The 1st International Online Conference on Healthcare
The 1st International Online Conference on Healthcare
The Future of Healthcare: Innovations and Trends
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Healthcare series
Event's Timezone: Central European Time
26 November 2025
26 December 2025
19 March 2026
Healthcare, Digital Health, Patient-Centered Care, Connected Care, Clinical Data Management, AI
The IOCH2026 is Now OPEN for Abstract Submission and Registration.
Instructions for authors are available online.
Submit your abstracts by 26 November 2025 HERE.
For any inquiries, please contact us at ioch2026@mdpi.com
Welcome from the Chair
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.
Prof. Dr. Lorraine S. Evangelista
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing,
University of California Irvine,
California, USA
Event Chair
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing,
University of California Irvine,
California, USA
Lorraine S. Evangelista recently joined the Louise Herrington School of Nursing at Baylor University. She is renowned for her work on biobehavioral, psychosocial, and biological factors influencing psychological well-being, functional health, symptom clusters, self-care behaviors, quality of life, and clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure. She has over 160 papers (H-index=58) and two book chapters and has garnered over $15 million in research funding from the National Institute of Health. She has received several recognitions, including being a fellow of both the American Heart Association and the American Association for Nursing (2010), Distinguished Alumni of the University of the Philippines College of Nursing (2010), Shannon Mentorship Award (2017), and Distinguished Research Lectureship Award from the Western Institute of Nurses (2021), Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Research Hall of Fame (2021), Katharine Lembright Award for a Distinguish Nurse Researcher (2022) and University of the Philippines International Nursing and Healthcare Forum, International Nurse Award (2022). In 2017, she completed a U.S. Fulbright scholarship in the Philippines to study Filipinos' lifestyle behaviors and risk factors in underserved communities. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare MDPI.
Session Chairs
Dr. Simona Tecco
Dental School, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
She is actually Associate Professor at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano. Prof. Simona Tecco is also abilitated as Full Professor in Odontostomatology (A.S.N. MIUR 2021-2023). In 1999, She was graduated in Dentistry at the University G.D 'Annunzio, Chieti/Pescara. She obtained the Orthodontic Specialization Degree taken at the University “Cattolica del Sacro Cuore” in Rome, in 2006. She obtained the PhD degree in “Odontostomathological Science” taken at the University G.D'Annunzio, Chieti/Pescara, in 2003. In 2009, she obtained a second PhD degree in “Physiology of mastication and dental materials” taken at the University of Torino, with “excellent”, discussing a thesis about the body posture. After graduation, she began her research and professional activity in 1999 in the fields of Orthodontics, Dentofacial Orthopedics, Posture, Pedodontics. On 2015, she was graduated at the Master in “Orthodontics”, University Tor Vergata, Rome. She received many honours and awards for her research activity. At the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan, she is involved in didactic activity and is currently the teacher of Physio-pathology of masticatory system and Orthodnatodontics in the Degree Course in Dentistry, and teacher of Orthodontics in the Degree Course in Dental Hygiene. She is also clinical consultant of the area of Orthodontics. She is component of the Editorial Board of various Journals. She is author of many researchs and articles in the field of Orthodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, Gnatology.
Dr. James C. L. Chow
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Dr. James Chow is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto and a Medical Physicist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. He leads interdisciplinary research on LLM-powered medical chatbots for inclusive cancer education, including the development of RT Bot and IBM Watson-based radiation safety tools. His work focuses on bias-aware AI, patient-centered innovation, and health equity in digital oncology. Dr. Chow has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and currently leads a CIHR-funded project on chatbot design for radiotherapy, advancing equitable access to digital health technologies.
Prof. Dr. Andre Van Zundert
Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Professor André van Zundert is an internationally renowned anaesthesiologist, visionary educator, and pioneer in patient safety, airway management, and regional anaesthesia. With over four decades of innovation, he has transformed anaesthesia practice globally, particularly in obstetric, regional, and airway techniques. He has authored 530+ peer-reviewed publications, 8 major textbooks, and 80 book chapters, achieving an h-index of 56 and over 14,500 citations. He is the supervisor of >50 students who obtained a PhD-Doctorate. His landmark contributions include the ideal test dose formula for epidural safety in obstetric pain relief, the segmental thoracic spinal anaesthesia technique, and global leadership in videolaryngoscopy and vision-guided airway techniques. He also led the development of the European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia (EDRA) and founded Wiki-Anaesthesia. Professor van Zundert directs translational anaesthesia research at the Queensland Brain Institute, focusing on the working mechanisms and reversal of general anaesthetics, and founded the Australia-first awarded ‘Centre for Excellence and Innovation in Anaesthesia’. He holds professorial appointments across four universities and serves on national and international scientific boards. Honoured with numerous awards—including the 2024 AMA Excellence in Healthcare Award, ANZCA Medal, and 2025 Carl Koller Gold Medal—he is also a decorated military medical advisor and humanitarian. André remains a dual-certified anaesthetist and intensivist, embodying his enduring belief: “a good teacher is also a good learner.”
