Hospitals in England could be on the brink of collapse because of rising demand and the increasing complexity of patients’ conditions, doctors warn.The Royal College of Physicians’ report said the number of beds had been cut by a third over the past 25 years.It said at the same time emergency admiss

Patients in England will soon be able to see if their local health authority is offering the latest approved drugs and treatments, as scorecards rating hospitals become public.The scheme, to be rolled out before autumn, aims to create a level playing field for treatments such as IVF.Authorities foun

President Obama’s health care law is putting new strains on some of the nation’s most hard-pressed hospitals, by cutting aid they use to pay for emergency care for illegal immigrants, which they have long been required to provide.The federal government has been spending $20 billion annually to reimb

The Private Hospital Association has demanded the reimbursement rate for emergency patients under three different state-run health schemes be increased.The association has sent the request to the National Health Security Office and Public Health Ministry, NHSO secretary-general Dr Winai Sawadiworn s

เทคโนโลยีด้านสุขภาพ (health technologies) เกิดขึ้นใหม่มากมายจนเราตามเกือบไม่ทัน ยาใหม่ เครื่องมือผ่าตัดแบบใหม่ หรือวัคซีนตัวใหม่ เทคโนโลยีใหม่ ๆ เหล่านี้ควรได้รับการประเมิน ควบคุมและติดตามเพื่อให้เกิดการใช้ประโยชน์ที่เหมาะสมก่อนนำมาใช้ในระบบสุขภาพ ในวงการวิชาการด้านการประเมินเทค

Horizon Scanning (HS) is the process of identifying new and emerging technologies before uptake into practice to evaluate the potential impact to inform decision-making. In the European Union (EU), the EuroScan International Network was established in 1997 and over time, given its expanded geogr

นักวิจัย: Naiyana Praditsitthikorn, PhD (candidate) Naiyana Praditsitthikorn has received the Honour Award for Best Public Health Research on “Development of an optimal policy strategy for prevention and control of cervical cancer in Thailand” at the Annual Academics Conference hosted by the Thai Mi

Rapeepong Suphanchaimat1,2 Angkana Sommanustweechai1 , Chiraporn Khitdee1 , Chompoonut Thaichinda1 , Kanang Kantamaturapoj3 , Pattara Leelahavarong4 , Pensom Jumriangrit1 , Thitikorn Topothai1 , Thunthita Wisaijohn1 Weerasak Putthasri1 1International Health Policy Program (IHPP), Ministry of Publi

US health regulators have for the first time approved a drug to prevent HIV infection.Truvada can be used by those at high risk of infection and anyone who may engage in sexual activity with HIV-infected partners, said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Studies showed the drug reduced the risk o

The Disease Control Department is seeking to ease public fears over a disease found in Thailand with HIV-like symptoms, saying it is not contagious.The disease, identified by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last Thursday, has been found