The protracted war in Ukraine, sparked in 2014 and persistently escalating, has significantly impacted the country’s healthcare system. It has amplified existing challenges, such as shortages of medical supplies and personnel, outdated infrastr...
E-health as a new industrial phenomenon and a field of research integrates medical informatics, public health and healthcare business, aiming to facilitate the provision of more accessible healthcare services, such as remote health monitoring, reduci...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science dedicated to giving machines or computers the ability to perform human-like cognitive functions, such as learning, problem-solving, and decision making. Since it is showing superior perform...
The integration of large language models (LLMs) into remote healthcare has the potential to revolutionize medication management by enhancing communication, improving medication adherence, and supporting clinical decision-making. This study aims to ex...
Ongoing healthcare reform calls for increased accessibility, enhanced delivery, and improved quality of healthcare. Children and adolescents are experiencing a rise in the prevalence in chronic diseases leading to an increased utilization of medicati...
Medical data contains multiple records of patient data that are important for subsequent treatment and future research. However, it needs to be stored and shared securely to protect the privacy of the data. Blockchain is widely used in the management...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force in various sectors, including medicine and healthcare. Large language models like ChatGPT showcase AI’s potential by generating human-like text through prompts. ChatGPT’s...
The focus in this paper is placed on shared responsibility and ethics in health policy, specific to Internet of Things (IoT) devices in healthcare systems. The article assesses how the introduction of IoT brings risks to the security of medical syste...
This Special Issue of Bioengineering is dedicated to the profound impact of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) in the fields of biomedical research and healthcare. In an age defined by the rapid evolution of technology, this Issue explores the...
Digitalization has become an important part of human lives that occurs in many fields, ranging from education to labor. Artificial intelligence is one of the most important disruptive technologies, which has produced massive changes in current medica...
Robots and artificial intelligence have revolutionized the healthcare sector. Patient transportation within hospitals is emerging as a critical application; however, reducing errors and inefficiencies caused by human intervention and ensuring safe, e...
Background: Social media platforms play a crucial role in contemporary healthcare, facilitating patient participation and enabling communication among healthcare workers, as well as serving as a platform for medical awareness and advocacy. Social med...
Medical sociology is an applied research subfield within the field of sociology that was developed in the 1800s. It uses theories and research to examine the social, cultural, and political factors associated with health, illness, and healthcare and...
The rising complexity and operational demands of modern healthcare systems have significantly increased resource usage and associated costs. This trend highlights the need for innovative approaches to optimize workflows and enhance decision-making. F...
The application of drones to assist with healthcare delivery has grown rapidly over the last decade. This industry is supported by a growing research field, and we have undertaken a systematic review of the published literature. Web-based searches re...
This study introduces a specialized Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) system, leveraging the Whisper Large-v2 model, specifically adapted for radiological applications in the French language. The methodology focused on adapting the model to accurate...
Most patients face expensive healthcare management after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, which brings a substantial financial burden to the government. The National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) is a complete database con...
This research explores the use of decentralized federated learning (DFL) in healthcare, focusing on overcoming the shortcomings of traditional centralized FL systems. DFL is proposed as a solution to enhance data privacy and improve system reliabilit...
Electronic health records (EHRs) security is a critical challenge in the implementation and administration of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) systems within the healthcare sector’s heterogeneous environment. As digital transformation continue...
The Internet of Things (IoT) has influenced the healthcare industry by enabling real-time monitoring, data-driven decision-making, and automation of medical activities. IoT in healthcare comprises a network of interconnected medical devices, sensors,...
Healthcare applications are considered as promising fields for wireless sensor networks, where patients can be monitored using wireless medical sensor networks (WMSNs). Current WMSN healthcare research trends focus on patient reliable communication,...
Health is gold, and good health is a matter of survival for humanity. The development of the healthcare industry aligns with the development of humans throughout history. Nowadays, along with the strong growth of science and technology, the medical d...
Background: By leveraging advanced wireless technologies, Healthcare Industry 5.0 promotes the continuous monitoring of real-time medical acquisition from the physical environment. These systems help identify early diseases by collecting health recor...
Medication self-management problems such as the inability to correctly obtain, understand, organize, administer or monitor medication can result in negative patient outcomes. However, supportive tools for healthcare providers to assist patients with...
The United States of America has traditionally attracted people from various countries, including physicians and dentists, who wish to further their education and career in the U.S. international medical graduates’ (IMGs) role has been shown to...
Background: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasingly used to supplement evidence-based medicine (EBM), especially in the treatment of cancer patients. Objective: The study aimed to analyze the beliefs, attitudes, and expectations...
