Healthcare delivery is being transformed by the rapid growth of data, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies. In healthcare, obtaining real-world data can be ...

Objective This study evaluates whether Taiwan’s national oral cancer screening programme, implemented in 1999, has led to a ...

In 20 years of researching and teaching health risk communication methods, the most common question we get is: how should I communicate this [adverse event risk, survival probability, etc.] so that ...

Journal clubs, typically involving a group of health professionals or trainees who discuss recent study findings, have long been considered a fundamental element of teaching evidence-based practice.

There is a balance when determining the sample size of a new study: with too few participants, the study may not detect an effect; with too many, some participants may undergo inferior treatments ...

Choosing Wisely campaigns are clinician-led efforts to raise awareness and develop interventions to reduce low-value health care. At the core of Choosing Wisely campaigns are lists of recommendations, ...

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations ...

Acupuncture is a widely used complementary and alternative therapy around the world.1 The number of acupuncture research studies has grown markedly over the past two decades, with >10 000 publications ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping medical practice and education by unifying the knowledge of medical specialties and subspecialties into a single, intelligent system. This system functions ...

New government legislation is necessary to ensure full transparency of industry payments in the UK’s healthcare. A first step should involve challenging the industry-driven discourse that allows ...

Health technology assessment (HTA) is a multidisciplinary process that employs explicit methods to evaluate the value of a health technology. This evaluation encompasses various dimensions of value, ...