Background: Various decisions have been made on technology application at all levels of the health system in different countries around the world. Health technology assessment is considered as one of the best scientific tools at the service of policy- makers. This study attempts to investigate the current challenges of Iran’s health technology assessment and provide appropriate strategies to ...

A new health technology assessment section is to start in Critical Care. The use of new technology is germane to critical care medicine [1]. Consequently, intensivists are obliged to critically appraise the technology in use. There are already publicly funded bodies performing the task of sifting through development data on these innovations, so what could be new about technology assessment? Ou...

Improving America’s health care industry is essential in order to control the rising cost, face the increasing demand with improved life-saving care, and mitigate the negative effects of physician shortages. National Health Expenditures (NHE) already account for 17% of U.S Gross Domestic Product and by 2020 it is expected to top 20% [CITL, 2009]. The “rising costs would be less of a concern if ...