[AISWorld] Call for Chapters: Next-Generation Mobile and Pervasive Healthcare Solutions (IGI)

[Filipe Portela]

    Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: June 15, 2016
Full Chapters Due: October 15, 2016
Submission Date: March 30, 2017
Link: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2208


    Introduction

According to Varshney (U. Varshney, 2009) Pervasive HealthCare (PH) can 
be defined as “conceptual system of providing healthcare to anyone, at 
any time, and anywhere by removing restraints of time and location while 
increasing both the coverage and the quality of healthcare”. This 
approach is based on information that is stored and available online 
(Mikkonen, Vyrynen, Ikonen, & Heikkila, 2002). However, although the PH 
has the potential to reduce costs, improve service quality and 
facilitate the treatment to the patient, it also faces many technical 
and administrative obstacles (Upkar Varshney, 2003), such as resistance 
to change and significant changes in technology and systems. Mobile 
Health (mHealth) is the practice of medicine and public health supported 
by mobile devices. It is referenced by the use of mobile communication 
devices, such as mobile phones, tablet computers or patient monitors, 
for health services and information. mHealth generally covers the use of 
mobile telecommunication and multimedia technologies as they are 
integrated within increasingly wireless and mobile health care delivery 
systems being them the main support of pervasive healthcare. The book 
topics may be addressed from multiple angles having as main focus the 
Next-Generation Mobile and Pervasive Healthcare Solutions. Accordingly, 
it will be of relevance to both practitioners and researchers from 
various disciplines including, but not limited to, Artificial 
Intelligence, Computer Science, Information Systems, Pervasive and 
Mobile Computing, Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Multimedia, and 
Decision Support Systems.


    Objective

The main goal of this book is moving theory into practice by linking 
academic and informatics researchers with health care professionals 
disseminating and exchanging knowledge, information and technology 
provided by the international medical and health informatics communities 
throughout the 21st century. This book will present important 
achievements in a full range of health delivery settings, providing 
decision support anywhere and anytime to acute and long term health care 
taking as based pervasive or mobile computing. The mission of this book 
is promoting the cross-fertilization of health informatics information 
and knowledge across professional and geographical boundaries, serving 
as the catalyst for ubiquitous worldwide health information 
infrastructures for patient care and health research.


    Target Audience

Scientifically this book intends to disseminate a set of new knowledge 
useful to promote health care quality in the patient best interest by 
presenting new multimedia solutions able to support the decision making 
anywhere and anytime. It is expected that this book can induce a strong 
impact in the health care institutions bringing a set of new and 
innovative solutions to the community. This book explores a new 
information concept where the technologies are omnipresent and the data 
appear anywhere and anytime promoting a full interaction between the 
physicians, nurses, patients and information systems. The target 
audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers 
working in the field of healthcare and information systems. Moreover, 
the book will provide insights and decision support knowledge achieved 
with the development of mobile and pervasive healthcare solutions.


    Recommended Topics

Innovative and exciting works are welcome in the Healthcare area: • 
Applied Pervasive Information Systems; • Applied Mobile System; • 
Artificial Intelligence; • Big Data • Biomedical Engineering; • Clinical 
Business Intelligence; • Clinical Decision Support Systems; • Computer 
Vision; • Data analysis and Data Science; • Data and Knowledge 
Engineering; • Data Mining and Ubiquitous Data Mining; • Data Security 
and Protection; • Electronic Health Records (EHR); • Information Systems 
Integration & Interoperability; • Interoperability and Pervasiveness; • 
Interoperability scenarios and case studies; • Life-styling pervasive 
solutions; • Medical Ontologies; • mHealth; • Mobile and ubiquitous 
solutions; • Pervasive Business Intelligence; • Pervasive environments 
and software architectures; • Pervasive Intelligent Decision Support 
Systems; • Pervasive Intelligent Systems and applications; • Pervasive 
Systems Based on Cloud Computing; • Pervasiveness and Security in 
Information Systems; • Recommendation Systems; • Semantic 
Interoperability; • Semantic Mapping of Clinical Data; • Sensor-based 
systems; • Simulation Systems; • Ubiquitous devices in the storage, 
update, and transmission of data; • Usability and acceptability of 
pervasive system and mobile applications.


    Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 
15, 2016, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining 
the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be 
notified by July 30, 2016 about the status of their proposals and sent 
chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by 
October 15, 2016, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines 
for manuscript submissions at 
http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ 
prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a 
double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve 
as reviewers for this project. Note: There are no submission or 
acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, 
Trust in Knowledge Management and Systems in Organizations. All 
manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial 
process. All proposals should be submitted through the E-Editorial 
DiscoveryTM online submission manager at 
http://www.igi-global.com/submission/.


    Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea 
Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly 
Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," 
"Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" 
imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please 
visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released 
in 2017.


    Important Dates

July 15, 2016: Proposal Submission Deadline July 30, 2016: Notification 
of Acceptance October 15, 2016: Full Chapter Submission December 30, 
2016: Review Results Returned February 28, 2017: Final Acceptance 
Notification March 30, 2017: Final Chapter Submission


    Inquiries

José Machado, University of Minho jmac at di.uminho.pt Filipe Portela, 
University of Minho cfp at dsi.uminho.pt

Propose a chapter for this book 
<http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/submit/2208>


    Editors

José Machado, António Abelha, Manuel Filipe Santos, and Filipe Portela 
(University of Minho)