Enhancing Communication in Clinical Practice for Better Care
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 November 2026 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, Enhancing Communication in Clinical Practice for Better Care, invites empirical, theoretical, and practice-driven research that advances understanding of how communication supports safe, effective, equitable clinical care. We welcome work focused on real-world clinical interactions; provider–patient communication; care coordination across teams and settings; communication workflows within healthcare organizations; digital or telehealth communication in clinical environments; health informatics tools that enhance clarity and accuracy; communication strategies that support patient engagement, shared decision-making, and self-care; and evidence-based approaches that strengthen healthcare quality and patient outcomes.
Recent global assessments, including the World Health Organization’s evaluation of progress toward the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the United States’ Healthy People 2030 framework, underscore persistent gaps in how health information is communicated to patients, families, caregivers, and frontline clinical teams. These gaps can affect treatment adherence, care quality, patient understanding, and trust in healthcare systems.
High-quality clinical care depends not only on medical expertise but also on the clarity, accuracy, and effectiveness of communication at every point of care. Across prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, communication is a core determinant of patient safety, care coordination, shared decision-making, prevention and treatment outcomes, and overall patient experience.
Dr. Changmin Yan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- health communication
- health services delivery
- medical informatics/health informatics
- telemedicine and digital health
- health information quality
- health information accuracy
- population health and patient outcomes
- clinical communication processes
- provider–patient communication
- communication in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation
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