. • Systematic Reviews (2024)

Abstract Background The radial forearm free flap (RFFF) serves as a workhorse for a variety of reconstructions. Although there are a variety of surgical techniques for donor site closure after RFFF raising, the most common techniques are cl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13643-024-02471-x

Exploring barriers and enablers to implementing a digital mental health crisis risk mitigation pathway in acute paediatric care: A multi-site, exploratory mixed-methods study

Takawira C Marufu, Jane Coad, Zaki Albelbisi, Tim Carter et al. • Digital Health (2026)

Objective Children and young people (CYP) presenting in mental health crisis to acute paediatric settings represent a growing clinical and system-level challenge. These environments, primarily designed for physical healthcare, frequently la...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076261431890

SAP BusinessObjects in Medical Informatics

Iwan Sofjan, Irim Salik, Peter Panzica • Cureus (2023)

Electronic health record (EHR) generates a large amount of data filled with opportunities to enhance documentation compliance, quality improvement, and other metrics. Various software tools exist, but many clinicians are unaware of them. Ou...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40208 PMC: 10331897

Demonstration of high value care to improve oral health of a remote Indigenous community in Australia

Sanjeewa Kularatna, Ratilal Lalloo, Jeroen Kroon, Santosh K. K. Tadakamadla et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2020)

Abstract Background The oral health of Indigenous children in remote communities is much worse than other population groups in Australia. Providing and maintaining an oral health service is challenging due to the remoteness of communities, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01300-8

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

Phosphorus runoff from Canadian agricultural land: A dataset for 30 experimental fields

Jian Liu, Jane A. Elliott, Henry F. Wilson, Merrin L. Macrae et al. • Data in Brief (2021)

Phosphorus (P) runoff from agricultural land plays a critical role in downstream water quality. This article summarizes P and sediment runoff data for both snowmelt and rainfall runoff from 30 arable fields in the Canadian provinces of Sask...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107405

Association between social health status and health-related quality of life among community-dwelling elderly in Zhejiang

Jieming Lu, Zhebin Yu, Xiaocong Zhang, Mengyin Wu et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2020)

Abstract Background Population aging is an inevitable trend and previous studies have showed the relationship between social health related factors and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in the elderly. The objective of this study is t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01358-4

Reducing Alert Fatigue by Sharing Low-Level Alerts With Patients and Enhancing Collaborative Decision Making Using Blockchain Technology: Scoping Review and Proposed Framework (MedAlert)

Wan, Paul Kengfai, Satybaldy, Abylay, Huang, Lizhen, Holtskog, Halvor et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2020)

BackgroundClinical decision support (CDS) is a tool that helps clinicians in decision making by generating clinical alerts to supplement their previous knowledge and experience. However, CDS generates a high volume of irrelevant alerts, res...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/22013

Examining the characteristic features of lipedema and the usefulness of BMI and WHtR in clinical evaluation

Monika Czerwińska, Marcin Gruszecki, Jacek Rumiński, Rita Hansdorfer-Korzon • BMC Women's Health (2025)

Abstract Background Lipedema is an adipose tissue disorder involving mostly women. One of the most characteristic lipedema symptoms is painful accumulation of adipose tissue in lower and upper extremities leading to disproportion. Due to th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12905-025-03834-9

Comparative assessment of patient education content generated by five large language models on post-stroke complications: A cross-sectional study of safety, accuracy, reliability, readability, and empathy

Long-Xian Liu, Huan-Huan Wang, Shuang Lu, Guo Yu et al. • Digital Health (2026)

Objective To compare the safety, accuracy, reliability, readability, and empathy of patient education content generated by five large language models (LLMs) for post-stroke complications. Methods This CHART-guided cross-sectional comparativ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076261493266

Methodology for the Positive Voices 2022 Survey of People With HIV Accessing Care in England, Wales, and Scotland: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study

Janey Sewell, Carole Kelly, Adamma Aghaizu, Hannah Kitt et al. • JMIR Research Protocols (2025)

BackgroundDue to advances in treatment, HIV is now a chronic condition with near-normal life expectancy. However, people with HIV continue to have a higher burden of mental and physical health conditions and are impacted by wider socioecono...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/58531

SequelTools: a suite of tools for working with PacBio Sequel raw sequence data

David E. Hufnagel, Matthew B. Hufford, Arun S. Seetharam • BMC Bioinformatics (2020)

Abstract Background PacBio sequencing is an incredibly valuable third-generation DNA sequencing method due to very long read lengths, ability to detect methylated bases, and its real-time sequencing methodology. Yet, hitherto no tool was av...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12859-020-03751-8