BMJ Health & Care Informatics

(BMJ HCI) is an open access, peer reviewed journal covering all aspects of informatics in healthcare.

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The essential scope of the journal is how informatics supports improvements in direct health and care service provision, but also incorporates public health strategies and interventions, implementation of learning health systems and national policy issues.

A core purpose of the journal is to bring together the academic and practitioner communities, so we invite professionals in health and care informatics who are unfamiliar with the conventions and processes of academic publishing to contact the editorial office for guidance on writing for publication.

BMJ Health & Care Informatics adheres to the highest possible industry standards concerning publication ethics. To read the journal's detailed guidelines please see our policies. Keep up with the latest journal announcements on Twitter and Facebook.

Current Issue

Editor's Choice

Two hands holding a diabetes finger prick test device

Towards inclusive biodesign and innovation: lowering barriers to entry in medical device development through large language model tools

23 July 2024

Visual abstract describing overview of natural language processing pipeline

Advancing equity in breast cancer care: natural language processing for analysing treatment outcomes in under-represented populations

1 July 2024

Barriers and facilitators to learning health systems in primary care: a framework analysis

23 June 2024

Promising algorithms to perilous applications: a systematic review of risk stratification tools for predicting healthcare utilisation

19 June 2024

Authors

BMJ Health & Care Informatics accepts submissions of a wide range of article types, including original research, reviews and protocols.

The Author Information section provides specific article requirements to help you turn your research into an article suitable for the journal.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

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Spotlight

BMJ Health & Care Informatics Journal Club

The BMJ Health & Care Informatics Journal Club is a live webinar, hosted by Digital Health.
To join Dr Katie MacLure (BCS Health & Care Scotland) in discussion with authors of the latest BMJ HCI articles, simply register your interest and read the latest paper in advance.
Visit the website for information on upcoming webinars

Call For Papers

The aim of this topic collection is to encapsulate the multifaceted dimensions of digital health and present a compendium of evidence-based insights into its diverse applications, impact, challenges, and potential for the future. For more information, please click here.