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.
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- The Role of Nutrition in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Transforming Care Through Clinical Nursing Information Systems and Standardized Nursing Terminologies: Optimizing Data-Driven Care in Hospital and Community Settings (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Update on Cataract Surgery (Deadline: 16 February 2026)
- Contemporary Surgical Trends and Management (Deadline: 15 April 2026)
- New Tools and Technologies in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- Anesthesia, Pain Management, and Intensive Care in Oncologic Surgery (Deadline: 10 May 2026)
- Clinical Management of Chronic Pain in Older People (Deadline: 10 May 2026)
- Nursing Care in the ICU—2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 May 2026)
- The Benefits of Primary Care (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Sleep Disorders Management in Primary Care—Second Edition (Deadline: 20 June 2026)
- Airway Management in Anesthesia: Progress, Precision, and the Path Forward (Deadline: 20 June 2026)
- Clinical Strategies for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (Deadline: 24 July 2026)
- Advances in Manual Therapy: Diagnostics, Prevention and Treatment (Deadline: 29 July 2026)
- Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management (Deadline: 1 August 2026)
- Research on Hearing and Balance Healthcare (Deadline: 10 October 2026)
- Frontline Imaging: Advances and Applications of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Health Technology Assessment for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Health Conditions (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Integrated Rehabilitation Services: From Clinical Settings to Communities and Homes (Deadline: 6 November 2026)
- Progress in Clinical Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
