IT Support in the Healthcare Sector

Dear colleagues and interested researchers,

In the healthcare field, the utilization of more and more types of information technology seems inevitable. The reasons for this are manifold. Growing pressure related to costs is certainly a prominent reason to develop new information technology for the healthcare sector. The effective organization of daily tasks is also often mentioned by stakeholders. Fortunately, several technical developments have become suitable for day-to-day use for different medical purposes. However, many questions and challenges remain unsolved. We currently face new opportunities in the context of big data, artificial intelligence, and medicine. Beyond this trend, many other thoughts and paradigms have emerged. For example, the advent of powerful mobile technologies provides several new options. Mobile technology is able to collect ecologically valid data at rather low costs and in a short period of time compared to clinical trials. On the other hand, this kind of collection strategy poses drawbacks compared to clinical trials, which must be considered carefully. Immersive analytics in medical data is another promising trend, which aims at helping healthcare professionals cope with the demands pertaining to the handling of big medical data sources. In this context, the field of decision support systems has been recognized by both researchers and practitioners. A focus on the medical evidence when using information technology should always be carefully kept in mind. For mobile health apps (mHealth apps), for example, there are still only a limited amount of researchers working on this issue.

This Special Issue aims at promoting original and high-quality papers in the context of IT support in the healthcare sector. In particular, the Guest Editor is seeking papers on information systems, mobile computing, data engineering, artificial intelligence, decision support systems, and immersive analytics. The Special Issue also welcomes papers on other topics (see keywords) related to IT support in the healthcare sector.

Considering your interest in this current research topic, we cordially invite you to submit a high-quality original research paper or review to this Special Issue of J—Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Pryss
Prof. Dr. Johannes Schobel
Guest Editors

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