Health Policy and Technology

Article	Citations
Telemedicine, COVID-19, and disparities: Policy implications	166
Responses to COVID-19 in five Latin American countries	128
Defending against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: How can the Internet of Things (IoT) help to save the world?	127
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland: An overview of the health service and economic policy response	88
Swedish policy analysis for Covid-19	78
COVID-19 pandemic in Finland – Preliminary analysis on health system response and economic consequences	77
An analysis of the policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, Belgium, and Canada	75
Europe's Covid-19 outliers: German, Austrian and Swiss policy responses during the early stages of the 2020 pandemic	69
COVID-19 pandemic in China: Context, experience and lessons	67
The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: Policy and technology impact on health and non-health outcomes	64
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	64
The COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: The dominance of social implications in framing the policy response	55
Easing of lockdown measures in Nigeria: Implications for the healthcare system	54
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom	52
The COVID-19 pandemic in Greece, Iceland, New Zealand, and Singapore: Health policies and lessons learned	52
The first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain	46
Application of mobile health to support the elderly during the COVID-19 outbreak: A systematic review	46
Smartphone overuse: A hidden crisis in COVID-19	40
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in India: An analysis of policy and technological interventions	38
The Dutch COVID-19 approach: Regional differences in a small country	35
Cybersecurity in the Internet of Medical Things	35
International experiences of the active period of COVID-19 - Mental health care	34
Individual motivation and social influence: a study of telemedicine adoption in China based on social cognitive theory	33
COVID-19 misinformation: Accuracy of articles about coronavirus prevention mostly shared on social media	33
Assessing factors critical to smart technology applications to mobile health care − the fgm-fahp approach	32

An analysis of the COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in France, Israel, Italy and Spain and their impact on health and economic outcomes	32
Telemedicine and health policy: A systematic review	29
Court innovations and access to justice in times of crisis	28
COVID-19 vaccination program in South Korea: A long journey toward a new normal	28
A blockchain based patient centric electronic health record storage and integrity management for e-Health systems	27
Rapid response to crisis: Health system lessons from the active period of COVID-19	27
The antecedents and results of seniors’ use of activity tracking wearable devices	25
Leveraging GIS and spatial analysis for informed decision-making in COVID-19 pandemic	25
COVID-19 on Instagram: A content analysis of selected accounts	24
Organizational, professional, and patient characteristics associated with artificial intelligence adoption in healthcare: A systematic review	23
Containing the impact of COVID-19: Review of Ghana's response approach	20
The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on community-oriented mental health services: The experience of Friuli Venezia Giulia region, Italy	20
Design recommendations for socially assistive robots for health and social care based on a large scale analysis of stakeholder positions	20
The impact of health policies and vaccine rollout on the COVID-19 pandemic waves in Italy	20
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on oral health procedures provided by the Brazilian public health system	19
Finding the way forward: COVID-19 vaccination progress in Germany, Austria and Switzerland	19
Health policy and technology challenges in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Policies and innovations to battle Covid-19 – A case study of South Korea	18
Tele-pharmacy: A new opportunity for consultation during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
COVID-19: The need for an Australian economic pandemic response plan	17
A mobile-based self-management application- usability evaluation from the perspective of HIV-positive people	16
A vicious cycle of health (in)equity: Migrant inclusion in light of COVID-19	16
Integrating technology, innovation and policy: COVID-19 and HTA	16
Usability and cognitive load in the design of a personal health record	15
Challenges with coverage with evidence development schemes for medical devices: A systematic review	15
Diagnostic and digital solutions to address the COVID-19 pandemic: The need for international collaboration to close the gap	15
Barriers to patient interest in internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy: Informing e-health policies through quantitative analysis	15
COVID-19 management: The vaccination drive in India	14
All for one and one for all: Why a pandemic preparedness league of nations?	14
