Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Providers
A section of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Section Information
Healthcare organizations, systems, and providers are the main contributors to healthcare services and play a vital role in shaping their accessibility, quality, and efficiency. The effective cooperation of this triad can enhance healthcare delivery and patient outcomes. This section aims to cover aspects relating to these components:
- Healthcare Organizations
This area covers operation, regulation, governance, and management in various healthcare facilities, from a small to a large scale. Submissions focused on research areas relating to quality assurance and accreditation, leadership, administration, and resource allocation within healthcare settings are also encouraged.
- Healthcare Systems
This area includes health policy, healthcare system models (single-payer, universal, hybrid, or private-driven systems), and technological integration for improving healthcare access and addressing disparities.
- Healthcare Providers
This area focuses on the role of individual professionals, interprofessional collaboration, ethical and cultural considerations, and workforce development (e.g., continuous professional training). It also emphasizes their health and well-being, which may include strategies and support for improving resilience, retention, and job satisfaction.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Promoting Nursing Organizational Well-Being: The Impact of Work Environment on Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes (Deadline: 27 August 2026)
- Burnout in Healthcare Professions: Assessment, Risk Factors, Challenges and Prevention Strategies (Deadline: 12 September 2026)
- Enhancing Healthcare Services for Vulnerable Groups (Deadline: 15 September 2026)
- Promoting Healthcare and Well-Being in Rural and Vulnerable Communities (Deadline: 20 September 2026)
- ETHICA—ETHICs in Action: Values, Dilemmas, and Decision-Making in Contemporary Healthcare (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- The Role of Mediation in Healthcare: A Path to Conflict Resolution and Improved Outcomes (Deadline: 27 September 2026)
- Economic Evaluations from the Patient Perspective: Highlighting the Need for Such a Perspective (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Strategies and Interventions for Supporting the Holistic Well-Being of Clinicians and Nurses (Deadline: 21 October 2026)
- The Promotion of Healthcare: A Challenge for Health Professionals and Educators (Deadline: 12 November 2026)
- Community-Engaged Interventions for Health Equity: Implementation and Impact (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- Challenges and Opportunities for Nurses in Modern Clinical Practice (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- Measuring Primary Care Provider Workload and Performance: Metrics, Case-Mix and Outcomes (Deadline: 30 December 2026)
- Healthcare Management, Efficiency and Health-Related Quality of Life (Deadline: 15 January 2027)
- Population Health Management Through Healthcare Policy and Clinical Practice (Deadline: 20 January 2027)
- Equal Access to Healthcare: Promoting Participation in Healthcare Among Underserved Communities (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Burnout, Perceived Efficacy and Job Satisfaction of Nurses: Leadership, Management and Organizational Perspectives (Deadline: 16 February 2027)
- Healthcare System Innovation for Global Health Security and Resilience (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Well-Being in the Workplace: Examining Professional Quality of Life and Mental Health Across Healthcare Professions (Deadline: 3 March 2027)
- Transforming Health Systems for People with Multimorbidity: Policy, Care Models, and Services (Deadline: 4 March 2027)
- Critical Perspectives on Public and Practitioner Involvement, Reshaping Quality, Safety, and Accessibility in Applied Research and Healthcare Practice (Deadline: 1 April 2027)
- Quiet Quitting: An Alarming Issue for Healthcare Professionals and Services (Deadline: 15 April 2027)
- Tackling Inequalities in Healthcare: Practical Solutions to Ensure Access to Affordable Care (Deadline: 31 May 2027)
- Inclusive Healthcare Organisations: Competencies, Workforce Education and Health Literacy and Equity for Diverse Populations (Deadline: 31 May 2027)
- Psychological Well-Being and Coping in Healthcare Workplace Environments (Deadline: 30 June 2027)