Prof. Dr. Joseph Finkelstein
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Arizona, Telemedicine Program, Transformation Health (T-Health) Institute, College of Medicine – Tucson, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Joseph Finkelstein, MD, PhD, FAMIA, FACMI is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Palliative Medicine, Director of Arizona Telemedicine Program, Director of Transformation Health (T-Health) Institute. Prior to the University of Arizona, Dr. Finkelstein served as Vice-Chair of Clinical Data Science and Telemedicine Informatics at the University of Utah where he was a full member of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. After obtaining an MD and PhD degree in Biomedical Cybernetics, Dr. Finkelstein completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, where he also obtained a master’s degree in biomedical informatics. Prior to the University of Utah, he served as the Chief Research Informatics Officer, Senior Associate Dean for Information Technology, and Professor of Population Health Science and Policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He had also been serving as the Associate Director for Cancer Information Technology at the Tisch Cancer Institute, where he led a core service focused on access to information technology and data analysis for cancer researchers. Currently, he serves as Principal Investigator on the DoD-funded clinical trial to evaluate AI-assisted support of patients with metastatic prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy residing in rural areas.
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Pryss
Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Dr. Rüdiger Pryss is Professor of Medical Informatics at the University of Würzburg and University Hospital Würzburg. He holds a diploma and PhD in Computer Science from Ulm University. For over a decade, he has conducted research at the intersection of medicine, psychology, and computer science, focusing on digital health, ecological informatics, AI in medicine, mobile computing, and medical informatics. He has developed more than 20 digital applications, including the eSano platform (co-development). Beyond academia, he co-founded a healthcare start-up, serves on the Bavarian Innovation Network for Health, and is a member of the DIN group on AI in medicine.
Prof. Stefano Omboni
Clinical Research Unit, Italian Institute of Telemedicine, Solbiate Arno, Italy; Department of Cardiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Prof. Stefano Omboni is a cardiologist whose professional activity focuses on researching and developing telemedicine solutions to manage cardiovascular, pneumological, and metabolic diseases. He is also involved in technical and clinical studies based on blood pressure monitoring techniques and various diagnostic tools. His expertise also extends to managing clinical and pharmacological trials. He is a member of the Italian, European (ESH), and International Society of Hypertension (ISH), the Italian and European Society of Cardiology, and the International Society for Telemedicine. He is a fellow of the ESC and the ISH and a member of the College of Experts of the ISH. He serves as Editor of several scientific journals and is a member of the editorial board of numerous international journals. He has co-authored hundreds of scientific publications and has given lectures at several scientific meetings.
Prof. Ping Yu
School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, Australia
Professor Ping Yu is a multi-award-winning researcher and internationally recognised leader in digital health innovation. For over two decades, she has driven transformative research advancing digital modernisation of health and aged care in Australia and globally. Applying a socio-technical approach, her work shapes the design, adoption, and evaluation of digital technologies, improving clinical practice, organisational efficiency, and patient outcomes. Her current research focuses on generative AI in healthcare, pioneering retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tools to extract insights from clinical text, support intelligent risk prediction, and transform clinical practice. Professor Yu is positioning generative AI as an effective tool for knowledge translation and a catalyst for safer, more efficient healthcare delivery.
Event Committee
Quality 4.0, Industry 4.0, Lean, Six Sigma; Quality Management; Medtech 4.0 Supply Chain Management; Risk Management
Institute DigiHealth, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences 89231 Neu-Ulm, Germany
Digital Medicine and Nursing
Research center of the University health centre of the university of Montréal, University of Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Public health Health services organization Therapeutic education Patient partnership Quality of care assessment Program evaluation Public policy Public health system analysis
Department of Psychology, Health, and Technology, Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
human-centered, value-driven health technology
Department of Life Sciences, Health and Health Professions, Link Campus University, Rome, Italy
Stefano Dugheri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3078-7188) is Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine at Link Campus University (Rome, Italy). His work, teaching, and research activities are part of the industrial fabric with the aim of identifying and preventing risks related to production activities and ensuring a service for monitoring and assessing occupational exposure. His scientific research and teaching activities, as well as related activities in the field of occupational medicine and preventive medicine in the workplace, are relevant to occupational hygiene, epidemiology, toxicology, and ergonomics. He has many years of experience in assessing occupational exposure to volatile organic compounds and metals of interest to human health and environmental hygiene, with reference to scenarios such as petrochemical plants and chemical industries. Author of over 180 scientific publications and guest speaker at more than 30 international and national conferences, he has taken part in numerous research projects. Member of the Italian Society of Occupational Medicine (SIML) and the Italian Association of Industrial Hygienists (AIDII), for which he was President of the Tuscany/Emilia-Romagna Regional Section (TER) from 2015 to 2017. Member of the Chemical Agents working group of the UNICHIM Working Environment Commission since 2005.
