international exchange of knowledge and experience of the benefits of IT in health-care. It principally publishes papers that objectively demonstrate clinical and cost benefits of IT in healthcare. It also publishes papers that offer practical advice for selecting and implementing IT systems.
Submission of Papers: Papers in keeping with the aims of the journal should be submitted to the Editor. The journal will accept papers submitted by e-mail to [email protected]. Manuscripts submitted by post should be typed, with double spac-ing, on one side of A4. One copy of the typescript and illustrations, together with an exact matching copy on floppy disk or CD-ROM should be sent to:
Clyde Saldanha, Editor, The Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare, 72 Churston Drive, Morden, Surrey, SM4 4JQ, UK.
A copy of the manuscript should be retained as insurance against loss in the mail.
Acknowledgements of Submissions: All submissions will be acknowledged on receipt by e-mail to the corresponding author. Further correspondence will be made as appropriate.
Abstract: Research papers should have a structured abstract with the following head-ings: Objective, Design, Setting, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
Style and Content of Manuscript: Papers should be set out under the headings:
Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. They should as far as possible be written in a format that can be understood by readers who do not have in-depth knowledge of computers or medical informatics. Papers should ideally contain suffi-cient information for interested readers to be able to evaluate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of implementing a described system into their practice. Studies should abide by high ethical standards, and if appropriate, should have received ethical approval from the local institutional human research committee.
Use British rather than American spelling throughout the manuscript.
References: References should be identified by Arabic superscripts in the text and numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper. They should be listed at the end of the paper in the order that they are first cited in the text. Give the full names
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and initials of all authors, unless there are more than six, when only the first three should be given, followed by et al. Names should be followed by the title of the article;
the title of the journal; the year of publication; the volume number and the first and last page numbers. Journal titles should be given in full or abbreviated according to the style of Index Medicus. Titles of books should be followed by the place of publica-tion; the publisher and the year.
Peer Review: All papers submitted to The Journal on Information Technology in Health-care undergo a peer review process. On the basis of the reviewers’ responses, papers will be rejected, accepted subject to revision or accepted unconditionally. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to authors unless expressly requested.
Acceptance of Papers: On acceptance the Editor retains the right to make stylistic changes, decide on the date of publication and shorten material if necessary.
Final versions of all accepted manuscripts must be submitted in electronic format.
Proofs: Authors are sent one copy of the proofs. Corrections should be confined to typographical errors or matters of accuracy. Extensive amendments are not permissi-ble. Authors should return proofs as soon as possible and not later than the date given in the covering letter.
Reprints: These are available if ordered at the time of returning the proofs. Details of charges will be sent with the proofs.
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The author(s) bear(s) the responsibility for checking whether material submitted is subject to copyright or ownership rights; for example in the use of diagrams or tables. If a submission is finally published the copyright becomes that of The Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare, and permission for any reproduction must be sought from the Editor.
Dual Publication: A paper is accepted for publication on the understanding that it has not been submitted simultaneously to another journal in the English language.
Accuracy and Liability: A contribution is accepted on the strict understanding that its author(s) is (are) responsible for the accuracy of all information contained in the contribution and that references to named people and/or organisations are both accurate and without libelous implications.
Conflict of Interest: If authors have received payment/substantial gifts from compa-nies whose products are featured in the paper, or have a commercial interest in the hardware and/or software used for the study, this must be acknowledged in a state-ment at the end of the text.
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