HealthManagement, Volume 7 - Issue 2, 2012 HIT

Researchers are invited to submit research articles addressing  the new research and development of wearable  devices, which can be used for the monitoring and treatment  of patients suffering from chronic diseases. Of particular  interest are papers which consider a set of sensors,  algorithms for physiological signal processing, collection  of environmental data, data fusion, detection and quantification  of symptoms, decision support for the medical  doctors, and communication of the patient with the doctor.  All systems must be accompanied by a description of their  validation and trials on patients in real conditions.  

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:  

  • Body area networks;  
  • New sensors;  
  • Signal processing;  
  • Data fusion;  
  • Intelligent information systems;  
  • Integrated monitoring and treatment systems; and
  • Best practices.  

Before submission authors should carefully read over the  journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijta/guidelines/  

Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of  their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript  Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to  the following timetable:  

Manuscript Due: Friday, 27 July 2012

First Round of Reviews: Friday, 19 October 2012  

Publication Date: Friday, 14 December 2012

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