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<Articles JournalTitle="Health Technology Assessment in Action">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Health Technology Assessment in Action</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2645-3835</Issn>
      <Volume>10</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2026</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>22</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Importance of Future Studies in Health: A Narrative Literature Review</title>
    <FirstPage>247</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>247</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zahra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Heydarifard</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Health Services Management,  School of Health Management &amp; Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammadreza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Maleki</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Health Services Management,  School of Health Management &amp; Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hamid</FirstName>
        <LastName>Pourasghari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Health Services Management,  School of Health Management &amp; Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>17</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">The future is something that people can design and shape with their purposeful actions, and it is the only opportunity we have to pursue our ideals, dreams, goals, strategies, and so on. The pulsating changes are the heart of the future, and our surrounding world is also a dynamic, uncontrollable world with extensive communications and full of uncertainty. The crises around us today are the result of not paying attention to them and not considering the speed of these changes. It should be noted that awareness of future changes requires future studies to reduce threats and increase opportunities that enable us to perform appropriately at future events. Considering the extensive history of changes in the healthcare system, it can be expected that we will see more changes in the future, which requires an understanding of future situations and alignment with future changes in healthcare.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://htainaction.tums.ac.ir/index.php/hta/article/view/247</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://htainaction.tums.ac.ir/index.php/hta/article/download/247/188</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
