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History of the international societies in health technology assessment: International Society for Technology Assessment in Health Care and Health Technology Assessment International

David Banta, Egon Jonsson, Paul Childs • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2009)

The International Society for Technology Assessment in Health Care (ISTAHC) was formed in 1985. It grew out of the increasing awareness of the international dimensions of health technology assessment (HTA) and the need for new communication...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462309090369

Professionalising health technology assessment in South Africa

Debjani Mueller, M Poluta, M Brand, N Mutshekwane • Southern African Journal of Public Health (2024)

Health technology encompasses interventions developed to prevent, diagnose or treat medical conditions; promote health; provide rehabilitation or organise healthcare delivery. The intervention can be a test, device, medicine, vaccine, proce...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/sajph.2024.v7i2.1875

Health Technologies: Transforming Scientific Knowledge into Human Health

Hüseyin Okan Durmuş • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026)

Health technologies are commonly associated with medical devices, digital health platforms, robotics, and artificial intelligence. However, this perspective captures only the most visible dimension of a much broader concept. This study exam...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21826977

The economics of TAVI: A systematic review

Panagiotis Petrou • International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature (2023)

Objective: The scope of this systematic review is to update the existing body of evidence regarding the cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation, stratified across all risk categories, and to assess their methodological...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2023.101173

Adopting AI Enhances Humanitarian Operations While Demanding Critical Trade-Offs

Caroline Grangier, Munzer Alkhalil, Aula Abbara • Avicenna Journal of Medicine (2026)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly impacting the cooperation sector, transforming how humanitarians are operating in the field. AI tools now allow for improved health diagnostics and quality services. In conflict areas, organizati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1055/s-0046-1822817

Exploring the formation mechanism of off-flavor of irradiated yak meat based on metabolomics

Qia Wang, Kai Dong, Yongyan Wu, Fengping An et al. • Food Chemistry: X (2022)

Irradiation's effects on quality, volatile compounds, and differential metabolites of yak meat were studied. Irradiation dose at 3 kGy had no effect on yak meat quality, however irradiation dose at 5 kGy resulted in yak meat quality deterio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2022.100494

Wellbeing intervention for chronic kidney disease (WICKD): a randomised controlled trial study protocol

Kylie M. Dingwall, Tricia Nagel, Jaquelyne T. Hughes, David J. Kavanagh et al. • BMC Psychology (2019)

Abstract Background Incidence of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) for Indigenous Australians is especially high in remote and very remote areas of Australia (18 and 20 times the rate of comparable non-Indigenous people). Relocating away from...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40359-018-0264-x

Adjunctive antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in the nonsurgical treatment of periodontitis: an umbrella review

Vini Mehta, Santosh Patil, Kabir Suman Dash, Ankita Mathur • BDJ Open (2026)

Abstract Aim Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been proposed as a locally acting adjunct to subgingival instrumentation for periodontitis. This umbrella review aimed to synthesize and critically appraise systematic reviews of ad...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41405-026-00503-3

An update on the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic public awareness on cancer patients' COVID-19 vaccine compliance: Outcomes and recommendations

Lina Souan, Maher A. Sughayer, Maha Abu Alhowr, Khawlah Ammar et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2022)

Background:Aside from the pandemic's negative health effects, the world was confronted with public confusion since proper communication and favorable decisions became an ongoing challenge. As a result, the public's perceptions were influenc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.923815

The Family Wellness Program: a bench to bedside translation of behavioral and social science research into a clinical program for intimate partners of warfighters following traumatic brain injury

Tracey A. Brickell, Tracey A. Brickell, Tracey A. Brickell, Tracey A. Brickell et al. • Frontiers in Health Services (2025)

This report details a bench to bedside translation of behavioral and social science research into a clinical program as a result of a collaboration between two United States Defense Health Agency Centers of Excellence for warfighter traumat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1575781

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN THE UNITED STATES

John M. Eisenberg, Deborah A. Zarin • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2002)

Governments may perform health technology assessment (HTA) in their roles as a regulator in the public interest, as a source of information for decision makers in the public and private sectors, and/or as a purchaser or provider of healthca...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s026646230200020x

Key principles for the improved conduct of health technology assessments for resource allocation decisions

Michael Drummond, Jerome Sanford Schwartz, Bengt Jönsson, Bryan R. Luce et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2008)

Health technology assessment (HTA) is a dynamic, rapidly evolving process, embracing different types of assessments that inform real-world decisions about the value (i.e., benefits, risks, and costs) of new and existing technologies. Histor...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462308080343

Effectiveness of a tele-rehabilitation intervention to improve performance and reduce morbidity for people post hip fracture - study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Yafit Gilboa, Talia Maeir, Sharon Karni, Michal E. Eisenberg et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2019)

Abstract Background Most surviving hip-fracture patients experience reduced mobility and lose some of their functional ability, which increases the risk of complications and rehospitalization. Post-discharge transitional programs to reduce ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-019-1141-z

An adaptive cruise control system for autonomous vehicles using PRDC–CoROA-based hybrid optimization

M. Sivaramkrishnan, M. Siva Ramkumar, Kiruthika Balakrishnan, J. Isaac JoshuaRamesh Lalvani • Scientific Reports (2026)

Abstract An adaptive cruise control (ACC) system has a key role to play in enhancing the safety and stability of autonomous vehicles, along with ensuring improved ride quality through proper management of vehicle velocity and distance betwe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-69261-4

Digital health technologies and major depressive disorder

Roger S. McIntyre, Walter Greenleaf, Grzegorz W. Bulaj, Steven T. Taylor et al. • CNS Spectrums (2023)

There is an urgent need to improve the clinical management of major depressive disorder (MDD), which has become increasingly prevalent over the past two decades. Several gaps and challenges in the awareness, detection, treatment, and monito...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s1092852923002225

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN GREECE

Lycurgus L. Liaropoulos, Δάφνη Καϊτελίδου • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

In 1983 a health reform aimed to assure universal coverage and equity in the distribution of services in Greece. The reform implied state responsibility for the financing and delivery of services and a reduction of the private sector. The m...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300101084

Health technology assessment and haemophilia

Albert Farrugia, Brian O’Mahony, Josephine Cassar • Haemophilia (2012)

Although the funding of rare diseases such as haemophilia in developing countries remains a low priority, pressures on the funding of haemophilia treatment are also emerging in developed economies affected by the global economic downturn an...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2516.2012.02754.x

Better Outcomes through Learning, Data, Engagement, and Research (BOLDER) – a system for improving evidence and clinical practice in low and middle income countries [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

BOLDER Research Group • F1000Research (2016)

Despite the many thousands of research studies published every year, evidence for making clinical decisions is often lacking. The main problem is that the evidence available is generated in conditions very different from those that prevail ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.8392.1