The need for innovations in healthcare systems using patient experience and advancing information technology

Abstract

In the recent past we have observed improvements in information technology and associated computational science advance the healthcare eco system. This advancement is happening in many parts of the healthcare eco system. The aforementioned observed phenomenon is a transdisciplinary and transformative process underway and many of us are positively affected by this transformation. In this special issue the authors have commented on some of the critical regions of this change namely: user-centred postpartum care, communication channels of knowledge, diabetes care, and natural language processing health research. It must be observed that the observed innovations may have many facets such as improving user perception, reduction in time and cost for healthcare delivery, and more importantly providing key decision tools for clinicians; thereby, improving their performance in terms of time and efficiency. It is to be noted that the core purpose of these advancements is to improve patient experience.