Primary care serves as an entry point in the Thai health care system. Whilst effective interventions are provided in the primary care setting, the quality of the services have not been measured or tracked. A number of initiatives were undertaken to improve primary health care quality including the u

Introduction Genetic disorders in children contribute to acute hospitalizations and mortality. Early diagnosis is critical for better outcomes but difficult to achieve due to atypical presentations for thousands of potential genetic diseases. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a precision

Indonesia issued the 2017 health technology assessment (HTA) guideline to facilitate researchers conducting economic evaluations based on standardised principles. However, our evaluation revealed no significant differences in adherence to its recommendation between HTA studies conducted before and a

Abstract Introduction: COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine for counseling, follow-up examination, and treatment purposes. The official guidelines in Thailand were launched to regulate or frame the protocols for healthcare professions and teams in different organizations. Obje

Pritaporn Kingkaew BPharm, MSc*, Yot Teerawattananon MD, PhD* * Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Nonthaburi, Thailand While many of the principles that guide the economic evaluation of medical devices are somewhat similar to those that guide the evaluation of other

Abstract Introduction: COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine for counseling, follow-up examination, and treatment purposes. The official guidelines in Thailand were launched to regulate or frame the protocols for healthcare professions and teams in different organizations. Obje

Even in health care systems in which doctors do not bill for each test they administer, the use of diagnostic imaging like CT and PET scans has soared, as has patients’ radiation exposure, a new study has found.The study, published online on Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Nearly 7,000 out of just over 30,000 were thought to have been affected, while tens of thousands of appointments and tests were also hit across the UK. But emergency services were kept running as unions and managers agreed contingency plans ahead of the walkout. In London, a major incident was decla