Call for Papers

Call for Papers

Design Science Research for Digital Health Transformation

 

Overview

Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) invites high quality submissions focused on digital health solutions developed and evaluated using a Design Science Research (DSR) methodology.

Health systems continue to face complex challenges including workforce shortages, rising costs, inequitable access to care, fragmented service delivery, and increasing sustainability demands. Addressing these issues requires solution oriented research that not only advances knowledge but also demonstrates practical implementation and measurable impact. Design Science Research provides a rigorous framework for designing, developing, evaluating, and refining digital health artifacts in real world healthcare environments.

The journal particularly welcomes studies that demonstrate successful translation beyond proof of concept or pilot implementation, providing evidence that solutions can be adopted, adapted, and scaled across diverse healthcare settings. Manuscripts that identify transferable design principles or implementation patterns that can inform broader adoption are especially encouraged.

Submissions should demonstrate measurable impact aligned with one or more dimensions of the Quintuple Aim:

  • Better care through improved clinical quality and outcomes
  • Better value through cost effectiveness and resource optimization
  • Improved patient experience
  • Enhanced clinician experience and productivity
  • Sustainable and resilient health systems

Authors may discuss how their work aligns with established care transformation strategies, including prevention focused care, decentralization of services, virtual and community based delivery models, or other implementation frameworks that support earlier intervention, improved access, and transformational improvements in healthcare delivery. Where relevant, authors may reference established or emerging conceptual models that help contextualize healthcare transformation, including the "Stay Left, Shift Left, 10x" framework.

Scope and Topics of Interest

THMT welcomes submissions applying Design Science Research to the creation and evaluation of impactful digital health solutions, including but not limited to:

Digital Health Innovation

  • Telehealth and hybrid care delivery models
  • Remote patient monitoring and virtual wards
  • AI enabled diagnostics and clinical decision support
  • Digital therapeutics and personalized medicine
  • Integrated data platforms and interoperability frameworks
  • Digital Health governance, sustainability and funding models

Design Science Research Contributions

  • Artifact design, development, and evaluation
  • Design principles and design theory in healthcare
  • Design Patterns
  • Iterative prototyping and translational deployment
  • Human centered, co design, and participatory approaches
  • Sociotechnical systems innovation

A particular area of interest for this Call for Papers is the identification, development, evaluation, and application of Design Patterns. Design Patterns are early stage design artifacts that capture proven solutions in a generalizable form, enabling practitioners and researchers to build and deploy innovative digital health artifacts which particularly help with the adoption of novel solution architectures more broadly. Rather than describing a single solution in a single context, design patterns capture reusable knowledge that can help others address recurring problems across different healthcare settings and typically consist of a description of four key elements, context, problem, solutions and finally outcome/consequences.

Impact and Evaluation

Submissions should explicitly demonstrate how the proposed solution contributes to one or more dimensions of the Quintuple Aim. Appropriate outcome measures may include:

  • Clinical outcomes
  • Operational efficiency and cost effectiveness
  • Patient engagement and experience
  • Clinician workload, satisfaction, or productivity
  • Environmental sustainability or health system resilience

Authors are encouraged to include:

  • Quantitative and qualitative evaluation
  • Real world implementation or deployment results
  • Scalability, transferability, and generalizability considerations

Where appropriate, authors may discuss how their findings support broader healthcare transformation strategies such as preventive care, decentralized care delivery, AI enabled automation, or other evidence based implementation models.

Equity, Access, and Health Systems Impact

  • Digital inclusion and accessibility
  • Solutions for underserved populations
  • Scalable global health innovations
  • Policy, governance, ethics, and implementation

Types of Submissions

  • Original Research Articles
  • Design Case Studies and Implementation Reports
  • Technical Artefact Papers
  • Evaluation and Impact Studies
  • Conceptual or Methodological Contributions
  • Practice and Policy Perspectives

Submission Expectations

All submissions should:

  • Clearly describe the Design Science Research methodology, including:
    • Problem identification and relevance
    • Artefact design and development
    • Iterative evaluation
  • Explicitly map outcomes to the Quintuple Aim where applicable.
  • Provide evidence of real world applicability or evaluation whenever possible.
  • Follow the journal's Manuscript Preparation Guidelines and Cover Letter requirement

Why Submit?

  • Rolling submissions enables rapid dissemination of accepted work in one of THMT’s quarterly issues: March, June, September, and December.
  • Contribute to an evidence base that advances practical digital health transformation.
  • Share reusable design knowledge and implementation evidence that can accelerate adoption across health systems.
  • Reach an international readership of clinicians, researchers, innovators, health system leaders, and policymakers.

Articles Types & Limitations

  • Original Research
  • Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
  • Technical / Innovation Reports
  • Case Studies / Pilots / Methodologies
  • Policy / Regulatory Analyses
  • Perspectives & Commentaries

Word limit: 8,000 words including references.

