There is increasing emphasis on providing patient-focused health care and ensuring patient
involvement in the design of health services. As health technology assessment (HTA) is …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to review international experiences of patient or public
involvement in the field of health technology assessment (HTA). Methods: A systematic …

Aim The aim of this review was to summarize the prevalence, frequency and comparative
value of information on the adverse events of healthcare interventions from user comments …

Objectives. We analyzed the content and characteristics of influential health blogs and
bloggers to provide a more thorough understanding of the health blogosphere than was …

Health technology assessment (HTA) has become an integral part of decision-making on the
coverage of new health technologies in most health systems in the developed world. In …

Objectives Many jurisdictions are moving toward greater public involvement in health
technology assessment (HTA) processes. This study aims to provide a broad, cross …

Background Patient and public involvement (PPI) in health education is a practice whereby
research and education are carried in collaboration 'with'patients and/or citizens …

Background The increasing amount of textual information in biomedicine requires effective
term recognition methods to identify textual representations of domain-specific concepts as …

Background Patient and public participation in health technology assessment (HTA) of
medicines has been cited as an important component of the decision-making structure; …

The evolution of Internet from static Web “publishing” to the highly participative, and data-
driven, innovations of Web 2.0 has been influencing how people search for health-related …