| Publisher | Brieflands |
| Aim & Scopes | Care Pathway: Hospital to Home, owned by Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, focuses on research that strengthens continuity, integration, safety, and quality of care across hospital, community, and home settings. The journal welcomes studies addressing: * Discharge planning and hospital-to-home transitions
* Transitional, integrated, and person-centered care
* Home healthcare, community health, and primary care
* Chronic disease and complex-care management
* Nursing, midwifery, and multidisciplinary care
* Patient, family, and caregiver education and engagement
* Rehabilitation, palliative, geriatric, and long-term care
* Mental health, pediatric, adult, critical, emergency, and oncology nursing
* Medication safety and prevention of post-discharge complications
* Digital health, telehealth, and remote monitoring
* Patient safety, quality improvement, and implementation science
* Health services research, management, economics, and policy
* Nursing leadership, education, and workforce development The journal gives priority to clinically relevant, methodologically rigorous, and interdisciplinary research with clear implications for seamless, equitable, and coordinated care throughout the hospital-to-home pathway. |
| Article Types | Care Pathway Hospital to Home accepts the following manuscript categories: - Original Articles: Research studies presenting new evidence on hospital-to-home transitions, discharge planning, transitional care, home-based recovery, or post-acute care delivery.
- Review Articles: Systematic, scoping, or narrative reviews that synthesize evidence relevant to care pathways, continuity of care, readmission prevention, and patient outcomes.
- Care Pathway Reports: Practice-focused articles describing the design, implementation, or evaluation of clinical pathways, discharge protocols, or integrated care models.
- Quality Improvement Articles: Reports of structured initiatives aimed at improving safety, coordination, efficiency, equity, or outcomes in hospital-to-home care.
- Brief Reports: Short articles presenting focused findings, feasibility studies, pilot projects, or early-stage innovations.
- Case Reports: Clinically relevant reports highlighting important lessons in transitional care, home monitoring, rehabilitation, or post-discharge management.
- Commentaries: Expert analyses of emerging issues, policies, technologies, or healthcare delivery models related to hospital-to-home care.
- Letters: Concise responses or observations related to published work or topics within the journal’s scope.
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| Scientific Collaborator | Qazvin University of Medical Sciences |
| Abbreviation Title | cphh |
| ISSN | Electronic: 3116-0727 |
| Language | English |
| Type of Publishing | This journal follows a "Per-Article Continuous" publishing model. |
| Frequency | quarterly |
| Article Submission Or Processing Charge | - Publishing Open Access models: Full Gold Open Access
- Access: Immediate, permanent, free to access after publication
- Reader subscription fees: None
- Article Processing Charge: None
- Embargo period: None
- License for reuse: CC BY-NC 4.0
- Publishing services: Full
- Indexing: Full
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| License Policy | This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which allows for the copying and redistribution of the material only for noncommercial purposes, provided that the original work is properly cited. |
| Digital Archiving Policy | This journal deposits its articles in Portico to guarantee long-term digital preservation. |
| Indexing Sources | Complete list of indexing sources |
| Peer-Review Policy | |
| Access Policy | All Brieflands Journals are Open Access, ensuring free and immediate availability of articles to all users upon publication, with authors retaining copyright under Creative Commons licenses (CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0), promoting increased visibility and unrestricted use as per the journal’s policy. (read more) |
