The 1st International Online Conference on Healthcare
The Future of Healthcare: Innovations and Trends
Conference Closed and Winner Announcement.
On behalf of the conference organizing committee, we would like to express our appreciation to all the participants for their contributions. From all accounts, the conference was a success!
The Best Oral Presentation Awards, Best Poster Awards and Early Career Investigator Award of IOCH 2026 have been evaluated. Please refer to the Winner Announcement.
All participants are welcome to submit a paper to a Special Issue in Healthcare (ISSN: 2227-9032, Impact Factor: 2.7), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Plase click HERE for more details.
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S1. Digital Health Adoption and Innovation—A Vision for the Future of Healthcare
S2. Patient-Centered Care—Optimizing Care Pathways through Engagement and Outcome Measurement
S3. Connected Care—Leveraging Technology to Build an Integrated Care Ecosystem
S4. Clinical Data Management—Balancing Transparency with Innovation for Enhanced Care Quality
S5. Generative AI in Clinical Practice—Evidence-Based Evaluation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications.
Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadlineDec 12, 2025
- Abstract acceptance notificationJan 12, 2026
- Registration end dateMar 19, 2026
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Hua Xu
Robert T. McCluskey Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Development, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Associate Dean for Biomedical Informatics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, USA;
Dr. Hua Xu is Robert T. McCluskey Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Development, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), as well as Associate Dean for Biomedical Informatics at YSM. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Columbia University. His primary research interests include biomedical natural language processing (NLP) and data mining, as well as their applications in secondary use of electronic health records data for clinical and translational research. His research is funded by multiple agencies (i.e., NLM, NCI, NIGMS, NIA, AHA, and CPRIT), and methods/tools developed in his lab have been widely used to support diverse biomedical applications. Dr. Xu is a fellow of both the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) and the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI).
Prof. Dr. Yun-Chul Hong
Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Korea Academy of Preventive Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea;
Dr. Yun-Chul Hong has been active in epidemiological research in the area of environmental health, smart health and health policy, particularly environmental and genetic effects on chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity. Currently he is the CEO of the Smart Health City Lab Co. which has developed Smart Health Coach app and platform. He is now serving as the CEO and clinician in the Dream Clinic which provides smart healthcare service in the Ansan city, South Korea.
Prof. Dr. Frances Mair
School of Health & Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom;
Professor Frances Mair is the Norie Miller Professor of General Practice, Head of the School of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow and Director of the £8.5M Wellcome funded, multi-institutional, Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals at the University of Glasgow. With >350 publications, she is a Clarivate Highly cited researcher and leads an extensive programme of chronic illness, multimorbidity and digital health research that promotes a move to person centred care. Her work considers the wider socioeconomic environment and social contexts in which people live and the importance of understanding implementation issues to help bridge the translational gap between research and clinical practice.
|
ID |
Title |
Presenters |
| sciforum-156621 | Prescribing Practices, Polypharmacy, and Drug Interaction Risks in Anticoagulant Therapy: Insights from a Secondary Care Hospital | JAVEDH SHAREEF |
| sciforum-163228 | Associations Between Early Screen Exposure and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Children Aged 2–5 Years: A Systematic Review | Dilyara Nihatova Yakabova |
| sciforum-163274 | Federated Learning in Healthcare: A Systematic Review of Transparency, Privacy, and Clinical Utility | Justin Kahen |
The Best Poster Awards have been awarded to:
|
ID |
Title |
Authors |
| sciforum-160187 | Explainable AI for Detection of Periodontal Bone Loss on CBCT Scans |
Oliwia Andrzejewska |
| sciforum-159953 | Airway Complications in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing General Anaesthesia: a Systematic Review |
Kai William Alan Woodfall |
The Early Career Investigator Award has been awarded to:
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ID |
Title |
Author |
| sciforum-159435 | Clinical Impact of Digital Health Education for Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
Mohammad T Alashqar |
Q1. Is it still possible to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation at this time?
No, the abstract submission period closed on 12 December 2025.
Q2. I have been selected for an oral/poster presentation. When will it take place, and how can I join?
You can check the exact schedule on the conference program available on the official website. Within one week before the conference, you will receive multiple reminders with the login link and session details. Please make sure to check your email regularly.
Q3. My abstract was accepted as a poster presentation. How should the Poster Presentation be?
Poster presentations will be conducted online in the “Flash Poster Session” format, which includes a 5-minute live presentation to share your screen and quickly present your poster, without a Q&A session.
Q4. I cannot find the option or link to upload my poster. When and how can I upload it?
Only the submitting author has access to the “upload” function on Sciforum. If you cannot upload your file, please send it along with your Sciforum ID to ioch2026@mdpi.com.
Please upload your file to the Sciforum platform before the conference begins (before 19 March 2026).
Q5. Will I receive a Certificate of Participation? How and when will the certificates be issued?
Yes. All participants at the event and attendees to the live session are entitled to a certificate after the conference. Certificates will be available for download in the My Certificates section on Sciforum after conference closing, and you will be notified by email once they are ready.
Q6. My abstract has been accepted, but I did not receive a notification for an oral or poster presentation. Can I still present my work?
Due to limited time slots, not all accepted abstracts can be included as oral or poster presentations, which are selected by the scientific committee. However, all accepted abstracts are eligible to upload a poster via your author dashboard. All uploaded posters will be displayed in the Poster Gallery section on the conference website from the start of the event, where participants can view and comment during the conference.
Day 1
Session 4: Clinical Data Management—Balancing Transparency with Innovation for Enhanced Care Quality
Session 3. Connected Care—Leveraging Technology to Build an Integrated Care Ecosystem
Session 5: Generative AI in Clinical Practice—Evidence-Based Evaluation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications
Day 2
Session 2: Patient-Centered Care—Optimizing Care Pathways through Engagement and Outcome Measurement
Session 1: Digital Health Adoption and Innovation—A Vision for the Future of Healthcare
Ms. Munin Laodumrongkul
Ms. Jidapa Priewwongthong
Ms. Katrina Zhang
Ms. Coco Hou
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
Email: ioch2026@mdpi.com