Journal History
| 2013 | The inaugural issue was released. Healthcare was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | Changed to publish in article number order instead of in page range order; The journal Twitter account was established; Healthcare was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2017 | Healthcare was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2018 | Healthcare announced the first edition of the Healthcare 2020 Best Paper Award. The first International Electronic Conference on Healthcare (IECH), sponsored by Healthcare, was held on Sciforum. |
| 2019 | Healthcare was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 5 (Issue 1). Healthcare was indexed in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 5 (Issue 1). Launched a new position—Topic Editor Healthcare published its 500th paper. |
| 2020 | Healthcare received its first Impact Factor (1.916). Healthcare was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Healthcare published its 1,000th paper. Healthcare established the following sections: -Chronic Care; -Community Care; -COVID-19 Pandemic; -Forensic Medicine; -Health Assessments; -Health Policy; -Medication Management; -Pain Management; -Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine; -Prehospital Care; -School Health. |
| 2021 | Healthcare established the following sections: -Critical Care; -Medics. -COVID-19 Pandemic was renamed as Coronaviruses (CoV) and COVID-19 Pandemic. The Impact Factor increased to 2.645 in 2021. |
| 2022 | Healthcare received its first CiteScore (2021) of 2.0. The Impact Factor increased to 3.160 in 2022. |
| 2023 | Healthcare adopted a semimonthly publication schedule. The year 2023 marked the 10th Anniversary of Healthcare. |
| 2024 | -Forensic Medicine was discontinued. Healthcare published its 10,000th paper. |
| 2025 | The European Medical Association (EMA) became affiliated to Healthcare.
Journal established the following sections: Clinical Care;
Community Care was discontinued. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2013–2015 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Manu Malbrain |
| 2015–2020 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sampath Parthasarathy |
| 2021–2024 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Rahman Shiri |
| 2025–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lorraine S. Evangelista |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2019–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Pedram Sendi for the section on Health Policy |
| 2020–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sampath Parthasarathy for the section on Coronaviruses (CoV) and COVID-19 Pandemic |
| 2020–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nandu Goswami for the section on Environmental Factors and Global Health |
| 2020–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Abdel-Latif Mohamed for the section on Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Tin-Chih Toly Chen for the section on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Søren Mikkelsen for the section on Prehospital Care Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roberto Verna for the section on Nutrition and Public Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jose M. Moran for the section on Nursing Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Krzysztof Laudanski for the section on TeleHealth and Digital Healthcare Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. José Carmelo Adsuar for the section on Women's Health Care |
| 2021–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Norbert Hosten for the section on Health Informatics and Big Data Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani for the section on Preventive Medicine |
| 2022–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Tracy Comans for the section on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety |
| 2022–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Marco Dettori for the section on Family Medicine |
| 2022–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robbert Gobbens for the section on Community Care Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Christian Napoli for the section on Coronaviruses (CoV) and COVID-19 Pandemic Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andre van Zundert for the section on Critical Care |
| 2023–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jorge Pérez-Gómez for the section on School Health |
| 2024–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nandu Goswami for the section on Chronic Care Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Marco Dettori for the section on Environmental Factors and Global Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. José Carmelo Adsuar Sala for the section on Women's Health |
| 2025–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Tin-Chih Toly Chen for the section on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andre van Zundert for the section on Clinical Care Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Krzysztof Laudanski for the section on Digital Health Technologies Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani for the section on Healthcare and Sustainability Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Christian Napoli for the section on Healthcare in Epidemics and Pandemics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robbert Gobbens for the section on Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety, and Self-care Management Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Marco Dettori for the section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jose M. Moran for the section on Women’s and Children’s Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. José Carmelo Adsuar Sala for the section on Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nandu Goswami for the section on Chronic Care |