The regulatory gap in digital health and alternative pathways to bridge it	13
The economic and health impact of rare diseases: A meta-analysis	13
Telepharmacy: An opportunity for community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sub Saharan Africa	13
A FAHP-FTOPSIS approach for choosing mid-term occupational healthcare measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Addressing algorithmic bias and the perpetuation of health inequities: An AI bias aware framework	13
Employee-driven digitalization in healthcare: codesigning services that deliver	13
The implications of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on healthcare organizations: Lessons learned from early compliance experiences	12
COVID-19 Incidence and hospitalization during the delta surge were inversely related to vaccination coverage among the most populous U.S. Counties	12
Jordanian experience: The internet pharmacy drug delivery platform during the COVID-19	12
What is Virtual Reality? A healthcare-focused systematic review of definitions	11
Delivering digital health: The barriers and facilitators to university-industry collaboration	11
Understanding digital contact tracing app continuance: Insights from India	11
Effect of mobile health interventions for side effects management in patients undergoing chemotherapy: A systematic review	11
Evolution of technology in replacement of heart valves: Transcatheter aortic valves, a revolution for management of valvular heart diseases	11
COVID-19 response in Colombia: Hits and misses	10
The shifting trends towards a robotically-assisted surgical interface: Clinical and financial implications	10
The role of vaccines in COVID-19 control strategies in Singapore and China	10
Addressing evidence in health and welfare technology interventions from different perspectives	10
Resources or trust: What matters more in the vaccination strategies of high-income liberal democracies?	10
Direct and indirect cost of COVID-19 patients in Iran	10
Sociodemographic determinants of the adoption of a contact tracing application during the COVID-19 epidemic in Delhi, India	10

Reframing egg donation in Europe: new regulatory challenges for a shifting landscape	10
Telemedicine in help of rehabilitation in the conditions of COVID-19	10
Employing digital technologies for effective governance: Taiwan's experience in COVID-19 prevention	9
The role of the Internet of Things in Healthcare in supporting clinicians and patients: A narrative review	9
The COVID-19 pandemic: Global health policy and technology responses in the making	9
COVID-19 and Saudi Arabia public financing of prescription drugs: An opportunity for reform	9
Fast deployment of COVID-19 disinfectant from common ethanol of gas stations in Brazil	9
Adoption of Covid-19 contact tracing app by extending UTAUT theory: Perceived disease threat as moderator	9
The Norwegian way: COVID-19 vaccination policy and practice	9
Technical efficiency in health production: A comparison between Iran and other upper middle-income countries	9
The Contribution of Conceptual Independence to IT Infrastructure Flexibility: The Case of openEHR	9
Systematic review of factors determining health care expenditures	9
Quality of the patient-oriented information on thyroid cancer in the internet	9
An event study of data breaches and hospital IT spending	8
COVID-19 in Finland: Vaccination strategy as part of the wider governing of the pandemic	8
Systematic AI Support for Decision-Making in the Healthcare Sector: Obstacles and Success Factors	8
Twitter vs. Zika—The role of social media in epidemic outbreaks surveillance	8
Analyzing Indian citizen's perspective towards government using wearable sensors to tackle COVID-19 crisis—A text analytics study	8
Gait quantification and visualization for digital healthcare	8
Telehealth in low- and middle-income countries: Bridging the gap or exposing health disparities?	8
SecureRx: A blockchain-based framework for an electronic prescription system with opioids tracking	8
Evaluating of hospital appointment systems in Turkey: Challenges and opportunities	7
Overcoming the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia: A Science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy perspective	7
Effect of vaccination patterns and vaccination rates on the spread and mortality of the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Technology acceptance and trust: Overlooked considerations in young people's use of digital mental health interventions	7
Covid 19 Vaccines and the Australian health care state	7
Measures of success of computerized clinical decision support systems: An overview of systematic reviews	7
Use of workplace health promotion apps: Analysis of employee log data	7
The use of artificial intelligence-based innovations in the health sector in Tanzania: A scoping review	7
An innovation platform for diffusing public health practices across a global network	7
Action plans for depression management in South Korea: Evidence-based on depression survey data in 2009–2019 and during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Healthcare information technology convergence to effectively cope with the COVID-19 crisis	6
