[AISWorld] HCist - International Workshop on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies | call for papers

[Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha]

HCist 2011
International Workshop on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies

---------- CALL FOR PAPERS
---------- Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 2011, 5-7 October
---------- http://hcist.eiswatch.org
---------- submission deadline: June 7, 2011 (short abstract April 30)
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Dear Prof./Dr./Mrs./Mr.

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the HCist 2011 – International
Workshop on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies,
a CENTERIS 2011 workshop, to be held in Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal,
from 5 to 7 October, 2011.

During this workshop, academics, scientists, IT/IS professionals, health
care and social care 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 the health and social
care services, systems and information technologies.

All accepted full papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a CCIS
series book, which is abstracted/indexed in ISI proceedings and SCOPUS.
Papers can also be accepted as posters, and an extended abstract of it
will be published in a book of abstracts (with ISBN) or in a CD-ROM
(with ISBN).

HCist 2011 intends to introduce and discuss the main issues, challenges,
opportunities and trends related to the recent ICT-based developments,
applications and services in all embracing fields of health and social care.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, Advanced
Visualization Software, Advanced Visualization/3D Post-Processing
Services, Bioinformatics, CDSS- Clinical Decision Support Systems,
Clinical Information Systems, Clinical Reporting Systems, Client Payroll
Management, CPOE- Computerized Physician Order Entry, CTRM - Critical
Test Results Management, Data Protection, DICOM - Digital Imaging and
Communications in Medicine, Electronic Medical Billing, EMR - Electronic
Medical Records, EHR - Electronic Health Records, ePrescribing Software,
eTherapy, eHealth, HIE- Health Information Exchange Solutions,
Healthcare Content Management, Healthcare Information Systems
Management, Healthcare Financial Management, Healthcare Revenue Cycle
Management, HL7 standards, Health IT Infrastructure, Image Analysis
Software, Image Enhancement Software, Integration, Interoperability&
Connectivity, In-house development, off-the-shelf solutions and open
source solutions, IT (out)sourcing, Medical CD-Burners, Medical Coding,
Medical Data Archiving and Storage, Medical Dictation, Medical Records&
Document Scanning, Medical Display Monitors, Medical Image Sharing&
Archiving, Medication Administration Systems, Medical Fax Server,
Medical/Healthcare Quality Assurance (QA) Software, Medical&  Patient
Scheduling Software, Medical Speech/Voice Recognition Systems, PACS -
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems, Patient Portal, PHR -
Personal Health Records, Practice Management Systems, PRM - Patient
Relationship Management, QICS-Qualitative Intelligence and Communication
System, Radiation Therapy Planning Software, RTLS - Real Time Location
System, Smartphones Companies&  Applications for Healthcare,
Telemedicine, Thermal Imaging Software.

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---------- Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit electronically a
short abstract at the workshop webpage (http://hcist.eiswatch.org/)
until April 30, and to submit their full manuscript electronically until
June 7, 2011.
The submission is made using the “submit a paper” option, at the left
column of the CENTERIS webpage.
Submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.

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---------- Important dates

Deadline for abstract submission: April 30, 2011
Deadline for paper submission: June 7, 2011
Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 30, 2011
Revised version due: July 10, 2011

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HCist 2011 Workshop Co-Chairs:
* Ricardo Martinho (ricardo.martinho at ipleiria.pt), Polytechnic Institute
of Leiria, Portugal
* Rui Rijo (rui.rijo at ipleiria.pt), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal

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For more detailed information, please visit http://hcist.eiswatch.org
or email us at secretariat at hcist.eiswatch.org