International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management  (IJHTM)
ISSN (Online): 1741-5144  -  ISSN (Print): 1368-2156

Published in 6 issues per year  (View Subscription Price)

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   Objectives

The aims of the IJHTM are:

• to establish channels of communication and disseminate knowledge between policy-makers, professionals and providers working in the healthcare and related industries; and
• to further the knowledge, research, theory and practice in the fields of management, economics and the management of technology in healthcare.

IJHTM publishes original papers, theory-based empirical papers, review papers, case studies, conference reports, technology reports, book reviews and commentaries.

   Readership

Policy makers, executives and professionals in the healthcare and medical industries, investment and insurance institutions, experts and researchers in relevant academic and research centres, consultants and advisers in healthcare and related fields.

   Contents

IJHTM publishes original papers, theory-based empirical papers, review papers, case studies, conference reports, technology reports, book reviews and commentaries.

   Subject Coverage

• Healthcare economics and management on the macro and micro levels
• Healthcare technology management and technology assessment
• Medical technology management
• Strategic management and organization of healthcare and healthcare technology (HC/HCT)
• Human resource management and HC/HCT
• Organisation behaviour and organisation theory in HC/HCT
• R&D management and HC/HCT
• Entrepreneurial management and HC/HCT
• Innovation and new product development and HC/HCT
• Operations management and HC/HCT
• Quality management (clinical and administrative), benchmarking and TQM in HC/HCT
• Marketing and HC/HCT
• Information and telecommunication technology in healthcare
• Economics and financial management of HC/HCT
• Relationship between health and healthcare
• Interface between health and social care
• Government policies and HC/HCT management
• HC/HCT management and the link between providers and insurers
• Globalisation, technology transfer and licensing
• E-commerce in healthcare
• Healthcare supply chain management

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available in the Full Submission Guidelines web-page.

AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR PAPERS THROUGH THE ON LINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM, OTHERWISE THEIR PAPERS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please go to Online Submissions of Papers. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.

   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Dr. M.A. Dorgham
International Centre for Technology and Management
UK
editorial@inderscience.com

Associate Editors

Prof. Elie Geisler
Distinguished University Professor; Associate Dean and Director
Illinois Institute of Technology
IIT Center for the Management of Medical Technology (CMMT)
The Stuart Graduate School of Business
565 West Adams Street
Chicago IL 60661
USA

Prof. Dr. Koos Krabbendam
School of Business Public Administration and Technology
University of Twente
P.O.Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
NETHERLANDS

Prof. Harvey Rubin
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Director
Institute for Strategic Threat Analyis and Response (ISTAR)
Infectious Disease Division, School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA 19104-6073
USA

Editorial Board Members

Prof. Yair M. BabadYa
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Information and Decision Sciences
College of Business Administration
Chicago IL 60607-7124
USA

Prof. James BarlowJa
Chair in Technology and Innovation Management
Innovation Studies Centre, The Business School
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ
UK

Prof. Christopher K. BartCh
Professor of Strategy and Governance and Director
McMaster University
Management of Innovation and New Technology (MINT) Research Centre
Michael G. DeGroote School of Business
Hamilton ON L8S-4M4
CANADA

Prof. Derek BellDe
Professor of Acute Medicine
Imperial College London
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road
London SW10 9NH
UK

Prof. P John ClarksonP
University of Cambridge
Department of Engineering
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1PZ
UK

Prof. Joan CooperJo
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Students) and Registrar
University of New South Wales
Sydney UNSW 2052
AUSTRALIA

Dame Sandra DawsonSa
KPMG Professor of Management Studies, and Director
Judge Institute of Management
University of Cambridge
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
UK

Prof. George J.E. De MoorGe
Medische informatica 5K3
Universitair Ziekenhuis
De Pintelaan 185
9000 Gent
BELGIUM

Prof. Francisco Del Pozo GuerreroFr
Head
Grupo de Bioingeniería y Telemedicina
E.T.S.Ingenieros de Telecomunicación
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
28040 Madrid
SPAIN

