EH 2011 (Rome, Italy) - Deadline for submissions: 24 January 2011

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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions: 24 January 2011 --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-HEALTH 2011
Rome, Italy, 20- 22 July 2011
(http://www.ehealth-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information
Systems (MCCSIS 2011)
Rome, Italy, 20 – 26 July 2011
(http://www.mccsis.org)


* Conference background and goals
The use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in
Healthcare Services is the main
mechanism to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

This conference aims to draw together information systems,
practitioners and management
experts from all quadrants involved in developing computer technology
to improve healthcare quality.

* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations.
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a
book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS
Digital Library (accessible on-line).
The proceedings will be proposed for indexing to several indexing
entities.

* Best Papers
Selected authors of best papers will be invited to submit extended
versions of their papers to selected journals (i.e. IADIS
International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems
(IJCSIS - ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from INDERSCIENCE
Publishers.

* Types of submissions
Full papers, Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations,
Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium.
All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.


* Topics related to e-Health are of interest. These include, but are
not limited to the following areas:

A. Research Issues
• Computers and Primary Care
• Clinical Data Visualisation Standards
• e-Health Architectures
• Healthcare Data Architecture and Terminology Standards
• Federated Electronic Health Records
• Personalized Medicine
• Health Informatics and Education
• Human Computer Interaction
• Infrastructure and Architecture
• Internet and Medicine
• Interoperability issues
• IT and Patient Care
• Nursing Informatics
• RFID and localization techniques
• Usability and Ubiquity in e-Health
• e-Health Virtual Communities
• Business Process Management Systems
• Second Life for Healthcare Support and Education

B. Management Issues
• Case Studies
• Management Change
• Confidentiality and Privacy
• e-Health Collaborative Strategies and Techniques
• e-Training
• Healthcare Management Dashboards
• Legal issues
• Balanced scorecards models to improve Hospital Performance and
Productivity
• Business Intelligence in Healthcare
• e-Health to improve Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety.
• Healthcare Information Systems Regulatory issues
• Security in e-Health
• Service Models
• Social implications
• Stakeholders involvement


C. Applications
• Clinical Information Systems
• Data Mining and Clinical Studies
• Medical Guidelines
• e-Health Decision Support Systems
• e-Logistics and e-Pharmacy
• Intelligent Medical Systems
• Mobile Applications
• Patient Electronic Health Records
• Healthcare Portals to inform and connect Patients with Physicians
• Patients and Public Health
• Social Networks in Healthcare contexts
• e-Health Marketing
• e-Procurement and e-Commerce
• Telemedicine
• Automatic Identification and Data Collector Systems
• Unified data processing and communication Systems
• Web Based Applications
• e-Health 2.0

* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: 24 January 2011
- Notification to Authors: 25 February 2011
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 25 March
2011
- Late Registration: After 25 March 2011
- Conference: Rome, Italy, 20- 22 July 2011

* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Rome, Italy.

* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-HEALTH 2011
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secre...@ehealth-conf.org
Web site: http://www.ehealth-conf.org/

* Program Committee
e-Health 2011 Conference Program Chair
Mário Macedo, Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal

MCCSIS 2011 General Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University),
Portugal

Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to http://www.ehealth-conf.org/committees.asp

* Registered participants in the e-Health conference may attend the
other conferences part of MCCSIS 2011 free of charge