Topics covered by HPT will include:
- Health technology, including drug discovery, diagnostics,
medicines, devices, therapeutic delivery and eHealth systems
- Cross-national comparisons on health policy using evidence-based approaches
- National studies on health policy to determine the outcomes of technology-driven initiatives
- Cross-border eHealth including health
tourism
- The digital divide in mobility, access and affordability of healthcare
- Health technology assessment (HTA) methods
and tools for evaluating the effectiveness of clinical and non-clinical health technologies
- Health and eHealth indicators and benchmarks
(measure/metrics) for understanding the adoption and diffusion of health technologies
- Health and eHealth models and frameworks
to support policy-makers and other stakeholders in decision-making
- Stakeholder engagement with health technologies (clinical and
patient/citizen buy-in)
- Regulation and health economics
Professor Wendy Currie leads the journal as its founding Editor-in-Chief. Her research focuses on policy-making for large-scale information and communications technology (ICT) projects in health, financial services and government.
About the FPM
The aim of the
Its foundation was the result of a merger between the Fellowship of Medicine and the Postgraduate Medical Association, with Sir William Osler the first president of the new organization. The FPM is supported by Fellows with expertise in the practice of medicine, medical education and publishing, and research in medicine and related disciplines.