Prof. William M. EvanWi
Emeritus Professor
Department of Management
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA 19104-6370
USA

Prof. Dr. Urs E. GattikerUr
International School Of New Media GmbH
Willy-Brandt-Allee 31a
23554 Luebeck
GERMANY

Dr. Inger Marie GiversenIn
Staff Specialist
National Board of Health Islands
Brygge 67
P.O. Box 1881
DK-2300 Copenhagen
DENMARK

Prof. Arie HasmanAr
AMC-University of Amsterdam
Department of Medical Informatics
Meibergdreef 15
1105 AZ Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS

Dr. Zaka ImamZa
Deputy Director and Head, Technical Information Industrial Liaison and Planning
Central Drug Research Institute
Chattar Manzil Palace
Post Box No. 173
Lucknow - 226 001
INDIA

Prof. Peter M. JacksonPe
Director, Management Centre
Leicester University
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
UK

Prof. S. KaiharaS.
Director, National Okura Hospital, and Emeritus Professor
University of Tokyo
JAPAN

Prof. Justin KeenJu
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
Charles Thackrah Building
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds LS2 9LJ
UK

Prof. Jos C.S. KleinjansJo
Department of Health Risk Analysis & Toxicology
Maastricht University
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
NETHERLANDS

Prof. Dr. Binshan LinBi
BellSouth Corporation Professor
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Department of Management and Marketing
BE321, College of Business Administration
One University Place
Shreveport LA 71115
USA

Prof. Nancy M. LorenziNa
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Informatics Center
436 Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Avenue
Nashville TN 37232-8340
USA

Dr. Fred LouckxFr
Chairman
Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences
Free University of Brussels
103 Laarbeeklaan
B 1090 Brussels
BELGIUM

Dr. John MantasJo
Dean
Faculty of Nursing
University of Athens
Goudi Campus, 123 Papadiamantopoulou Street
Athens
GREECE

Dr. Chetna MitalCh
Director
Associates in Adult Healthcare
c/o Ste B
903 NW Washington Blvd
Hamilton OH 45013
USA

Prof. Lynn K. MytelkaLy

35, Rue Lhomond
75005 Paris
FRANCE

Prof. Masuaki NobukawaMa
Keio University
Department of Medical Sciences, Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
School of Medicine
35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-8582
JAPAN

Dr. Erich R. ReinhardtEr
Group President and CEO
Siemens Medical Solutions
Henkestraße 127
91052 Erlangen
GERMANY

Prof. J. Sanford SchwartzJ.
Professor of Medicine
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA 19104
USA

Prof. Stuart O. SchweitzerSt
UCLA
Department of Health Services
School of Public Health
Los Angeles CA 90095-1772
USA

Prof. Sanjay P. SoodSa
Head
C-DAC School of Advanced Computing
4, Glaieuls Avenue
Quatre Bornes
MAURITIUS

Prof. Masakatsu SudoMa
President
Fukui Medical University
Fukui 910-1193
JAPAN

Prof. Ann TaketAn
Professor of Primary Health Care
South Bank University
Southwark Campus
103 Borough Road
London SE1 0AA
UK

Mr. Adrian TowseAd
Director
Office of Health Economics
12 Whitehall
London SW1A 2DY
UK

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Van EimerenWi
Director
Institute of Medical Informatics and Health Services Research
GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health
D-85764 Neuherberg
GERMANY

Prof. P. VierhoutP.
Professor of Management of Healthcare
Faculty of Technology and Management
University of Twente
PO Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
NETHERLANDS

Prof. Dr. Erich WintermantelEr
CEO, ITEM GmbH and Chair of Medical Engineering
Zentralinstitut für Medizintechnik ZIMT
TU München
Boltzmannstrasse 11
D-85748 Garching
GERMANY

Prof. T.P. YoungT.
Chair of Healthcare Systems
Department of Information Systems and Computing
Brunel University
Uxbridge UB8 3PH
UK