Call for papers - Digital health economics

Guest Editors

Carlo Federici, PhD, SDA Bocconi University, Italy
Páll Jónsson, PhD, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, UK

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 29 January 2025

BMC Digital Health is calling for submissions to our Collection, Digital health economics. Understanding the economic impact of digital health is essential for steering the course of global healthcare. Thus, this Collection aims to explore the cost-effectiveness of digital health technologies.

New Content Item This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being

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Meet the Guest Editors

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Carlo Federici, PhD, SDA Bocconi University, Italy

Carlo Federici is a Researcher of Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) at the Center for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS) of SDA Bocconi School of Management. His research activities focus on the area of HTA and Health Policy Evaluation. His current research addresses both methodological aspects as well as applied case studies of innovative health technologies, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices and digital interventions. Carlo serves as a topic editor in the pharmaeconomics and outcome research area for the Journal Clinical Therapeutics. He is a member of the Italian Association of Health Economics (AIES) and the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). Carlo earned his MSc in Health Economics from the University of York and his Ph.D. at the University of Warwick.

Páll Jónsson, PhD, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, UK

Páll Jónsson is Programme Director for Data and Real-World Evidence at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), a health technology assessment agency in the UK. He has a strategic role in ensuring NICE is at the forefront of harnessing new and emerging opportunities for using real-world data to inform NICE’s guidance to the health and care sectors. He also has a special interest in the evaluation of digital health technologies. Before taking up his current role, Dr Jónsson was Associate Director for Science Policy and Research, responsible for NICE’s portfolio of international research projects in areas such as big data and real-world evidence. Earlier experience includes work in academia, biotech and the pharmaceutical industry.

About the Collection

BMC Digital Health is calling for submissions to our Collection, Digital health economics. Understanding the economic impact of digital health is essential for steering the course of global healthcare. Thus, this Collection aims to explore the cost-effectiveness of digital health technologies.

While rapid technological innovation has gained momentum, evidence supporting digital health’s economic advantages is still limited. Uncovering the cost-effectiveness of digital health interventions has the potential of reducing expenditures and reshaping healthcare systems, while continued exploration promises even more profound breakthroughs – from refined financial models optimizing digital health investments to novel financing mechanisms democratizing access. By understanding the economic impact of digital health technologies, we not only enhance the sustainability and equity of healthcare systems but also pave the way for innovations that prioritize the well-being of individuals and communities on a global scale.

We invite contributions that examine a wide range of topics relating to digital health economics, including but not limited to:

Telemedicine economics: exploring the financial implications of widespread telemedicine adoption.
Digital health solutions cost-effectiveness: assessing the economic value of diverse digital health interventions.
Remote patient monitoring economics: analyzing the economic outcomes of remote patient monitoring technologies.
Health data analytics and economic impact: investigating how health data analytics influences healthcare costs and overall economic outcomes.
Telehealth reimbursement strategies: examining the economic considerations in reimbursement models for telehealth services.
Economic evaluation of digital therapeutics: assessing the cost-effectiveness of digital therapeutics in healthcare.
Wearable devices and health economics: exploring the economic implications of wearable devices in health management.
E-health policy and health insurance: analyzing the impact of e-health policies on health insurance and overall economic stability.
Mobile health economics: investigating the economic aspects of mobile health applications and their impact on healthcare costs.
Electronic health records and financial efficiency: assessing the economic efficiency of electronic health record systems in healthcare delivery.

This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being

Please email Alison Cuff, the editor for BMC Digital Health, (alison.cuff@biomedcentral.com) if you would like more information before you submit.

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Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Digital health economics" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.