Dear Colleagues,

Women’s health plays a very important role in family health and in community health and is considered the root of public health. In 2019, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists published a document on ‘improving the health and wellbeing of girls and women’. Using technology to improve women’s health, female-led technology (femtech) industry is growing.

Technologies commonly used in women’s healthcare include ultrasonography, genetic testing, minimal invasive surgery (MIS), and assisted reproductive technology (ART). Over the years, there have been significant advancements in these technologies, such as new modes of three-/four-dimensional ultrasonography and color flow imaging, cell-free DNA testing, next-generation sequencing, pre-implantation genetic testing, robotic surgery, and pelvic embolization. Other emerging technologies include whole exome sequencing (WES), personalized medicine, and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). In addition, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been used for predictive analysis as well as for image recognition to facilitate diagnosis. Use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) also became more common during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This Special Issue of Healthcare seeks original research, short reports, reviews, and opinion papers on the use of advance technologies in the following areas of women’s health: pregnancy, reproductive health, sexual health, menopausal health, and cancer. Papers discussing the advantages of using these new technologies, the challenges encountered, and more importantly, the effects on clinical outcomes are welcome.

The aim of this Special Issue is to focus on new and emerging technologies on women’s health. This Special Issue is envisaged to be of interest to clinicians, researchers, and industry and to have impact on women’s health, healthcare, and health policy.

Dr. Kwok-Yin Leung
Guest Editor

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• women’s health
• pregnancy
• ultrasound
• cell-free DNA
• whole-exome sequencing
• high-intensity focused ultrasound
• pelvic embolization
• robotic surgery
• reproduction
• cancer
• menopause
• artificial intelligence