Policy Intelligence in the Era of Social Computing: Towards a Cross-Policy Decision Support System

Towards a Global Social Support System: A Response to the Recent Commentaries

Towards Intelligent Data-Driven Simulation for Policy Decision Support in the Social Sciences

In the physical sciences, dynamic data driven simulation (DDDAS) is used to absorb new data into a simulation of the observed system (e.g. the atmosphere) causing the simulation states to be continually adjusted. The underlying model on which the simulation is based may be revised as a result of data assimilation. Conversely, the simulation predictions may play a role in selecting the data to b...

Patient Engagement and its Evaluation Tools – Current Challenges and Future Directions; Comment on “Metrics and Evaluation Tools for Patient Engagement in Healthcare Organization- and System-Level Decision-Making: A Systematic Review”

Considering the growing recognition of the importance of patient engagement in healthcare decisions, research and delivery systems, it is important to ensure high quality and efficient patient engagement evaluation tools. In this commentary, we will first highlight the definition and importance of patient engagement. Then we discuss the psychometric properties of the patient engagement evaluati...

Modernizing the Legal Criminal Policy towards the Electronic Tax System

The virtual tax village in line with the transformation of the tax process from self-declaration based method to electronic data based method and with the aim of compiling and developing the tax information bank and using technology, taxpayers in a virtual tax space. It collects the ID card holders and their financial data with the help of modern technologies and by benefiting from systematic m...

“Enemies of the People?” Public Health in the Era of Populist Politics; Comment on “The Rise of Post-truth Populism in Pluralist Liberal Democracies: Challenges for Health Policy”

In this commentary, we review the growth of populist politics, associated with exploitation of what has been termed fake news. We explore how certain words have been used in similar contexts historically, in particular the term “enemy of the people,” especially with regard to public health. We then set out 6 principles for public health professionals faced with these situations. First, using th...