Implementation of transparent peer review at Health Technology (HT)

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to HT from June 16, 2020.

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Application of the CARE Guideline as reporting standard in Health Technology

Health Technology welcomes case reports which are supposed to report new observations of diseases, clinical findings or novel/unique treatment outcomes relevant to practitioners in the fields of medicine.

For completeness and transparency for published case reports, Health Technology will apply the CARE guidelines (1) as reporting standards for case reports starting from October 14, 2019. For any submission of case report after the date:

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The three-in-one assistive technologies for seniors—support, move, table

We offer the “supportive = assistive” technologies senior citizens need in order to improve the safety of medical visiting, the quality of medical caring, and the satisfaction with environmental security. The Three-in-One Assistive Technologies for Seniors are designed in accordance with the present circumstance to not only be available as clinic equipment and facilities, but also extensive for the continual use of wards or households.

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Urinalysis for diaper-wearing elderly people using a combination of cotton-based diagnostic devices and smartphone-based image analysis

Our aim is to develop a new type of the in-vitro diagnostic devices based on “cotton”, which allows us to detect the nitrite concentrations in urine (i.e., biomarker for urinary tract infection).

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Significance of steerable laparoscopic instrument: usability-based evaluation in a simulation model

When surgeons have tooperate in the limited incision, interference between instruments will resultin increasing difficulty of surgery. In the study, we tested the significanceand efficacy of a newly developed laparoscopic instrument with conventionalrigid laparoscopic instrument in an usability-based method.

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The potential risk of sick building syndrome of the emergency department areas in a medical center in Taiwan

Dirty and polluted air in hospitals will reducework efficiency of healthcare staff and could ultimately cause diseases andillness; some serious acute respiratory diseases are liable to become epidemicsin the hospital.

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Removal of cosmetic oral mucosal tattoos with Nd:YAG laser—histological and clinical observations

The cosmetic intraoral tattoos consist of insoluble ink particles injected in subepithelial connective tissue and ingested by phagocytic cells. These phagocytic cells do not remove the tattoo ink away from the mucosa and remain relatively stable. Intraoral tattoos can be divided into amateur and professional.

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Welcome to develop, advance and innovate the health technology

In today’s world, the healthcare industry hasalways been in the development of innovation: areas from robotics totelesurgery, from computer chip brain implants to homes that monitor us forillness, technology has undoubtedly made an incredible impact on medicine. As aresult of the development of these brilliant innovations, healthcarepractitioners can continue to find ways to improve their practice—from betterdiagnosis, surgical procedures to improved patient care.

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2019 Annual Report of HT

In 2019, HT has made good progress under the join-efforts of experts worldwide. We would like to express sincere appreciation for the enthusiastic and vigorous support and contributions from all editorial board members, guest editors, authors, reviewers and readers. We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2020!

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