Impact Factor
3.47
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
3.22
757 total citations
h5-index
32
h5 depth signal
Cited share
76.4%
185 of 242
Total citations
757
Citation footprint
Metric signal
3.13
External metric anchor
Self-citation
24.2%
183 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
1,031
Australia
52
Canada
44
Germany
44
China
23
Citing Fields of Research
Patient Care
769
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
563
Medical Ethics
111
AI & Machine Learning
94
Clinical Laboratory Science
82
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,593
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
242
185 cited publications
Last 12 months
150
16.7 publications/month
Open access share
24.7%
37 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
1,031 citing publications
Leading citing field
Patient Care
769 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
13 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v4n1, 2013-
v0, 2009-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Patient Care
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems
Contributor
International Medical Informatics Association
Broad Categories
Medical Informatics
Patient Care
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Medical Ethics
Respiratory Support
MeSH Descriptors
Delivery of Health Care
Information Storage and Retrieval
Medical Informatics
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1055/a-2976-8076
Open DOI
Robotic Process Automation as an EHR Reliability Layer for Inpatient Care Gaps: Automating Virtual Huddles Using Secure Chat
Objectives: This case report describes the implementation and outcomes of robotic process automation (RPA) interventions used as an electronic health record (EHR)-based reliability layer for 2 inpatient quality initiatives: First Contact...
02
DOI 10.1055/a-2969-2331
Open DOI
Patient portal messaging patterns among Spanish-speaking patients in North Texas
Background: Patient portal messaging connects patients with their healthcare teams but is underused by Spanish-speaking patients. Objective: Evaluate content and use patterns of portal messaging among Spanish-speaking patients to inform ...
03
DOI 10.1055/a-2972-4974
Open DOI
Do Large Language Models Link to Incorrect Citations? A PubMed and DOI Benchmark
Background Large language models can return citations whose PubMed Identifier (PMID), digital object identifier (DOI), title, and journal appear plausible but identify different papers. Checking one valid identifier may therefore fail to...
04
DOI 10.1055/a-2976-8504
Open DOI
Clinical Decision Support and Prescribing Analytics to Improve Empiric Antibiotic Selection for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections
Background Outpatient antibiotic prescribing often deviates from local guidelines despite the availability of institutional pathways and antibiograms. Limited integration of these resources into clinical workflow may reduce their effect ...
05
DOI 10.1055/a-2973-0104
Open DOI
Technology-Related Stress and Burnout in Nursing Practice: A Bibliometric and Knowledge Mapping Analysis
Background The rapid expansion of digital health care technologies has substantially transformed nursing practice and has been accompanied by growing concerns regarding technology-related stress and burnout among nurses. Despite the grow...
06
DOI 10.1055/a-2971-4388
Open DOI
Autosaved Incident Report Drafts: Log-Based Evidence of Completion, Return-to-Complete Behavior, and Reminder-Linked Submission in a Multisite Patient Safety Reporting System
Background Patient safety reporting studies usually examine intention, submitted reports, or reporting rates, leaving unclear what happens after a report is started but before it is submitted, deleted, or left unfinished. We evaluated wh...
07
DOI 10.1055/a-2969-2451
Open DOI
User Experiences of Assistive Living Technologies for Fall Prevention, Detection, and Monitoring in Older Adults: A Thematic Synthesis
Background Falls are a leading cause of morbidity, functional decline, and premature care entry among older adults. Assistive living technologies (ALTs) are increasingly used for fall prevention, detection, and risk monitoring, but their...
08
DOI 10.1055/a-2961-0302
Open DOI
The Effects of Artificial Intelligence in Quality Assessment of Outpatient Mental Health Services on Human Auditors
Background The use of large language model (LLM)-based artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the quality of outpatient mental health documentation represents an understudied application. Critical questions remain about the effects of ex...
09
DOI 10.1055/a-2969-2253
Open DOI
Canadian Paramedic User Requirements for Speech Recognition-Aided Documentation
Objective Developing technology may assist paramedics in the competing tasks of providing life-saving care and accurately documenting that care. The objective of this study was to identify and classify paramedic user requirements for spe...
10
DOI 10.1055/a-2969-1166
Open DOI
From Cloud to Pocket: Frontier Edge Foundation Models and the Future of Clinical Informatics
Background Open foundation models designed for on-device and edge deployment, exemplified by the Qwen 3.5 small series (March 2, 2026) and Gemma 4 (April 2, 2026), challenge the default of routing all clinical natural language processing...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from caption (Schattauer, viewed March 2010).
Official eJournal of IMIA and AMDIS.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.