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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

Understanding rice preferences and awareness of brown rice among persons with diabetes: A mixed methods study from South India

Rani Mohanraj, Shuba Kumar, Sylvia Jayakumar, Shanmugam Shobana et al. • Social Sciences and Humanities Open (2026)

Polished white rice (WR), high in refined carbohydrates, the main staple in South India is associated with enhanced risk of diabetes. Brown Rice (BR), with lower glycemic load, high fibre content and micronutrients, is a healthier choice. T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.102385

Serum amyloid beta 42 levels correlated with metabolic syndrome and its components

Kecheng Li, Kecheng Li, Xiaoli Zhou, Xiaoli Zhou et al. • Frontiers in Endocrinology (2024)

IntroductionBeta-amyloid accumulation in the brain appears to be a key initiating event in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and factors associated with increased deposition of beta-amyloid are of great interest. Enhanced deposition of amyloid-β pe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1278477

Evidence Center structural and operational conditions and challenges: a descriptive study, Brazil, 2024

Y. Juliana Cardozo Amaya, Pedro Henrique Alves Santos, Aurelina Aguiar Lima, Camila Lasse Silva et al. • Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde (2026)

Abstract Objective: To describe the physical, structural and operational conditions, as well as the main challenges faced by Evidence Centers (NEvs) recognized by the Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Brazil. Methods: This is a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/s2237-96222026v35e20250457.en

Bibliometric Analysis of Health Technology Research: 1990~2020

Luo Xiaomei, Yuduo Wu, Lina Niu, Lucheng Huang • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022)

This paper aims to summarize the publishing trends, current status, research topics, and frontier evolution trends of health technology between 1990 and 2020 through various bibliometric analysis methods. In total, 6663 articles retrieved f...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159044 PMC: 9330553

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE ON E-HEALTH/M-HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES: EVALUATING THE TRANSPARENCY AND THOROUGHNESS

Vladimir Vuković, Carlo Favaretti, Walter Ricciardi, Chiara de Waure • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2018)

OBJECTIVES: Evaluation is crucial for integration of e-Health/m-Health into healthcare systems and health technology assessment (HTA) could offer sound methodological basis for these evaluations. Aim of this study was to look for HTA report...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462317004512

Wearable Health Technology and Electronic Health Record Integration: Scoping Review and Future Directions

Catherine Dinh-Le, Rachel Chuang, Sara Kuppin Chokshi, Devin Mann • JMIR mhealth and uhealth (2019)

BACKGROUND: Due to the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and legislation on meaningful use in recent decades, health systems are increasingly interdependent on EHR capabilities, offerings, and innovations to better capture patien...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/12861 PMC: 6746089

IMPLEMENTING THE FINDINGS OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS

Michael Drummond, Helen L. A. Weatherly • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

OBJECTIVE: To explore whether more could be done to increase the implementation of health technology assessment (HTA) findings. METHODS: A literature review was undertaken to identify the main barriers to implementation, the mechanisms that...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300016111

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

Comparing a Mobile Phone Automated System With a Paper and Email Data Collection System: Substudy Within a Randomized Controlled Trial

Bond, Diana M, Hammond, Jeremy, Shand, Antonia W, Nassar, Natasha • JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

BackgroundTraditional data collection methods using paper and email are increasingly being replaced by data collection using mobile phones, although there is limited evidence evaluating the impact of mobile phone technology as part of an au...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/15284

Serious non-fatal unintentional injuries among in-school adolescents in Sri Lanka: results from the 2016 Sri Lankan global school-based health survey

Sashimali Wickramasinghe, Nalika Sepali Gunawardena, Dhanusha Punyadasa, Shanthi Gunawardena et al. • BMC Public Health (2020)

Abstract Background Unintentional injuries among adolescents is a major public health problem the world over. A great majority of the annual deaths among adolescents is due to unintentional injuries; it is also the leading cause of death am...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09839-3

Depressive phenotype shapes behavioral, neuroendocrine and molecular responses to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in preclinical models of depression

Marta Boffa, Marta Boffa, Sara Spalletti, Sara Spalletti et al. • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (2026)

IntroductionRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an established non-invasive treatment for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), yet its neurobiological mechanisms remain only partially understood. We investigated whether ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2026.1939025

Chemometric Analysis of Serum Magnesium Calculations Using Mg-Xylidyl Blue-I Method Based on Molar Absorptivity

Ally Kafesa, Nadira Nur Hajah Lutfi, Cep Wahyu • Indonesian Journal of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology (2021)

The concentration of magnesium is determined based on the absorbance of the Mg-Xylydil Blue-I complex solution use spectrophotometer. Based on the Lambert-Beer rule, the calculation of sample concentration is based on the formula A = Ԑ. b. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.33086/ijmlst.v3i1.1876

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

Inequities in Health Care Services Caused by the Adoption of Digital Health Technologies: Scoping Review

Rui Yao, Wenli Zhang, Richard David Evans, Guang Cao et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2022)

BACKGROUND: Digital health technologies (ie, the integration of digital technology and health information) aim to increase the efficiency of health care delivery; they are rapidly adapting to health care contexts to provide improved medical...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/34144 PMC: 8981004

Health technology assessment in Italy

Carlo Favaretti, Americo Cicchetti, Giovanni Maria Guarrera, Marco Marchetti et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2009)

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to review the history of health technology assessment (HTA) in Italy. METHODS: Founded in 1978, the Italian National Health Service (NHS) has been strongly regionalized mainly after a constitutional ref...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462309090539

Identification of Specific IgE Antibodies and Asthma Control Interaction and Association Using Cluster Analysis in a Bulgarian Asthmatic Children Cohort

Snezhina Lazova, Tsvetelina Velikova, Stamatios Priftis, Guergana Petrova • Antibodies (2020)

(1) Background: Asthma is a complex heterogeneous disease that likely comprises several distinct disease phenotypes, where the clustering approach has been used to classify the heterogeneous asthma population into distinct phenotypes; (2) M...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/antib9030031

Development of an evaluation framework for health information communication technology in contemporary pharmacy practice

Ayomide Ogundipe, Tin Fei Sim, Lynne Emmerton • Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy (2023)

Background: Health information communication technology (ICT) has rapidly evolved in contemporary pharmacy practice worldwide. The Australian healthcare system is experiencing a paradigm shift to real-time interconnectivity for practitioner...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100252