Best Paper Award

The Healthcare Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight exceptional publications of scientific significance and extensive influence. The journal’s Evaluation Committee Members select two research articles and two reviews of high quality that were published in the journal the year before last and announce them online by the end of June.

The Prize:
–Two research articles and two reviews will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a voucher to waive the article processing charges (APCs) for one submission in the journal (subject to peer review), valid for one year.

 
Healthcare Best Paper Award
 
Winner announcement: 30 June 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Healthcare in 2024 will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria

– The scientific merit and broad impact of the candidate’s paper;
– The originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– The creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– The clarity of presentation;
– The number of citations and downloads.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

12 pages, 971 KiB  
Article
Socioeconomic Status and Quality of Life: An Assessment of the Mediating Effect of Social Capital
by Jonathan Aseye Nutakor, Lulin Zhou, Ebenezer Larnyo, Stephen Addai-Danso and Debashree Tripura
Healthcare 2023, 11(5), 749; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050749 - 3 Mar 2023
14 pages, 1212 KiB  
Article
Interprofessional Collaboration in Complex Patient Care Transition: A Qualitative Multi-Perspective Analysis
by Franziska Geese and Kai-Uwe Schmitt
Healthcare 2023, 11(3), 359; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030359 - 27 Jan 2023
19 pages, 1162 KiB  
Review
Leveraging Generative AI and Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Roadmap for Healthcare Integration
by Ping Yu, Hua Xu, Xia Hu and Chao Deng
Healthcare 2023, 11(20), 2776; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202776 - 20 Oct 2023

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Lorraine S. Evangelista Chairman
The University of Texas Austin School of Nursing

Winner

38 pages, 6429 KiB  
Article
Economics of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Diagnosis vs. Treatment
by Narendra N. Khanna, Mahesh A. Maindarkar, Vijay Viswanathan, Jose Fernandes E Fernandes, Sudip Paul, Mrinalini Bhagawati, Puneet Ahluwalia, Zoltan Ruzsa, Aditya Sharma, Raghu Kolluri, Inder M. Singh, John R. Laird, Mostafa Fatemi, Azra Alizad, Luca Saba, Vikas Agarwal, Aman Sharma, Jagjit S. Teji, Mustafa Al-Maini, Vijay Rathore, Subbaram Naidu, Kiera Liblik, Amer M. Johri, Monika Turk, Lopamudra Mohanty, David W. Sobel, Martin Miner, Klaudija Viskovic, George Tsoulfas, Athanasios D. Protogerou, George D. Kitas, Mostafa M. Fouda, Seemant Chaturvedi, Mannudeep K. Kalra and Jasjit S. Suriadd Show full author list remove Hide full author list
Healthcare 2022, 10(12), 2493; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122493 - 9 Dec 2022
16 pages, 529 KiB  
Article
Care of Transgender Patients: A General Practice Quality Improvement Approach
by Isabel Boyd, Thomas Hackett and Susan Bewley
Healthcare 2022, 10(1), 121; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010121 - 7 Jan 2022
30 pages, 2666 KiB  
Review
Machine-Learning-Based Disease Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Review
by Md Manjurul Ahsan, Shahana Akter Luna and Zahed Siddique
Healthcare 2022, 10(3), 541; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10030541 - 15 Mar 2022

Award Committee

Dr. Christopher Cogle Chairman
University of Florida
Dr. Robbert Gobbens
Prof. Christian Napoli
Department of Medical surgical sciences and translational medicine - Sapienza University of Rome
Prof. Dr. Pedram Sendi
Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, Basel University Hospital
Prof. Dr. Mohamed E. Abdel-Latif
Australian National University
Prof. Dr. Andre van Zundert
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

Winner

56 pages, 3630 KiB  
Review
Perioperative Pain Management and Opioid Stewardship: A Practical Guide
by Sara J. Hyland, Kara K. Brockhaus, William R. Vincent, Nicole Z. Spence, Michelle M. Lucki, Michael J. Howkins and Robert K. Cleary
Healthcare 2021, 9(3), 333; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9030333 - 16 Mar 2021
19 pages, 1515 KiB  
Review
Application of Smartphone Technologies in Disease Monitoring: A Systematic Review
by Jeban Chandir Moses, Sasan Adibi, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Lemai Nguyen
Healthcare 2021, 9(7), 889; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070889 - 14 Jul 2021
14 pages, 828 KiB  
Article
Nurses’ Workplace Conditions Impacting Their Mental Health during COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study
by Farinaz Havaei, Andy Ma, Sabina Staempfli and Maura MacPhee
Healthcare 2021, 9(1), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9010084 - 16 Jan 2021
20 pages, 290 KiB  
Article
Burnout Prevalence and Its Associated Factors among Malaysian Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Embedded Mixed-Method Study
by Nurhanis Syazni Roslan, Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff, Ab Razak Asrenee and Karen Morgan
Healthcare 2021, 9(1), 90; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9010090 - 17 Jan 2021

Winner

21 pages, 2368 KiB  
Article
Novel Prefrontal Synthesis Intervention Improves Language in Children with Autism
by Andrey Vyshedskiy, Edward Khokhlovich, Rita Dunn, Alexander Faisman, Jonah Elgart, Lisa Lokshina, Yuriy Gankin, Simone Ostrovsky, Lauren deTorres, Stephen M. Edelson and Petr O. Ilyinskii
Healthcare 2020, 8(4), 566; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040566 - 16 Dec 2020
13 pages, 2328 KiB  
Article
The Effects of Long-Term 40-Hz Physioacoustic Vibrations on Motor Impairments in Parkinson’s Disease: A Double-Blinded Randomized Control Trial
by Abdullah Mosabbir, Quincy J. Almeida and Heidi Ahonen
Healthcare 2020, 8(2), 113; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020113 - 28 Apr 2020

Winner

15 pages, 3433 KiB  
Article
Two-Year Use of Care Robot Zora in Dutch Nursing Homes: An Evaluation Study
by Chantal Huisman and Helianthe Kort
Healthcare 2019, 7(1), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7010031 - 19 Feb 2019
18 pages, 1029 KiB  
Review
The Interlinked Rising Epidemic of Insufficient Sleep and Diabetes Mellitus
by Vijay Kumar Chattu, Soosanna Kumary Chattu, Deepa Burman, David Warren Spence and Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal
Healthcare 2019, 7(1), 37; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7010037 - 5 Mar 2019

Winner

19 pages, 1469 KiB  
Article
A Targeted and Tailored eHealth Weight Loss Program for Young Women: The Be Positive Be Healthe Randomized Controlled Trial
by Melinda J. Hutchesson, Robin Callister, Philip J. Morgan, Ilung Pranata, Erin D. Clarke, Geoff Skinner, Lee M. Ashton, Megan C. Whatnall, Mark Jones, Christopher Oldmeadow and Clare E. Collins
Healthcare 2018, 6(2), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare6020039 - 2 May 2018
43 pages, 2284 KiB  
Review
A Systematic Review on Healthcare Analytics: Application and Theoretical Perspective of Data Mining
by Md Saiful Islam, Md Mahmudul Hasan, Xiaoyi Wang, Hayley D. Germack and Md Noor-E-Alam
Healthcare 2018, 6(2), 54; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare6020054 - 23 May 2018
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