Recent Developments in Smart Healthcare

Medicine is undergoing a sector-wide transformation thanks to the advances in computing and networking technologies. Healthcare is changing from reactive and hospital-centered to preventive and personalized from disease focused to well-being centered. In essence the healthcare systems as well as fundamental medicine research are becoming smarter. We anticipate significant improvements in areas ranging from molecular genomics and proteomics to decision support for healthcare professionals through big data analytics to support behavior changes through technology-enabled self-management and social and motivational support. Furthermore with smart technologies healthcare delivery could also be made more efficient higher quality and lower cost. In this special issue we received a total 45 submissions and accepted 19 outstanding papers that roughly span across several interesting topics on smart healthcare including public health health information technology (Health IT) and smart medicine.