Data-Driven Strategies for Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Mitigation
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: 15 September 2026 | Viewed by 65
Special Issue Editors
Interests: healthcare; quantitative; security; artificial intelligence; informatics; quality; patient safety; data breaches
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit your research to the Healthcare journal’s Special Issue, "Data-Driven Strategies for Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Mitigation". Patient safety is a priority in healthcare, as deficiencies frequently lead to preventable adverse outcomes, higher rates of illness and death, prolonged hospital admissions, and an overall decline in patient well-being. Beyond the clinical repercussions, these failures impose substantial economic challenges for healthcare institutions, including fines, legal expenses, and harm to their public image.
To address these challenges, there is a growing need for comprehensive, data-driven approaches that integrate evidence-based practices with advanced technologies. This Special Issue highlights innovative strategies leveraging data analytics, machine learning, and informatics to improve patient outcomes and reduce clinical risks across healthcare settings.
We welcome original research and review articles. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Empirical studies exploring topics related to patient safety or clinical risk mitigation;
- Machine learning or predictive analytics studies exploring topics related to patient safety or clinical risk mitigation;
- Comprehensive systematic or meta-analyses summarizing the current state of patient safety or clinical risk mitigation.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Diane M Dolezel
Dr. Suhila Sawesi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- clinical risk mitigation
- patient safety
- data analytics
- machine learning
- predictive analytics
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