Keywords: Health technology assessment, Rationale, Guideline development   Please follow the link below for full text. You may need to register (free-of-charge) as the article is published in Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand, Vol 91, No 6. http://www.jmatonline.com/index.

During May 2010 to March 2011, a feasibility study of the community health initiative for MCH care was conducted in the Lewe, Yedarshey and Tatkone Townships by HITAP, the WHO and the MoH, Myanmar. The first study mission in May 2010 developed a protocol for the community health initiative whi

Background: Excessive intake of sodium is associated with elevated blood pressure, a risk factor that contributes to non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular diseases, and stomach cancer. Interventions and policies to control population-wide salt intake

เครื่องกระตุ้นไฟฟ้าหัวใจชนิดฝังรุ่นใหม่ๆ ถือเป็นเทคโนโลยีดิจิทัลด้านสุขภาพประเภท Internet of Medical Thing (IoMT) เนื่องจากมีความสามารถรับส่งข้อมูล ไม่ว่าจะเป็นความสมบูรณ์ของอุปกรณ์ อายุแบตเตอรี่ หรือ การพยากรณ์เหตุการณ์ที่อาจจะเกิดขึ้น เพื่อให้แพทย์ผู้ดูแลสามารถตรวจสอบได้จากทางไกลโดยผู้ป่วยไม่จ

Spouses of heart attack victims have an increased risk of depression and anxiety, even if their partner survives, Danish research suggests.The study found that in the year after losing a spouse to a heart attack, partners were three times more likely to start taking anti-depressants.Even if their pa

The government has rejected British Medical Association claims that the NHS is risking patients’ health by rationing drugs and operations.BMA head Dr Mark Porter told the Guardian that financial pressure on the NHS meant its “offer” had shrunk and it was no longer a comprehensive service.Fears patie

(Petchburi, Thailand) 14-16 May 2012, the HTAsiaLink, the health technology assessment-HTA collaboration in Asia organized its first academic annual conference in Petchburi, Thailand. The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITAP, Thailand) hosted the conference together with other HTAsia

In recent decades, there have been few new treatments for people with stubbornly high blood pressure. Exercise and a low-sodium diet, along with such stalwart drugs as diuretics, ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers, have made up the standard regimens.But these efforts fail in a surprising number of pat