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Displacement and Emplacement of Health Technology

Pascale Lehoux, Blake D. Poland, Geneviève Daudelin, Dave Holmes et al. • Science Technology & Human Values (2008)

The provision of “closer-to-patient” services has increased in most industrialized countries. However, the migration of services in non-traditional health care settings implies redefining the role of technical and human entities and transfo...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243907306966

Health technology assessment in Canada

Renaldo N. Battista, Brigitte Côté, Matthew J. Hodge, Don Husereau • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2009)

Canada's health system is a unique combination of public financing and private provision. With the significant government role in financing health services, health technology assessment (HTA) has found a ready audience as a form of policy r...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462309090424

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

The new definition of health technology assessment: A milestone in international collaboration

Brian P. O’Rourke, Wija Oortwijn, Tara Schuller, the International Joint Task Group • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2020)

BACKGROUND: An international joint task group co-led by the International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) and Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) has developed a new and internationally accepted d...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462320000215

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

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

‘Optimal’ cutoff selection in studies of depression screening tool accuracy using the PHQ‐9, EPDS, or HADS‐D: A meta‐research study

Eliana Brehaut, Dipika Neupane, Brooke Levis, Yin Wu et al. • International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (2023)

Abstract Objectives Optimal cutoff thresholds are selected to separate ‘positive’ from ‘negative’ screening results. We evaluated how depression screening tool studies select optimal cutoffs. Methods We included studies from previously cond...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1956

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Primary Care Utilization: An Analysis of Primary Care Claims Data in Alberta, Canada

Mina M. Fahim, Richard P. Golonka, Robin L. Walker, Alka B. Patel et al. • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2025)

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted primary health care systems worldwide, prompting rapid changes in how care was delivered. In Alberta, this included a significant shift from in-person to virtual care. This study examines trends i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21501319251338376

Brain perfusion imaging in neonates

Jérôme Baranger, Olivier Villemain, Matthias Wagner, Mariella Vargas-Gutierrez et al. • NeuroImage: Clinical (2021)

Abnormal variations of the neonatal brain perfusion can result in long-term neurodevelopmental consequences and cerebral perfusion imaging can play an important role in diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making. To identify at-risk situati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102756

“I think it's something that we should lean in to”: The use of OpenNotes in Canadian psychiatric care contexts by clinicians

Iman Kassam, Hwayeon Danielle Shin, Keri Durocher, Brian Lo et al. • Digital Health (2022)

Background OpenNotes is the concept of patients having access to their health records and clinical notes in a digital form. In psychiatric settings, clinicians often feel uncomfortable with this concept, and require support during implement...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076221144106

Central vein sign: A diagnostic biomarker in multiple sclerosis (CAVS-MS) study protocol for a prospective multicenter trial

D. Ontaneda, P. Sati, P. Raza, M. Kilbane et al. • NeuroImage: Clinical (2021)

The specificity and implementation of current MRI-based diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS) are imperfect. Approximately 1 in 5 of individuals diagnosed with MS are eventually determined not to have the disease, with overrelianc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102834

Adaptation of the Stakeholders’ Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighborhoods (SWAN) Tool for Individuals With Diverse Disabilities: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Atiya Mahmood, Farinaz Rikhtehgaran, Rojan Nasiri, Niloofar Hedayati et al. • JMIR Research Protocols (2025)

BackgroundThe prevalence of sensory, cognitive, and mobility disabilities in Canada underscores the need to address environmental barriers. This study adapts and validates the Stakeholders’ Walkability/Wheelability Audit in Neighborhoods (S...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/60553

Data describing the poor outcome associated with a breast cancer diagnosis in the post-weaning period

Hanne Lefrère, Giuseppe Floris, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Patrick Neven et al. • Data in Brief (2021)

Postpartum breast cancer (PPBC) - which according to new data, can extend to 5–10 years after the birth - are estimated to represent 35–55% of all cases of breast cancer in women younger than 45 years. Increasing clinical evidence indicates...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107354

Rural Telemedicine Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Repeated Cross-sectional Study

Chu, Cherry, Cram, Peter, Pang, Andrea, Stamenova, Vess et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021)

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to a notable increase in telemedicine adoption. However, the impact of the pandemic on telemedicine use at a population level in rural and remote settings remains unclear. ObjectiveThis st...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/26960

Economic Considerations in Medical Biotechnology

Eugene Mick Kolassa, Tushar B. Padwal • Springer eBooks (2013)

The biotechnology revolution has coincided with another revolution in health care: the emergence of finance and economics as major issues in the use and success of new medical technologies. Health care finance has become a major social issu...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6486-0_10

Regulatory requirements for the registration of generic medicines and format of drug dossiers: procedures in Sri Lanka in comparison with selected regulatory authorities

D. Thambavita, P. Galappatthy, R. L. Jayakody • Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (2018)

Background The regulatory requirements for approval of generic medicines and the format of compiling drug dossiers vary among regulatory authorities. The variation is particularly wide between High-income countries (HIC) and lower and middl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40545-018-0141-2

The impact of the student-supervisor relationship on graduate student mental health: An integrative review

Huma Khalid, Sandra Della Porta • Social Sciences and Humanities Open (2026)

In recent years, the mental health of graduate students has become a prominent concern in higher education, with many students experiencing elevated levels of stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, and psychological distress. These challenge...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103794

Federalism and International Relations

(1990)

Abstract Federalism and International Relations is the first comparative study of an increasingly important phenomenon: the international role and activities of component units of major liberal democratic federal States. The first part of t...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198274919.001.0001