Manuscript Preparation

Follow Manuscript Preparation Guidelines at 

https://telehealthandmedicinetoday.com/index.php/journal/manuscriptprep

Upload Manuscripts via the Submission Portal at

https://telehealthandmedicinetoday.com/index.php/journal/about/submissions

THMT encourages open data, code, and supplementary material to support transparency and reproducibility.

APC Fees and Publishing Model 

There is a fee to publish an article in the journal. THMT’s Article Processing Charge (APC) is $950.00 USD Standard, $650 USD Reduced, and 100% waived for Research4Life Group A countries. There is NO APC for manuscripts featuring failed and negative experiments or for editorials.

Deadline

Ongoing

Contact

If you would like to discuss the suitability of your manuscript or a proposed idea, please feel free to reach out to info@partnersindigitalhealth.com or contact:

Prof. Martin Curley, PhD

Editor-in-Chief, Telehealth & Medicine Today
Martin.Curley@mu.ie

Dr Suhail Chughtai, FRCS
Editor-in-Chief, Telehealth & Medicine Today
Email: suhailzb@gmail.com

Lyle Berkowitz, MD

Editor-in-Chief, Telehealth & Medicine Today
drlyle9@gmail.com

posted July 15, 2026

 

Call for Papers: AI-Enabled Telehealth, Virtual Care & the Future of Digital Medicine

A Personal Invitation

As Editor-in-Chief of Telehealth & Medicine Today, it gives me great pleasure to invite colleagues, innovators, and thought leaders from around the world to contribute to the journal.

Healthcare is undergoing one of the most profound shifts in its history, driven by telehealth, AI, virtual care, and digitally enabled clinical practice. THMT aims to capture that transformation through the highest quality evidence, insights, and real world experience.

I warmly encourage you to share your expertise, your research, and your innovations with our global readership.

Dr. Suhail Chughtai, FRCS

THMT Editor-in-Chief

Topics for Articles

We welcome submissions that advance the science, policy, or practical delivery of AI-enabled telehealth and virtual care, including:

  • Generative AI in clinical workflows, documentation, triage, and decision support
  • Remote monitoring, predictive analytics, digital diagnostics, and virtual wards
  • Telemedicine platforms, IoT, wearables, and technology-assisted home-care
  • Regulation, ethics, data governance, cybersecurity, and medico-legal issues
  • Implementation science, health economics, workforce transformation
  • Real-world clinical, operational, or systems-level evaluations

Why Publish In THMT?

  • High global visibility in telehealth, digital health, and AI-enabled medicine
  • Rapid and rigorous peer review
  • Interdisciplinary audience across clinical, academic, industry, and policy domains
  • Platform that highlights innovation with real-world impact

Learn more about Why Choose THMT at 

https://telehealthandmedicinetoday.com/index.php/journal/THMT

Authors are encouraged to build upon prior research published in THMT to foster scholarly continuity and field development. Search past articles in the THMT Article Research Compendium HERE.

Articles Types & Limitations

  • Original Research
  • Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
  • Technical / Innovation Reports
  • Case Studies
  • Policy / Regulatory Analyses
  • Perspectives & Commentaries
  • Short Communications
  • Letters

Word limit: 8,000 words including references.

Manuscript Preparation

Follow Manuscript Preparation Guidelines at 

https://telehealthandmedicinetoday.com/index.php/journal/manuscriptprep

Upload Manuscripts via the Submission Portal at

https://telehealthandmedicinetoday.com/index.php/journal/about/submissions

THMT encourages open data, code, and supplementary material to support transparency and reproducibility.

APC Fees and Publishing Model 

There is a fee to publish an article in the journal. THMT’s Article Processing Charge (APC) for the international specialty journal is $650.00 USD, and $450 USD for students currently enrolled at universities. No APC is required for manuscripts featuring failed and negative experiments. The APC must be paid prior to publication and will be invoiced at manuscript acceptance. There is no fee for editorials.

Deadline

Ongoing

Peer Review

Manuscript selection and acceptance will be based on the THMT peer-review process located here.

Contact

If you would like to discuss the suitability of your manuscript or a proposed idea, please feel free to reach out:

Dr Suhail Chughtai, FRCS
Editor-in-Chief, Telehealth & Medicine Today
Email: suhailzb@gmail.com

I look forward to receiving your work and showcasing the best of global digital-health innovation in this Special Issue.

posted December.1.2025

 

Special Issue: Smart Technology Transformation in Healthcare

THMT invites submissions for a special issue exploring the transformative potential of digital tools, AI, and smart platforms in bridging disparities and enhancing care delivery in telehealth and medicine. This issue aims to aggregate citable, high-impact research that contributes to the foundation of a more equitable and efficient future of care. This issue will include papers accepted for the Smart Transformation in Healthcare ConV2X Event in New York City, October 30 & 31. See https://telehealth.conv2xsymposium.com

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Authors are encouraged to submit original research, reviews, case studies, and commentaries on topics including but not limited to:

  • AI/ML for patient triage and diagnostics
  • Language access and health equity platforms
  • Digital front doors and remote intake optimization
  • Human centered UX in telehealth systems
  • Smart EHR integrations and interoperability
  • Remote monitoring validation frameworks
  • Regulation, reimbursement, and policy frameworks for virtual care

We encourage authors to reference and build upon prior research published in THMT to foster scholarly continuity and field development.
Search past articles in the THMT Article Research Compendium HERE.

