''Health Policy and Technology'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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that was established in 2012 and published by

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on behalf of the

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. Professor Wendy L. Currie was the founding Editor-in-Chief, from 2012 to 2017. It is one of two official journals, the other being the '' Postgraduate Medical Journal''. It covers health policy and development, assessment of clinical and cost-effectiveness, and implementation of all types of medical technology, including drugs, devices, diagnostics, and

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platforms. The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Embase. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 5.211.

Conferences

The journal has organised conferences in partnership with the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine. In 2017, the journal, the Fellowship, and the Cardiovascular Research Trust held a conference in London on health policy to prevent heart disease. In June 2019, the journal and the Fellowship organised a conference on European Cooperation in Healthcare at the

Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam (abbreviated as ''EUR'', nl, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam ) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century humani ...

. For 2021, to mark the 10th Anniversary of the journal, Health Policy and Technology is organising in partnership with the

an online Conference Series with panel discussions and peer-reviewed abstracts on Vaccines, Trusted Information and Fake News; Artificial Intelligence – Improving Health, from Smart Hospitals to Smart Homes; Equity and Outcomes, Ensuring Fair Access to Healthcare; Addressing Geopolitical Challenges to the Price of Medicines; and Climate and Health – why should policy-makers and the public be concerned?

International Awards for Medical Writing in Social Media

In 2020, the journal launched annual international awards for trusted medical writing in social media.Donald RJ Singer, Ken Redekop, Bernard Cheung. The FPM award for medical writing in social media. Health Policy and Technology 2021;10(1);1-2. ISSN 2211-8837 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.02.005.

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