Introducing the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine

The leadership at EMBS created the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM) to address the critical need to disseminate innovative translational research in health and medicine. The journal's unique aim is to support the movement of biotechnological innovations from idea to clinical trials and commercialization. We intend for JTEHM to provide a vehicle for the consilience of engineering, medicine and health, and translation. Translation is the critical step to take technological advances from the lab into the clinical environment to improve clinical practice and healthcare. We chose the open-access route not because it is easier (it is not) but because it lays waste to the barrier of cost of reading. We are proud to introduce JTEHM with an open-source, continuous-publication platform that allows multimedia presentation of clinically significant translational technologies, along with editorial blogs and comments from experts, entrepreneurs and clinicians. The papers published in JTEHM are accessible through IEEE Xplore and will be in PubMed soon, as well as in downloadable PDF versions with additional material. We welcome submission of your research findings and clinical translation studies.