[AISWorld] Call for Papers: Decision Support Systems for Healthcare Processes (DSS4HCP) @ SMC2012

[Pieter Van Gorp]

*Special Session website: *see
http://is.ieis.tue.nl/staff/pvgorp/events/DSS4HCP/
*PDF version of this call: *see
http://is.ieis.tue.nl/staff/pvgorp/events/DSS4HCP/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Decision-Support-Systems-for-Healthcare-Processes-DSS4HCP-call.pdf
*
*
*Context*: Improving access and delivery of health care is a very
actual topic in many countries. In order to meet the challenges
posed by growing medical costs, aging population and limited
resources, new technologies and new methods are urgently
needed.

The envisioned SMC 2012 <http://www.smc2012.org/> DSS4HCP special session
aims to
discuss and produce such novel technologies and methods,
especially those for decision support.  The session focuses on
decisions that take into account both clinical and logistic
aspects.  More specifically, the purpose of the session is to
balance between optimal care quality and manageable costs for
societies and insurance companies.  *Advanced decision support *
*systems* and *workflow management systems* can make care
delivery respectively more evidence-based and more efficient.
Moreover, *process discovery* and *conformance checking *
methods can be used to ensure that computerized models are
based on the operational facts rather than on wishful thinking.
*A particular challenge however remains to bridge the gap *
*between medical, administrative and logistic processes. *
Therefore, we welcome especially techniques that reconcile
clinical decision support systems, nurse support workflows,
patient planning systems as well as legacy systems from
previously isolated players in integrated healthcare enterprises
and cross-organizational care supply chains.

*Topics of interest *include, but are not limited to:
• clinical decision support,
• decision support for making care delivery more efficient,
• decision support for patient scheduling in integrated care delivery
chains/networks,
• intelligent systems for healthcare decision support,
• translating clinical guidelines into care protocols,
• integrating clinical guidelines and care protocols with administrative
workflows,
• using collaborative information systems and portable devices in this
context.

*Important Dates*
• March 15, 2012 Deadline for abstract submission (intention to submit
paper)
• April 15, 2012 Deadline for submission of full-length papers
• June 15, 2012 Acceptance/Rejection notification
• July 31, 2012 Deadline for final camera-ready papers submission
• July 31, 2012 Early paper registration deadline

For submission guidelines and related announcements, please check * *
http://is.ieis.tue.nl/staff/pvgorp/events/DSS4HCP/.

            Looking forward to your submission!

Best regards,
Pieter Van Gorp, Assistant Professor
    Information Systems Group, TU/e
    De Lismortel 2, 5612AR, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    Phone: +31 40 247 2062, Skype & Twitter: pvgorp
    http://is.ieis.tue.nl/staff/pvgorp/research/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.aisnet.org/pipermail/aisworld_lists.aisnet.org/attachments/20120308/b5269375/attachment.htm>