Publication Date: December 2025 Issue – submissions ongoing.

WHY PUBLISH IN THMT?

  • Open access, public reach, global indexing
  • Article-level metrics via Altmetric
  • Timely editorial decisions and publication timelines
  • Opportunity for media spotlight and conference exposure

Learn more about Why Choose THMT at https://telehealthandmedicinetoday.com/index.php/journal/THMT

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Questions? Contact: John Russo, Jr. PharmD, at j.russo@partnersindigitalhealth.com

Editorial board oversight includes

John D. Halamka, MD, MS, President, Mayo Clinic Platform, USA

Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS, CEO, KeyCare and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA

Amar Gupta, PhD, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, USA

For a complete list of editors that may be called to peer review submissions, please visit https://telehealthandmedicinetoday.com/index.php/journal/about/editorialTeam

APC Fees 

THMT APC is $650 and $450 for enrolled university students. 

There is NO APC for failed or negative research, editorials, or blogs.

posted July 17, 2025

 

2025 THMT Call for Manuscripts

Editors of the peer reviewed Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) open access journal  invite high-quality submissions focusing on original research, reviews, and opinions from multidisciplinary professionals around the globe to share digital health Innovations that improve outcomes. Topics may include:

New Business Models: Provider strategies, incentive models, future society transformation, platform technology, scalability, sustainability, workflow and business processes, business continuity, utilization and downstream care, emergency visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions, faster access to medical doctor in the concerned specialty across organizational and political boundaries, reducing  costs, workforce and crisis models, low-income and rural community strategies for success,

Technology: Artificial intelligence, Large Language Models, AI-enabled disease detection, treatment outcome prediction and response, intelligent exam protocol, AI-driven clinical integration and care management, scale achieved through robotic process automation, chatbots,voice interface tech, machine learning, interoperability, immersive experiences in healthcare settings, network architectures, wireless and mobile service platforms, teleICU environment and case studies,  globally distributed teams (like 24-Hour Knowledge Factory concept) of medical doctors and nurses to enhance speed and quality of medical services,

Use Cases: Key learnings from successful and unsuccessful experiences, rural care access, reducing administrative burden for frontline healthcare workers, remote patient monitoring for chronic conditions, communication and counseling, disaster and emergency medicine, failed and negative experiences, case studies of pre-COVID time, COVID time, and post COVID time transformations,

Legal and Regulatory: Reimbursement, reduced hospital readmissions, health policy, information governance & data protection, standards and methods for data curation, distribution, sharing, and management in AI medicine, standards, discovery frameworks, roadmaps, socio-political issues, cultural and ethical implications of advances in technology, ethics, providing quicker, better, and less expensive health services across states, countries, and continents,

Health IT: Electronic health records (EHR), health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, medical devices, internet of things (IOT), wearables, sensors, consumer personalized self care, big data and data management, wellness and prevention, addressing the problem of missing and conflicting data, novel methods for generating synthetic data,

Home Care: Remote patient monitoring for chronic conditions, communication and counseling, senior and home care intervention, surgical recovery strategies & outcomes, care equity for persons with disabilities, patient portals and personal health apps, UX design, patient and provider relationships, frameworks redefining traditional medical practice,

Specialty Medicine: All specialist care, population health, behavioral health, teledermatology, teleradiology, telepathology, telecardiology, teleophthalmology, teleoncology, telepsychiatry, teledentistry, etc.,

User Experience: Consumerization of healthcare, user centered design, adoption drivers and barriers, culturally appropriate services, patient and provider relationships, provider-to- provider experiences, trends and innovations,

Education: Training tools & tips, fundamentals, managing digital transformation, future workforce, medical education, buying software and hardware, alleviating workforce stress.

Editorial board oversight will include

 John D. Halamka, MD, MS, President, Mayo Clinic Platform, USA

Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS, CEO, KeyCare and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA

Amar Gupta, PhD, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, USA

For a complete list of editors that may be called to peer review submissions, please visit https://telehealthandmedicinetoday.com/index.php/journal/about/editorialTeam

APC Fees 

THMT APC is $650 and $450 for enrolled university students. 

There is NO APC for failed or negative research, editorials, or blogs.

Frequency

Quarterly (4) issues per year: March, June, September, and December.

Respective deadlines will be the first of the month prior. For example, the deadline for the March issue is Feb 1, and so on.

posted January 31, 2025