Health Care Sciences & Services

Special Issues

Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:

• Health Care and Health Services Digital Revolution (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Improving Patient and Staff Safety through Evidence-Based Healthcare Design (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Simulations and Machine Learning via Big Data for Prediction, Detection, Treatment or Rehabilitation in the Healthcare Process (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Addressing Public Health and Health Inequities in Marginalized and Hidden Populations (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Cancer Surveillance and Intelligence: Use in Health Services Research and Policy (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Food Literacy and Public Health (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Nursing and Society (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Advances in Foot Posture Assessment and Health Implications (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Co-morbidities, Co-medications and Cancer (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Inequalities in Health Care (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
• Improving Medication Safety and Effectiveness among Older People in Long-Term Care Settings (Deadline: 1 July 2021)
• In the Hands of Technology: Care in the XXI Century (Deadline: 15 July 2021)
• Empowering Patients and Supporting Health Care Providers—New Avenues for High Quality Care and Safety (Deadline: 16 July 2021)
• Artificial Intelligence in Public Health (Deadline: 30 July 2021)
• Health Effects of Emerging and Alternative Tobacco Products (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
• Advancements in Quality of Patient Care and Health Services Through Health Informatics Innovations (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
• Implementation of the Up-to-Date Physiotherapy into the Health Care System (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
• Health in EIA/SEA (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
• Nursing Research (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
• Qualitative Research and Mixed Methods, Application in Health Care Science (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
• Health Humanities: Social Determinants of Access to Healthcare in Migrant and Minority Populations (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
• M-Health: Emerging Mobile Health Systems (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
• Health Related Quality of Life in Health Care (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
• Occupational Exposure to Psychosocial Factors in Nursing Profession (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
• Respiratory Infections in the Super-Aged Society (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
• Measuring Health Inequities among Vulnerable Populations (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
• The Economics of Caring (Deadline: 15 September 2021)
• Advances in Population-Based Healthcare Research: From Measures to Evidence (Deadline: 15 September 2021)
• Rehabilitation in Health Systems, Rehabilitation Needs and Innovative Rehabilitation Programs (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
• The Use of Physical Restraints in Clinical Practice (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
• Advances in Sexual Health and Sexual Rights (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
• Advanced Research on Cancer Therapy and Public Health (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
• Implicit Bias Mitigation in Healthcare Professional Education: Implications for Life-Long Learning (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
• Health and Wellbeing on Aging (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
• COVID-19 Pandemics: Impact on Health Care and Health Care Professions (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
• Nutrition and Dietary Health Promotion in Rural Areas (Deadline: 29 October 2021)
• A Focus on Healthcare from the Perspective of Gender, Culture, Management, and the Economy (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
• Competitive Advantage Strategies for Healthcare Industry (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
• Health Inequalities in Dementia Care (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
• Assistive Technologies in Elder Care and Assistance (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
• Health Literacy Development among People with Chronic Diseases: Advancing the State of the Art and Learning from International Practices (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
• Assistive Technology and Support Services for People with Disabilities in Low Resource Settings (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
• Community Empowerment: The Potential for Community Health Nursing Development (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
• How Can Comprehensive Care Improve the Quality of Care in Post-SARS-nCoV-2 Period? (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
• Recent Advances in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
• Pathways towards Health Equity: Tackling Social Determinants of Health to Eliminate Health Disparities (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
• Comprehensive Back Health Education: Teaching and Learning (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
• Health Care Access among Underserved Groups (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
• Study on Preventive Care Cohort Focusing on the Characteristics of Agriculture and Rural Areas (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
• Equity, Access and Use of Health Care Services (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
• Palliative Care and Cancer at the End of Life (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
• Real-World Data for Health Research: The Potential of Longitudinal Data Mining (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
• Health Care Needs of Migrants: Guarding the Most Vulnerable—Refugees, Women and Children (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Instruments for Measuring Health (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Social Epidemiology to Eliminate Disparities (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Social Support and Social Networks in Long-Term Conditions (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Emergency Medical Services Research (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Health Care from Patients' Perspective (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: What We Know (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Interdisciplinarity in Health and Health Care: Management–Education–Prevention (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Nursing and Palliative Care (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Disease Prediction, Machine Learning, and Healthcare (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Primary Healthcare (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Vaccination Research for Public Health (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
• Patient Experience (during COVID-19 pandemic/in the COVID-19 Era) (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
• Implementing New Technologies in a Context of Complexity to Improve Health and Healthcare Service (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
• Inequalities in Health and Healthcare (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
• Societal Integrative Approaches to Care for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
• Needs in Palliative Care from the Perspective of the Patient, Family and Health Care Professionals (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
• Musculoskeletal Disorders, Physical Rehabilitation and Health (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
• Health Inequalities in Socially Disadvantaged Communities (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
• Advances in Integrated Care Models (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
• To Be Healthy for the Elderly: Long Term Care Issues around the World (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
• New Technologies, Rehabilitation and Health (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
• Evidence-Based Evaluation of Opioid Prescribing Practices (Deadline: 1 March 2022)
• The Role of Public Health in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons and Challenges (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
• The Role of Social Technology in the Lives of Older People (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
• New Technologies in the Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Neurological Pathologies (Deadline: 1 September 2022)
• Friendly Residential Environments for Ageing in Place with Autonomy and Independence (Deadline: 28 October 2022)
• Advances in Public Health: Management of Technology and Innovation for Challenges and Opportunities of Pharmaceutical Industry (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
• Healthcare and Health: Measures and Evaluation (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
• The Second Victim Phenomenon: Implications and Solutions to Support Health Worker Safety (Deadline: 31 March 2023)

Topical Collection

Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:

• Health Care and Diabetes