Clinical Care
A section of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Section Information
Clinical care encompasses the direct management, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients across all care settings—from initial response interventions in the field to complex inpatient therapies and ongoing outpatient follow-up. This section addresses how clinicians assess, diagnose, and deliver evidence-based interventions, as well as how care teams coordinate to optimize patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.
Clinical Care covers three principal domains:
- Prehospital and Emergency Care:
Rapid assessment, stabilization, and transport by emergency medical services, first responders, and mobile health units. - In-Hospital and Acute Care:
Diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring in emergency departments, intensive care units, surgical suites, and specialty wards. - Outpatient and Ambulatory Care:
Scheduled clinics, day procedures, telehealth consultations, rehabilitation services, transitional care programs, and follow-up management.
Core Topics—We welcome submissions on, but not limited to the following:
- Patient assessment tools, diagnostic algorithms, and point-of-care testing.
- Clinical decision support systems, care pathways, and standardized protocols.
- Acute and chronic condition management across age groups and specialties.
- Interprofessional team models, workflow optimization, and handoff processes.
- Innovations in telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, and virtual triage.
- Transitional care, discharge planning, and strategies to reduce readmissions.
- Quality improvement initiatives, safety interventions, and performance metrics.
- Comparative effectiveness studies, pragmatic trials, and implementation research.
