[AISWorld] Call for papers: Special issue of Information & Management on Connecting Data, People, and Information Technology for Smart and Connected Health

[Dongsong Zhang]

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The healthcare industry is being transformed and revolutionized by the
latest advances in mobile computing, sensor integration, machine learning,
privacy and security technologies, and modeling of cognitive and
socio-behavioral processes. Smart and connected health (SCH) is one of the
most important information technology applications to improve
healthcare quality and outcome (Carroll, 2016; Leroy et al.,
2014). The need for health awareness and continuous monitoring,
self-management, and proactive assistance to patients have
attracted increasing research on SCH. In the form of digital healthcare
solutions or systems, SCH can operate remotely, and with integration of
innovative computational and engineering approaches, it can support the
transformation of health services (Bayoumy et al., 2021; Yi et al., 2019).


*Objectives*

Realizing the promise and potential of SCH for health improvement and
the transformation of healthcare will require
well-coordinated and multidisciplinary approaches that draw from social,
behavioral, economic, psychological, computer science, and information
systems disciplines, as well as public health, medicine, and biology. This
special issue calls for state-of-the-art research on various issues and
solutions that leverage smart and connected health technology or focus on
the impact of SCH solutions on people, healthcare service providers, and
the society as a whole. Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to, the following:


• Interoperable digital infrastructures that facilitates the exchange of
health data and knowledge

• Health data processing and analytics for the discovery of new insights

• Evidence-based health and wellness decision support

• Internet of Things (IoT) design for smart and connected health

• Mobile and sensor-based apps for continuous patient monitoring and
self-management

• Privacy, security, and trust in SCH systems

• User-centric and personalized health services and design methods

• Connected health with telemedicine and telehealth

• Smart health and well-being

• User perceptions of and interactive behavior with SCH systems

• Artificial intelligence in healthcare

• Communication system design for connected health

• Improving patient care processes and outcomes with SCH



*Submission deadline*: October 1, 2022



*Guest Editors**:*

Dr. Dongsong Zhang, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Dr. Zhijun Yan, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Dr. Gondy Leroy, the University of Arizona, USA

Dr. Nick Hardiker, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Dr. Qiuju Yin, Beijing Institute of Technology, China