[Sigkm-l] HCist 2011 - International Workshop on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies - CALL FOR PAPERS

[Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha]

CALL FOR PAPERS

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---------- HCist 2011   |   Call for Papers
---------- International Workshop on Health and Social Care
---------- Information Systems and Technologies
---------- Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 2011, 5-7 October
---------- http://hcist.eiswatch.org
---------- submission deadline:  June 7, 2011
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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 their 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 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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or email us at  secretariat at hcist.eiswatch.org