Digital transformation in healthcare: New value for a new movement	6
Policy Stringency, Handwashing and COVID-19 cases: Evidence from Global dataset	6
COVID-19 and counterfeit vaccines: Global implications, new challenges and opportunities	6
Assessing healthcare digitalisation in Ghana: A critical realist's approach	6
Investigating technical efficiency and its determinants: The Case of New Zealand District Health Boards	6
Perceived barriers and facilitators of structural reimbursement for remote patient monitoring, an exploratory qualitative study	6
How Iran responded to expanding need for laboratory services for COVID-19?	6
Innovative approaches to strengthening health systems in low- and middle-income countries: Current models, developments, and challenges	6
Mobile health in China: Does it meet availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality standards?	6
Challenges and opportunities in implementing clinical decision support systems (CDSS) at scale: Interviews with Australian policymakers	6
Status of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) security practices in Australian hospitals – A national survey	6
Ethical implications of emotion mining in medicine	6
Digital transformation evaluation of telehealth using convergence, maturity, and adoption	6
Personalized stratification of hospitalization risk amidst COVID-19: A machine learning approach	6
Evaluation of electronic prescriptions in Turkey: A community pharmacy perspective	5
Surmounting inherent challenges in healthcare service delivery for effective procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines; A developing country context	5
Innovative dashboard for optimising emergency obstetric care geographical accessibility in Nigeria: Qualitative study with technocrats	5
Applications of geospatial analyses in health research among homeless people: A systematic scoping review of available evidence	5
Compassionate drug use: an imperative challenge for Bulgarian health system during COVID-19	5
Confronting the misinformation pandemic	5
The impact of digital competence on telehealth utilization	5
Endodontic treatments in the Brazilian Public Health System: influence of COVID-19 pandemic	5
Institutional factors affecting the electronic health information exchange by ambulatory providers	5
A multidisciplinary approach to online support for device research translation: regulatory change and clinical engagement	5
Digital health's impact on integrated care, carer empowerment and patient-centeredness for persons living with dementia	5
Factors associated with the utilization of electronic medical records in the Eastern Region of Ghana	5
The repeated setbacks of HIV vaccine development laid the groundwork for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines	5
Hospital staff acceptance toward management information systems in Indonesia	4
Evaluation of rare diseases policy performance of oecd countries using mcdm methods	4
Merit of test: Perspective of information economics	4
A comprehensive presentation of Iran's human resources for health information systems: A mixed-method case study	4
Quality assessment of YouTube videos intended to inform patients about retinal detachment surgery	4
Knowledge discovery in open data for epidemic disease prediction	4
Social determinants of health in the U.S.: A framework to support superior care co-ordination and leverage digital health solutions	4
Biosimilar medicines: Why the science matters	4
Covid-19 and beyond: Broadening horizons about social media use in oncology. A survey study with healthcare professionals caring for youth with cancer	4
Why do physicians prescribe new antidiabetic drugs? A qualitative study in the Greek healthcare setting	4
Mental healthcare policies in South Korea during the COVID-19 epidemic	4
Main uses of Instagram in oral health research–A scoping review	4
eHealth policy processes from the stakeholders’ viewpoint: A qualitative comparison between Austria, Switzerland and Germany	4
More value from health IT in low and middle-income countries	4
Leveraging technology to reach global health: The case of telemedicine in São Tomé and Príncipe health system	4
Preliminary User Evaluation of a Physical Activity Smartphone App for Older Adults	4
Western Australian health care workers’ views on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for the workplace	3
Machine learning and national health data to improve evidence: Finding segmentation in individuals without private insurance	3
Do we need a decision framework for integrated digital health to ensure sustainable healthcare?	3
A biased analysis of the Swedish management of Covid-19	3
Emergency care for the elderly: A review of the application of health information technology	3

Critical elements in the design, development and use of medical devices. A systemic perspective of orthopedic devices landscape in low- and middle-income countries	3
Rationalizing personal health management (PHM) policy: Identifying health IT use patterns via observations of daily living (ODLs) data	3
