A total of 56 articles were published in this issue, including 34 research articles and 9 review articles. These articles come from different countries and cover a wide range of topics, from hospital quality measurement, patient safety management, and medical staff training, to the current application of artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry, and so on. The editorial of this issue particularly emphasizes developing the sophistication of listening in organisations. The critical impact of effective leaders listening in healthcare organisations is fundamentally about gathering and gaining operational intelligence from within the organisation.

In addition, this issue has selected 7 conference articles, which have been presented in International Conference on SMART Technologies for Medical & Health Sciences: AI-Driven Health Care Innovation & Integration in March 2026.