Unintended consequences of regulating traditional medicine.

Some Multidimensional Unintended Consequences of Telehealth Utilization: A Multi-Project Evaluation Synthesis

Background Telehealth initiatives have bloomed around the globe, but their integration and diffusion remain challenging because of the complex issues they raise. Available evidence around telehealth usually deals with its expected effects and benefits, but its unintended consequences (UCs) and influencing factors are little documented. This study aims to explore, describe and analyze mult...

Alcohol Abuse, Consequences and Treatments from the Perspective of Traditional Iranian Medicine: A Review Study

Consequences and Treatment of Opioid Abuse in Persian Medicine: A Review Study

People of Consequence

Sir Austin Bradford Hill, honorary fellow of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, dean of the school from 1955 to 1957, and professor of medical statistics from 1946 to 1961, died on 18 April 1991. With his death the country lost a man who has been described as the greatest medical statistician of the twentieth century, despite the fact that he held no degree in either medicine o...

Unintended consequences of health information technology: A need for biomedical informatics

Health information technology (HIT) can address important problems in clinical care and biomedical research. These problems include lack of compliance with clinical practice guidelines [1], insufficient use of preventative medicine services [2] and numerous impediments to clinical/translational research [3]. However, front-line patient care information systems that can influence care may worsen...