Digital Health Implementation
Applied Research in AI, Systems, and Global Health
Publishing model
Open Access
Aims & Scope
Journal of Digital Health Implementation is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing the real-world adoption, scaling, and evaluation of digital health technologies and interventions. It bridges the gap between innovation and practice by focusing on implementation science — the study of methods, strategies, barriers, facilitators, and outcomes that determine whether digital health solutions (such as telemedicine, AI-powered tools, mobile health apps, electronic health records, and remote monitoring systems) successfully integrate into diverse healthcare settings worldwide.
The journal aims to support policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and health systems in translating promising digital innovations into measurable improvements in access, quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of healthcare globally.
Aims
- Advancing the science and practice of implementing digital health technologies in real-world settings
- Promoting evidence-based implementation research to bridge the gap between digital health innovation and health system integration
- Evaluating strategies for sustainable scale-up, adoption, and long-term integration of digital health solutions
- Generating actionable insights for policymakers, health systems, and practitioners to improve digital health outcomes
- Strengthening healthcare delivery through effective and sustainable digital health implementation globally
- Documenting lessons learned from successful and unsuccessful digital health implementations across diverse contexts
Scope & Research Topics
- Implementation science applied to digital health interventions
- Telemedicine, telehealth, and remote patient monitoring systems
- mHealth applications and mobile-based healthcare delivery
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in digital health implementation
- Health information systems, electronic health records, and digital infrastructure
- Strategies for digital health adoption, scale-up, and sustainability in diverse health systems
- Cost-effectiveness, feasibility, and evaluation of digital health programs
- Data governance, security, privacy, and ethical considerations in digital health
- Integration of digital tools with existing healthcare workflows and traditional systems
- Capacity building and workforce training for digital health implementation
- Community-based and primary care digital health interventions
- Policy and regulatory frameworks supporting digital health implementation
Key Focus Areas
- Digital health implementation
- Implementation science
- Digital health interventions
- Health technology implementation
- Telemedicine implementation
- mHealth implementation
- Telehealth
- Electronic health records
- Health information systems
- Digital health adoption
- Scale-up and sustainability
- Implementation barriers and facilitators
- Artificial intelligence in digital health
- Cost-effectiveness of digital health
- Data privacy and security in digital health
- Health systems strengthening
- Capacity building in digital health
- Community-based digital health
- Policy and regulation in digital health
- Implementation frameworks
- RE-AIM framework
- CFIR framework
Target Audience
- Public health professionals and health systems researchers
- Digital health implementers and program managers
- Policymakers and government officials in health ministries
- Clinicians and healthcare practitioners involved in digital transformation
- Health informatics specialists and technology developers
- Researchers focused on implementation science
- International organizations working in global health