Occupational exposure assessment and biomonitoring (air/biological matrices), Analytical methods for workplace toxicants (e.g., GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, ICP-MS) and on-site/point-of-care screening strategies, Quality systems and laboratory workflows supporting IS
Link Campus University, Department of Life Sciences, Health, and Healthcare Professions, Rome, Italy
Breast Imaging, Radiology, Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics, Cancer Screening, Machine Learning Applications in Healthcare, Clinical Decision Support Systems
Department of Nursing, Physical Therapy and Medicine, Center for Health Research (CEINSA), University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain
Telemedicine, Health Technology Adoption, Healthcare Innovation, mHealth (Mobile Health), Big Data in Healthcare
Invited Speakers
Dr. Nicola De Angelis earned his Dental Degree from the University of Genoa, followed by a maxillofacial internship at San Martino Hospital in Genoa. Dr. De Angelis holds a PhD in Material Engineering with a focus on biomaterials for bone regeneration, as well as a Master’s degree in Periodontology from Siena University. He is an International Member of the American Academy of Periodontology and an active member of the American Academy of Osseointegration, the Italian Academy of Microscopy, and the Italian Society of Biomaterials, in addition to his membership in the Italian Society of Periodontology. Dr. De Angelis currently serves as Assistant Professor at the University of Genoa, Adjunct Professor at UiTM Malaysia, and Adjunct Professor at Trisakti University, Indonesia. He is also the International Associate Editor of the Journal of Periodontal Medicine and Clinical Practice and serves on the editorial boards of BMC Oral Health, The Open Dentistry Journal, and Frontiers in Bone Biology
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation,
University of Toronto, Ontario ON M5S 1A1, Canada
Umair Majid is a researcher and strategist dedicated to designing people-centred systems that bridge evidence, lived experience, and policy. His work integrates storytelling, rigorous research, and applied strategy to shape systems that advance equity and improve community well-being. He has authored more than 170 peer-reviewed publications and policy reports in collaboration with over 50 organizations. Recognized for his dynamic, authentic, and compassionate perspective, Umair contributes to systems change across health and social sectors. He currently holds appointments at the University of Toronto, McMaster University, Trillium Health Partners, and Government College University.
INSIGHT: Piaget Research Center for Ecological Human Development, Instituto Piaget, Lisboa, Portugal
Priscila Marconcin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Instituto Piaget, Almada, where she coordinates the Master’s in Exercise and Health and the Human Movement Research Group at the Insight Research Center. Her research focuses on physical activity, health promotion, ageing, mental health, falls prevention, and exercise interventions for individuals with chronic diseases. She has been involved in several national and international research projects and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Marconcin is also committed to knowledge translation, bridging research and practice to promote active and healthy ageing in community and clinical settings.
Sessions
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
Registration
Instructions for Authors
IOCH2026 will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Important Deadline
Deadline for abstract submission: 26 November 2025.
Deadline for abstract acceptance notification: 26 December 2025.
Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 26 January 2026; You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
- Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38.1 width x 54.2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3).
- You can use our free template to create your poster.
Publication Opportunities
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a research article to the Special Issue, published in Healthcare (ISSN: 2227-9032, Impact Factor: 2.7), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
You are welcome to submit a proceeding paper (4-8 pages) to Medical Sciences Forum journal (ISSN: 2673-9992) after the conference. Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge. Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCH2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Please submit your manuscript from 26 March to 9 April 2026. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
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Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
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Abstract;
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Results and Discussion;
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Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Medical Sciences Forum.
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Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards including Best Oral Presentation Award, Best Poster Award and Early Career Investigator Award.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 5
1. Best Oral Presentation Awards
Eligibility: Open to all authors selected as oral speakers who have delivered their presentation.
Criteria: Evaluation based on content quality, delivery clarity, audience interaction, and overall impact.
Prize: A prize of CHF 300 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
2. Best Poster Awards
Eligibility: Open to all authors who have presented their work through posters.
Criteria: Evaluation based on scientific merit, creativity, and ability to attract and engage viewers.
Prize: A prize of CHF 300 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
Number of Awards Available: 1
The Early Career Investigator Award designed to recognize outstanding and innovative research contributions from students and early-stage researchers.
Eligibility: Open to authors with ≤ 5 years of research experience (including students).
The applicant must be the first author and presenter of the submitted abstract.
To apply, please email your proof of education or career stage, along with your Sciforum ID and abstract title, to ioch2026@mdpi.com.
Criteria: Evaluation will be based on scientific quality, originality, clarity of content, and overall impact.
Prize: A prize of CHF 300 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
Winner Announcement: The award winners will be evaluated and selected by the scientific committee after the conference. Results will be announced on the website, and all winners will be individually contacted via email.
Sponsors and Partners
For information regarding sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please click here.
Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
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
