Health Informatics: Human Health and Health Care Services
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 282
Special Issue Editor
Interests: explainable artificial intelligence; machine learning; artificial intelligence; medical informatics; bibliometrics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Health informatics is a multidisciplinary field that uses technology and information systems to improve healthcare services. It is essentially the intersection of health, information technology, computer science and software engineering. By utilizing digital health data, AI-supported data analytics, IoMT and agile approaches it can streamline health processes, increase patient safety and satisfaction, enhance patient-centered care and reduce resource consumption.
The association is symbiotic: health services provide the data and context, while health informatics provides the means to manage and interpret them. This relationship leads to significant benefits, such as improved clinical decision-making, better communication between providers and greater patient engagement through social networking. Ultimately, health informatics supports digital health transformation, leading to more efficient, safer and higher-quality care services at both the individual and population levels.
Prof. Dr. Peter Kokol
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- health informatics
- health services
- digital health transformation
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- patient-centered care
- IoMT
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