Call for papers

Person-centric healthcare is where the care provided is responsive to both the needs and the values of the individual, the aim of which is to enhance quality of care and, in collaboration with healthcare professionals, empower individuals to actively manage their own health-related needs. Digital health initiatives are often developed with this in mind. 

Over the last 20 years, data and digital technologies have begun to converge with medicines, devices, and diagnostics to create a new market for digital health.

The huge increase in data and powerful methods to process and analyze it provides an exciting opportunity for person care to become more precise, personalized, participative, and convenient. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the demand for digital technologies that can support and deliver healthcare. Such technologies include machine learning, AI, IoT as well as wearables, mobile phone apps and remote monitoring; all of these can put the person in the front seat. 

Person-centred digital health has a number of benefits including easy access to medical records, to healthcare personnel, or to health-related resources. It also empowers people to actively engage with their own healthcare, making it easier for them to find information about their health and possible treatments therefore giving them more control.  Digital health devices can also help healthcare professionals to better understand individual needs and therefore deliver personalized healthcare.

BMC Digital Health is calling for submissions to our collection on novel developments on person-centred digital health. Contributions can include, but are not limited to, advances in digital technologies to empower individuals to monitor and manage their health, and  development, implementation and evaluation of technologies that allow individuals to be more actively involved in healthcare decisions.

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