16 April 2024
Recent advances in the field of large language models (LLMs) underline their high potential for applications in a variety of sectors. Their use in healthcare, in particular, holds out promising prospects for improving medical practices. As we highlig...
Large Language Models (LLMs have the potential to revolutionize clinical medicine by enhancing healthcare access, diagnosis, surgical planning, and education. However, their utilization requires careful, prompt engineering to mitigate challenges like...
Unfamiliarity with medical device regulations can sometimes be a barrier to deploying technology in a clinical setting for researchers and innovators. Health service providers recognise that innovation can happen within smaller organisations, where r...
Background and Objectives: Healthcare systems are supported by the European ideology to develop their egalitarian concerns and to encourage the correct and fair behavior of medical staff. By integrating fair healthcare practices into sustainability,...
This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and intended practices of healthcare workers (HCWs) in Saudi Arabia towards ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot, within the first three months after its launch. We also aimed to identi...
Healthcare, one of the most important industries, is data-oriented, but most of the research in this industry focuses on incorporating the internet of things (IoT) or connecting medical equipment. Very few researchers are looking at the data generate...
Named entity recognition (NER) is a crucial component of various natural language processing (NLP) applications, particularly in healthcare. It involves accurately identifying and extracting named entities such as medical terms, diseases, and drug na...
The primary healthcare facilities are among the most basic needs of the residents, huge in quantity and widespread. Their distributions are directly related to people’s health, which affects the sustainable development of cities. The accessibil...
The convergence of marine sciences and medical studies has the potential for substantial advances in healthcare. This study uses bibliometric and topic modeling studies to map the progression of research themes from 2000 to 2023, with an emphasis on...
Healthcare data has economic value and is evaluated as such. Therefore, it attracted global attention from observational and clinical studies alike. Recently, the importance of data quality research emerged in healthcare data research. Various studie...
Background: With the availability of extensive health data, artificial intelligence has an inordinate capability to expedite medical explorations and revamp healthcare.Artificial intelligence is set to reform the practice of medicine soon. Despite th...
The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is used in the medical ecosystem through medical IoT sensors, such as blood glucose, heart rate, temperature, and pulse sensors. To maintain a secure sensor network and a stable IoMT environment, it is important...
Medication non-adherence is common among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and may lead to poor clinical outcomes. Our aim was to identify influenceable contributors to medication non-adherence and suggest interventions that could incr...
12 February 2020
How to effectively reduce the disparity between urban and rural medical healthcare has become a major global concern. In China, the government has issued a series of reform measures to address the gap between urban and rural medical care. To explore...
The deployment of large language models (LLMs) within the healthcare sector has sparked both enthusiasm and apprehension. These models exhibit the remarkable ability to provide proficient responses to free-text queries, demonstrating a nuanced unders...
The government of Canada now plans to bring into force new federal drug pricing regulations on 1 July 2022. We do not take issue with the goal of medication affordability, which is vital in healthcare the world over. Our concern is that the new guide...
Medical devices are instrumental in servicing the healthcare sector and promoting well-being in modern societies. However, their production and use contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, thus causing indirect harm to global health. Wit...
Over the past decade, there has been exponential growth in the per capita rate of medical patients around the world, and this is significantly straining the resources of healthcare institutes. Therefore, the reliance on smart commercial off-the-shelf...
The study of health and medical tourism is a multifaceted and intricate field. Nevertheless, it is a swiftly expanding global industry with considerable economic prospects. This sector involves the exchange of services, blending two of the world&rsqu...
30 August 2019
Objective: This study investigated the impacts of the hierarchical medical system under the national health insurance program on residents’ healthcare-seeking behavior in Taiwan. Background: Healthcare authorities in Taiwan initiated an allowance red...
Although blockchain is acknowledged as one of the most important technologies to lead the fourth industrial revolution, major technical challenges regarding security breach and privacy issues remain. This issue is particularly sensitive in applied me...
Recent advancements in the healthcare sector have reached a pivotal juncture, catalysed by the emergence of Digital Twin (DT) technologies. These innovations facilitate the development of virtual replicas that accurately simulate real-world condition...
23 August 2022
The paper aims to highlight how physician-patient relationships have evolved amid the COVID-19 pandemic by considering telework implementation into the healthcare sector. The article presents the peculiarities of using telework within the medical sys...
15 August 2022
Introduction: The management of chronic illnesses commonly includes a long-term pharmacological approach. Although these medications effectively control disease, their full benefits are often not realized because approximately 50% of patients do not...
of 47