AI & ICT in Healthcare
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 May 2027 | Viewed by 233
Editors
Interests: health informatics; knowledge representation and machine learning; applied operations research; public health and health services; simulation and modelling
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Interests: artificial intelligence; natural language processing; human AI interaction; human behavior; health informatics; customer experience; human factors and ergonomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Artificial intelligence (AI) and information and communication technologies (ICTs) are rapidly transforming healthcare systems worldwide. ICTs—such as electronic health records, telemedicine platforms, mobile health applications, wearable devices, remote patient monitoring systems, and interoperable digital infrastructures—enable more connected, data-driven, and efficient care delivery. When integrated with advanced AI methods, these technologies offer significant potential to enhance clinical decision-making, improve diagnostic accuracy, optimize treatment planning, and support continuous patient monitoring. Furthermore, they play a critical role in improving healthcare operations, accessibility, and population health management.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which focuses on advancing research at the intersection of AI- and ICT-enabled healthcare solutions.
This Special Issue aims to advance research on the development, implementation, evaluation, and real-world impact of AI- and ICT-enabled solutions in healthcare. It seeks contributions that address clinical, operational, and technological applications, emphasizing both innovation and practical implementation. The topic aligns closely with the journal’s scope by addressing cutting-edge digital health solutions that enhance healthcare delivery, improve patient outcomes, increase system efficiency, expand accessibility, and support data-driven decision-making in modern healthcare systems.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Clinical decision support and diagnostic applications, including AI-driven tools for early and accurate detection, diagnosis, and treatment support;
- Patient risk prediction and care management, including predictive analytics for disease progression, treatment outcomes, hospital readmissions, emergency department use, and length of stay;
- Clinical information management, including natural language processing and large language model applications for extracting insights from electronic health records, summarizing clinical notes, and enhancing patient–provider communication;
- Digital care delivery and remote monitoring, including telemedicine, mobile health, wearable technologies, and real-time analytics for personalized and continuous care;
- Healthcare operations and system optimization, including intelligent scheduling, resource allocation, workflow management, and administrative decision support;
- Digital health infrastructure, including interoperable systems, secure data exchange, cybersecurity, privacy-preserving machine learning, and federated learning.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed
Guest Editor
Dr. Duha Ali
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
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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-anonymized 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
- artificial intelligence
- digital health
- telemedicine
- predictive analytics
- clinical decision support
- remote monitoring
- health informatics
- natural language processing
- healthcare optimization
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