Identification and expert panel rating of key structural approaches applied in health economic obesity models	3
Mobile technologies for palliative cancer care in Uganda: Qualitative secondary analysis of health professional perspectives	3
Performing hyperbaric oxygen therapy for central retinal artery occlusion under COVID-19: From myringotomy to rapid viral test	3
Business models and eHealth social innovations for social care services: Serving the two sides of the market	3
Do wearable activity trackers improve employees’ health and increase re-participation in wellness programs?	3
Changes in healthcare use by age groups of patients and locations of healthcare institutions after the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea: Analyzing healthcare big data	3
Usefulness of mobile apps for communication of genetic test results to at-risk family members in a U.S. integrated health system: A qualitative approach from user-testing	3
Trends in secure mobile communication technology use among hospitalists in North America, 2016–2021	3
Cushioning the economic burden of chronic kidney disease for patients in LMICs: The heightened need for a government-driven financial support policy	3
nCOVID-19 outcomes on curfews and lockdown: Precautionary decisions in Saudi Arabia	3
Investigating the digital health acceptance of Korean baby boomers: Comparative study of telemedicine and wearable healthcare devices	3
Is there a fit between incubators and ventures producing responsible innovations in health?	3
A role-model for data policies? Qualitative study on the governance of health data in Denmark	3
Fixed dose combinations: A formulary decision guide	3
Rethinking priorities in hospital management: a case from Central Asia	3
The importance of diverse key stakeholders in deciding the role of artificial intelligence for HIV research and policy	3
Digital Health Applications (DiHA): Approaches to develop a reimbursement process for the statutory health insurance in Austria	3
Why should I vaccinate? The role of mindfulness and health-protective behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
High-level policy and governance stakeholder perspectives on health sector reform within a developing country context	2
Testing our way out of pandemics	2
Uncovering spatiotemporal pattern and geographical equity of pharmacies in Chinese cities from 2008 to 2018	2
‘’Coronary Blindness: Desensitization after excessive exposure to coronavirus-related information‘’	2
Are smartphones addictive? An urgent question in the pandemic age	2
Comparison of the logistics between the conventional instruments and patient-specific templating in total knee replacement in the low-income setting	2
Drug utilization studies using WHO prescribing indicators from India: A systematic review	2
Telemedicine against CoVID-19 crisis	2
Must the ICMJE and COPE guidelines and/or recommendations be interpreted (and used) as voluntary advice or as mandatory rules?	2
Machine learning prediction of hospital patient need for post-acute care using an admission mobility measure is robust across patient diagnoses	2
Health and information disparities among non-adopters of smartphones	2
Pharmaceutical pricing and managed entry agreements: An exploratory study on future perspectives in Europe	2
Impacts of comprehensive reform on the efficiency of Guangdong's County public hospitals in 2014–2019, China	2
Telemedicine implementation framework for Malaysia: An integrated SWOT-MCDM approach	2
Impact of health technology assessment implementation with a special focus on middle-income countries	2
Purview of 3D printing in medical applications during COVID-19	2
Healthcare understanding of COVID-19 antibody	2
An analysis of the SICLOM information system employing misuse case diagrams	2
Reprocessing of single use medical devices: A new proposal for a regulation	2
Current evidence on the use of mHealth approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review	2
Artificial intelligence and pharmacovigilance: What is happening, what could happen and what should happen?	2
A mixed-method study of community pharmacy staff's use, perceptions and acceptance of barcode scanning technology	2
Medical practitioners’ decision making on quality of online medical information: A consumption values theory analysis	2
Applying artificial intelligence to clinical decision support in mental health: What have we learned?	2
Effective tools to manage biosimilars prescription: The Italian experience	2
Analysing electronic health records: The benefits of target trial emulation	2
Content for self-care app for patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis: Designing a mobile-based self-care app for patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis	2
Digital health: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?	2
Association of waiting time and satisfaction level of patients with online registration system in a tertiary level medical institute outpatient department (OPD)	2
Artificial intelligence for patient scheduling in the real-world health care setting: A metanarrative review	2
Policy network analysis the legislation process for medical privatization in Korea	2