Journal of Communication in Healthcare

About the Journal

Journal of Communication in Healthcare is the major professional journal publishing peer-reviewed articles on how to improve communication in all aspects of healthcare delivery, health promotion and the healthcare business.

Guided by an expert Editor-in-Chief, Mario Nacinovich, along with an eminent Editorial Board, each quarterly 100-page issue publishes in-depth articles, qualitative research and real case studies on how to communicate with patients, the public, staff and media. It does not publish advertising or editorial, but rather detailed guidance and 'lessons learned' from leading communications, PR, marketing, brand and medical writing professionals, as well as physicians, educators and researchers, all of which is peer-reviewed prior to being accepted for publication.

The Journal highlights the role of effective communication in patient care, managing healthcare organisations and the healthcare business, and seeks to advance understanding of how communication techniques are used and their impact measured in practice.

• Communicating medical information to patients
  
• PR and media relations
  
• Successfully influencing patient choice/behaviour
  
• Measuring the effectiveness of communication
  
• Communication techniques, strategies and models
  
• Public health
  
• Brand management
  
• Marketing and sales
  
• Understanding patients’ needs and perceptions of health issues
  
• Crisis and risk management
  
• Medical writing
  
• Patient interview techniques
  
• Internal communications and training
  
• Bridging communications gaps between clinicians, managers and policy makers
  
• Communication, fundraising and securing funding
  
• Quantitative methodologies

Essential reference material for senior communications professionals, physicians, educators and policy makers, including:

• Communications managers
  
• PR/Media relations managers
  
• Marketing and sales managers
  
• Brand managers
  
• Medical writers
  
• Public health officers
  
• Clinical directors
  
• Physicians
  
• Educators and researchers
  
• Patient services managers
  
• Programme managers
  
• Information managers

Based at:

• Hospitals
  
• Medical centres
  
• Medical schools and colleges
  
• Pharmaceutical, diagnostic and device manufacturers
  
• NHS Trusts
  
• PR/marketing/brand agencies
  
• Health plans
  
• Healthcare charities
  
• Patient groups
  
• Health agencies
  
• Health authorities
  
• Universities
  
• Regulatory/self-regulatory bodies
  
• Medical associations
  
• Government health departments