HCist 2012 | Call for Papers
Algarve, Portugal, 2012, 3-5 October
http://hcist.eiswatch.org
submission deadline: April 14th, 2012
Dear Professor/Dr./Mrs./Mr.,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to HCist’2012 “International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies” to be held in Algarve, Portugal, from 3 to 5 October, 2012.
Under the leitmotiv of leveraging health and social care through people, processes and information systems, academics, scientists, healthcare IT professionals, managers and solution providers from all over the world will have the opportunity to share experiences, bring new ideas, debate issues, and introduce the latest developments in the largely multidisciplinary field embraced by Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies (HCist).
All accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings (with ISBN). Papers can also be accepted as posters, with an extended abstract to be published in a book of abstracts (with ISBN).
Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for possible publication in international journals and edited books.
HCist’2012 is co-located with CENTERIS’2012, providing an excellent conference environment for sharing best practices among researchers, academics and professionals from both generic Enterprise and specific Healthcare Information Systems research areas.
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———- Themes/Recommended topics
HCist 2012 intends to introduce and discuss the main issues, challenges, opportunities and trends related to recent health and social care IT-based developments, applications and services.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to: Advanced (3D) Visualization Software, Bioinformatics, Business Intelligence applied to Healthcare Information Systems, CDSS- Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Reporting Systems, CPOE- Computerized Physician Order Entry, CTRM – Critical Test Results Management, Data Security and Protection, DICOM – Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, EHR – Electronic Health Records, ePrescription, eTherapy, HIE- Health Information Exchange Solutions, Health IT Infrastructure, Healthcare Content Management, Healthcare Information Systems Management, Healthcare Billing and Financial Management, Healthcare IT Management and Governance, Healthcare Information Systems Integration, Interoperability & Connectivity solutions, Healthcare in-house development, off-the-shelf and open source solutions, HL7 standards, Medical Coding, Medical Data Archiving and Storage, Medical Dictation, Medical Records& Document Scanning, Medical Display Monitors, Medical Image Analysis, Enhancement, Sharing& Archiving, Medication Administration Systems, Medical/Healthcare Quality Assurance (QA) Software, Medical& Patient Scheduling Software, Medical Speech/Voice Recognition Systems, Medical Semantic Web, mHealth – Mobile Device Software for Healthcare, PACS – Picture Archiving and Communication Systems, PHR – Personal Health Records, Practice Management Systems, PRM – Patient Relationship Management, QICS-Qualitative Intelligence and Communication Systems, Radiation Therapy Software, RTLS – Real Time Location Systems, Telemedicine, Thermal Imaging Software
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———- Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their paper electronically at the Conference webpage (http://hcist.eiswatch.org) until April 14th, 2012.
Submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis, and authors will be notified of the review process results by May 28th, 2012. Authors of accepted papers will receive recommendations from reviewers to improve their work, and should submit the final camera-ready version until June 22nd, 2012.
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———- Paper format
Papers must be written in English. Each paper should not exceed 10 pages considering the MSWord and Latex templates available for download at the conference webpage (http://hcist.eiswatch.org).
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———- Important dates
Deadline for paper submission: April 14th, 2012; Notification of acceptance/rejection: May 28th, 2012; Revised version: June 22nd, 2012.
For more detailed information, please visit http://hcist.eiswatch.org
We hope to see you next October in Algarve, Portugal!
Best regards,
Ricardo Martinho
Rui Rijo
———- Conference Co-Chairs:
— Ricardo Martinho (ricardo.martinho@ipleiria.pt), Polytechnic Institute Leiria, Portugal
— Rui Rijo (rui.rijo@ipleiria.pt), Polytechnic Institute Leiria, Portugal
———- Program Chair
— Vinesh Raja (vinesh.raja@warwick.ac.uk), University of Warwick, UK
———- Secretariat
secretariat@hcist.eiswatch.org