Enhancing the Quality of Neurological Care: Strategies and Outcomes
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety, and Self-care Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
1. Introduction, including scientific background and highlighting the importance of this research area.
The rising global burden of neurological disorders underscores an urgent need to transition from simply treating disease to delivering high-quality, comprehensive, and patient-centered care. Quality of care encompasses critical dimensions such as diagnostic accuracy, timeliness, access to specialized services, care coordination, patient safety, and patient-reported outcomes. Evaluating and improving these aspects is paramount to enhancing quality of life, reducing disability, and ensuring equitable health outcomes for patients living with chronic neurological conditions.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which aims to shine a spotlight on the metrics, interventions, and frameworks that define and improve the quality of neurology care.
2. Aim of the Special Issue and how the subject relates to the journal scope.
This Special Issue aims to collect and disseminate innovative research and reviews that address the multifaceted concept of quality in clinical neurology. We seek to bridge the gap between neurological scientific discovery and its translation into effective, efficient, and humane patient care. The subject is firmly within the scope of clinical and translational neurology journals, moving beyond basic mechanisms of disease to focus directly on healthcare delivery, patient experiences, and system-level improvements that directly impact clinical practice and policy.This Special Issue aims to synthesize evidence and present novel findings on how to measure, benchmark, and ultimately enhance the quality of care across the entire spectrum of neurological diseases.
3. Suggested themes and article types for submissions
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:- Development and validation of quality metrics in neurology;
- Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and experience measures (PREMs);
- Care coordination models for complex neurological conditions;
- Disparities in access to and quality of neurology care;
- Implementation of guideline-adherent care and reducing practice variation;
- Digital health tools for monitoring and improving care quality;
- Economic evaluations of quality improvement interventions;
- Shared decision-making and patient-centered communication in neurology.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Jaime Daniel Mondragón
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- quality of care
- neurology
- patient-reported outcomes
- care coordination
- health services research
- value-based healthcare
- patient safety
- disparities
- guidelines
- implementation science
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