Accessibility to all levels of information technology has experienced rapid progress in recent years, particularly in the health sector. Rapid penetration into this technology has led to changes in lifestyles and changes in the working procedures of institutions. In 2014, the number of Internet users reached 3 billion, and this number is predicted to exceed 8 billion in 2018. Statistics estimat...

Background While responsible innovation in health (RIH) suggests that health innovations could be purposefully designed to better support health systems, little is known about the system-level challenges that it should address. The goal of this paper is thus to document what is known about health systems’ demand for innovations.   Methods We searched 8 databases to perfo...

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One Lessons from the past All to gain, nothing to lose Three themes: discovery, development and distribution Understanding technology Two “Standardized packages of treatment” The forgotten plague

Health Centre: Village & P.O. Ganiyari 495 112, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. Office: I-4 Parijat Colony, Nehru Nagar, Bilaspur-495 001, Chhattisgarh, India. Mailing address (ordinary post): P.O. Box 39, Bilaspur –495 001, Chhattisgarh, India. Phone: Health Centre: +91 – 7753 -244819. Office: +91 – 7752 270966 Residences: +91 – 7752 271632 /270751 / 271819 / 508060 Email: [email protected]...

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 reform, which started a devolution process. HTA started in the 1980s at the National Institute of Health and in a few University Hospitals, with a focus on big ...

The Republic of Singapore is an island city-state in Southeast Asia. Its population enjoys good health and the Singapore Ministry of Health's mission is to promote good health and reduce illness, ensure access to good and affordable health care, and pursue medical excellence. This is achieved through a healthcare system that includes both private and public sector elements. The financing philos...

OBJECTIVES The history of health technology assessment (HTA) in Mexico is examined, starting with the efforts to incorporate this topic into the policy agenda and culminating with the recent creation of a specialized public agency. METHODS Information was gathered through a bibliographic search and interviews with actors involved in HTA in Mexico. RESULTS HTA efforts were developed in Mexic...

Switzerland has a mixed public and private healthcare system. All citizens are enrolled in compulsory basic health insurance. A 1996 law allows people to choose among different sickness funds and managed care plans. The federal government is empowered to act on important health issues, but the 26 cantons have prime responsibility in health care and social welfare. They have their own laws on he...

Background: The relationship between regulatory approval on the one hand and health technology assessment (HTA) and coverage on the other is receiving growing attention. Those responsible for regulatory approval, HTA, and coverage have different missions and their information requirements reflect these. There is nonetheless an increasingly popular view that improved communication and coordinati...