Publishing Policies

"As clinical trials are performed with limited numbers of participants and limited investigation periods, they do not always clearly identify the full range of possible adverse events. Although postmarketing surveillance, which is executed by specialized agencies in many countries, has focused on gathering information on adverse drug events (ADEs), the identification of ADEs in actual clinical settings remains insufficient due to its dependence upon voluntary reporting. The introduction of electronic medical records (EMRs) by many hospitals has allowed for the secondary use of EMR data from multiple hospitals." [Teramoto K et al. JMIR Med Inform 2021;9(11):e28763; URL: https://medinform.jmir.org/2021/11/e28763]

Health information exchange (HIE) is the mobilization of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system. In practice the term HIE may also refer to the organization that facilitates the exchange. HIE provides the capability to electronically move clinical information among disparate health care information systems while maintaining the meaning of the information being exchanged. The goal of HIE is to facilitate access to and retrieval of clinical data to provide safer and more timely, efficient, effective, and equitable patient-centered care. HIE is also useful to public health authorities to assist in analyses of the health of the population. HIE systems facilitate the efforts of physicians and clinicians to meet high standards of patient care through electronic participation in a patient's continuity of care with multiple providers. Secondary health care provider benefits include reduced expenses associated with:

CPOE is a process of electronic entry of medical practitioner instructions for the treatment of patients (particularly hospitalized patients) under his or her care. These orders are communicated over a computer network to the medical staff or to the departments (pharmacy, laboratory, or radiology) responsible for fulfilling the order. We publish for examples studies demonstrating (or questioning) that CPOE decreases delay in order completion, reduces errors related to handwriting or transcription, allows order entry at the point of care or off-site, provides error-checking for duplicate or incorrect doses or tests, and simplifies inventory and posting of charges.

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For corrigenda that are discretionary and a result of author-oversight (e.g. corrections in the affiliation etc) we charge a $190 processing fee to make changes in the original paper and publish an erratum. To request a correction, please submit a correction statement (text similar to http://www.jmir.org/2015/3/e76/) as new submission from your author homepage.

Medication reconciliation is the process of creating an accurate list of all medications a patient is taking.

See also: Health Professionals' Training in eHealth, Digital Medicine, Medical Informatics [Section Id: 1016]

We have created a new theme issue to enable rapid publication and dissemination of research and perspectives related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications for Medical Informatics.

Industry perspectives: These outline the opinions and views of leaders in the field and offer a forum to share evolving ideas. We welcome in particular the discussion of  experiences with new tools, methods, apps, devices, or experiences about the role of technology in medical informatics.

(section added Sep 2020, prior articles may not be tagged with this section even if relevant) Tools and algorithms to aid in diagnosis of dieseases and conditions. 

Related sections:

• Diagnostic Tools in Mental Health [Section Id: 388]
• Transdiagnostic Mental Health Interventions [Section Id: 690]
• Innovations in Cancer Diagnostic and Decision Support [Section Id: 861]
• New Diagnostic Tools and Instruments for Pediatrics [Section Id: 868]
• Screening and Early Diagnosis in Pediatrics [Section Id: 748]

See also: Secondary Use of Clinical Data for Research and Surveillance [Section Id: 451]

Metaresearch means that these are "studies about studies", for example bibliographic studies about the impact of digital health papers or methods or approaches.

Research Letters present new, early, or preliminary research findings. The text should use standard research headings of Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion and should be no longer than 750 words, with a maximum of 10 references and 2 tables or figures. The APF for Research Letters accepted after peer review is lower than the standard APF.