International Journal of Electronic Healthcare
- Editor in Chief
- Dr. M.A. Dorgham
- ISSN online
- 1741-8461
- ISSN print
- 1741-8453
- 4 issues per year
- CiteScore 1.0 (2023)
IJEH is an authoritative, peer-reviewed international journal which presents current practice and research in the area of e-healthcare. It is dedicated to design, development, management, implementation, technology and application issues in e-healthcare.
Topics covered include
- Meaning for patients, providers and payers
- Strategy, implementation, privacy, trust
- Hospital strategies, small sized hospitals
- National health information infrastructure
- Cultural/social/political issues, social exclusion
- HIPPA
- Impacts on efficiencies, effectiveness, transparency
- Process models, quality management
- Reengineering hospital administrative processes
- Electronic medical records
- Healthcare portals, web services
- E-procurement, e-payments
- E-doctors and e-pharmacy
- Knowledge management, technical aspects of knowledge flow
- Where do we go from here?
Objectives
IJEH aims to help professionals working in the field, academic educators and policy makers to contribute, to disseminate knowledge, and to learn from each other|s work through cutting edge thinking in e-healthcare. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological change and changes in the global economy. IJEH is an outstanding outlet that will enable e-healthcare research to take a shape of its own and whose results can be shared across institutions, governments, researchers and students, as well as across the healthcare industry:
- Up-to-date, leading edge research to keep readers ahead and maintain a competitive edge best practice in e-healthcare
- Practical guidance on ways to achieve significant effectiveness and efficiency in e-healthcare development and implementation
- In-depth analysis and interpretation to advance our understanding and provide a framework for further study of e-healthcare
- International coverage which allows us to share information and knowledge and insight on a worldwide scale.
Readership
Professionals, academics, researchers, managers, policy makers, and non-profit organisations.
Contents
IJEH publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, and notes, commentaries, and news. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions for special issues and publications are welcome:
- High quality papers to keep readers at the forefront of the latest thinking and research in e-healthcare
- Case studies and practical applications to illustrate e-healthcare design, development, management and implementation.
IJEH is indexed in:
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
- Embase (Elsevier)
- Ovid Emcare
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- OneFile Business (Gale)
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
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- Dorgham, M.A., International Centre for Technology and Management, UK
(supportinderscience.com)
Associate Editors
- Ma, James, University of Colorado, USA
- Wang, Jiaojiao, Institute of Automation, China
Editorial Board Members
- Ahluwalia, Punit, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley, USA
- Al-Mashari, Majed, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
- Batenburg, Ronald S., Utrecht University, Netherlands
- Chuang, Ta-Tao, Gonzaga University, USA
- Conrad, Steven A., Louisiana State University, USA
- Courtney, Karen L., University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Haux, Reinhold, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
- Kim, Chang-yup, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Kohun, Frederick G., Robert Morris University, USA
- Krabbendam, Koos, University of Twente, Netherlands
- Lau, Adela S.M., The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Lin, Binshan, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, USA
- Lorence, Daniel P., Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, USA
- McLaughlin, Curtis P., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
- Mehrotra, Deepti, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
- Memon, Qurban Ali, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
- Merhi, Mohammad I., Indiana University South Bend, USA
- Nenonen, Mikko, Rheumatism Foundation Hospital, Finland
- Phuong, Nguyen Hoang, Ministry of Health of Vietnam, Vietnam
- Prybutok, Gayle Trofe, University of North Texas, USA
- Rajarajan, M., City University, UK
- Siau, Keng, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
- Sood, Sanjay P., C-DAC School of Advanced Computing, Mauritius
- Standing, Craig, Staffordshire University, UK
- Steele, Robert, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
- Tan, Joseph, McMaster University, Canada
- Tichon, Jennifer, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
- Tounsi, Mohamed, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
- Tung, Y. Alex, University of Connecticut, USA
- Van Merode, G.G., University of Maastricht, Netherlands
- Von Lubitz, Dag, Central Michigan University, USA
- Wickramasinghe, Nilmini, La Trobe University, Australia
- Yunis, Manal M., Lebanese American University, Lebanon
- Zwass, Vladimir, Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA
A few essentials for publishing in this journal
- Submitted articles should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
- Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written (more details available here) and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted.
- Briefs and research notes are not published in this journal.
- All our articles go through a double-blind review process.
- All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted article. A full statement of our Ethical Guidelines for Authors (PDF) is available.
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- All articles for this journal must be submitted using our online submissions system.
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Journal news
Prognosis for a healthy app market
6 June, 2024
Research in the International Journal of Electronic Healthcare has looked at how different monetisation models affect the pricing of health software for mobile devices on the two major app platforms, the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The findings from the work could be used by developers, healthcare providers, and users alike to understand the market for such apps. Natália Lemos, Cláudia Cardoso, and Cândida Sofia Machado of the Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave in Barcelos, Portugal, used a censored regression model to pinpoint key factors that determine the price of health apps that users expect to pay. This then points to how additional approaches to monetisation might be used to lower the initial cost of an app, with the likes of advertising-based approaches to revenue generation having the greatest impact [...]
More details...Electronic health
25 June, 2024
A study published in the International Journal of Electronic Healthcare surveyed healthcare information management professionals to assess their readiness for the adoption of EHR systems. The findings revealed strong support for the transition, with these professionals recognizing the availability of necessary infrastructure and training. Respondents to the survey undertaken by Oluwatoyin Rhoda Akinyemi, Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya of Mangosuthu University of Technology in Durban and O. Oladimeji of the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Pretoria, South Africa, demonstrated a high level of proficiency with basic computer applications. However, despite their enthusiasm, the research shows that barriers remain [...]
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