Major Events for 2014: NI2014 and MIE2014

Initial announcements have been made about two important events on the global health, nursing and biomedical informatics calendar for 2014. Further information will be given soon on important timelines, so please keep an eye on the relevant websites; IMIA will also be helping to promote both events.

NI2014 – the 12th International Congress of Nursing Informatics will take place in Taipei (at the Taipei International Convention Center, near to the famous Taipei 101) on 21-25 June, 2014. Initial information is available on the conference website – see http://www.ni2014.org We encourage all nursing and nursing informatics colleagues (and others) to participate.

MIE2014 – the 25th European Medical Informatics Conference – will be held in Istanbul on 31 August – 03 September, 2014. Information will be available on the conference website at http://www.mie2014.org and on the EFMI web portal at http://www.efmi.org We look forward to seeing many colleagues from Europe and further afield at this event.

April Events Highlights – MEAHI and EFMI Conferences

Two important regional conferences take place in April, 2013 – the 4th Middle East Conference on Healthcare Informatics, to be held in Dubai, UAE on 22-24 April – and the EFMI Special Topic Conference (STC), to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 17-19 April. Please watch for further updates here, or on the event websites, as they draw closer. We encourage colleagues to attend these events.

The 4th Middle East Conference on Healthcare Informatics – Dubai, UAE: The conference theme is “Applied Health Informatics: A Regional Trend or a Priority?” and this event will be held on 22 – 24 April 2013 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The event is being organised by the Middle East Association for Health Informatics (MEAHI – www.meahi.org), which brings together IMIA members in the region. In addition to the conference itself, which features keynote talks, peer-reviewed papers, workshops and other activity, there will be the MEAHI General Assembly meeting and the launch of the MEAHI Nursing Informatics group. Registration for the event is still open.

Information on the conference and associated activities is on the MEAHI website, and there will be important updates in the next week or two. A Facebook event page is available at https://www.facebook.com/events/236490406484455/

UPDATE, 15 APRIL: The MEAHI General Assembly meeting will be held on 23 April (4.20-6pm) at the Crowne Plaza Deira Hotel, Dubai, UAE. The conference programme is available on the MEAHI website – http://www.meahi.org/#!conference-program/clhv

The EFMI STC 2013 – Prague, Czech Republic: The Czech Society of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics and the European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI) are pleased to invite you to participate in the next EFMI Special Topic Conference (STC) “Data and Knowledge for Medical Decision Support”. It will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 17 – 19, 2013. Keynote speakers are Prof. Marion Ball and Prof. Jan van Bemmel.

Conference registration is open, and the preliminary programme is available on the conference website – see http://www.stc2013.org

IMIA Regional Events, April 2013: EFMI in Prague, and MEAHI in Dubai

EFMI STC 2013 – Prague, Czech Republic:  The Czech Society of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics and the European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI) are pleased to invite you to participate at the next EFMI Special Topic Conference (STC) “Data and Knowledge for Medical Decision Support”. It will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 17 – 19, 2013. The EFMI STC 2013 is continuing the series of successful EFMI STC conferences. It is one of the most important European events in the domains of biomedicine including health care and informatics covering information science and technology. Conference registration is open.

More information is available at the website: http://www.stc2013.org

UPDATE: the scientific programme is now available on the conference website: http://stc2013.org/conference/scientific-program

The 4th Middle East Conference on Healthcare Informatics – Dubai, UAE:  With the theme “Applied Health Informatics: A Regional Trend or a Priority?” this event will be held on 22 – 24 April 2013 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The event is being organised by the Middle East Association for Health Informatics (MEAHI – www.meahi.org), which brings together IMIA members in the region.

Information on the Call for Submissions is on the MEAHI website.

NOTE: The deadline for submissions is now 15 March, 2013. See http://www.meahi.org/#!news2/c15wm A Facebook event page is available at https://www.facebook.com/events/236490406484455/

2013 European Summit on Trustworthy Reuse of Data; IJMI Paper from 2012 Summit

IMIA is pleased to announce that it will host the 2013 European Summit on the Trustworthy Reuse of Health Data (http://euhealthdata2013.imia.info). The Summit will build on the discussions and activities initiated at the 2012 Summit.

The 2013 Summit will occur on 3-4 June 2013 in Brussels Belgium at the Le Plaza Hotel (http://www.leplaza-brussels.be). Summit participation will by invitation only. If you would like to express interest, and receive future communications and information regarding the Transnational Health Data Reuse Initiative and the 2013 European Summit on Trustworthy Reuse of Health Data, please complete and submit your contact information using this link:
http://bit.ly/2013_EU_SummitonTrustworthyReuseofHealthData

The 2013 Summit is part of IMIA’s broader Transnational Health Data Reuse Initiative. This Initiative is focused on stimulating robust discussions about health data reuse at the global level. Several stakeholder-specific engagements and events are being planned throughout 2013.

Summaries of the 2012 Summit’s proceedings and output have been documented via a publication and through video. A journal article about the Summit, “Trustworthy reuse of health data; A transnational perspective” by A. Geissbuhler, C. Safran, I. Buchan, R. Bellazzi, S. Labkoff, K. Eilenberg, A. Leese, C. Richardson, J. Mantas, P. Murray, G. De Moor was published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics (IJMI – Vol 82:1, pp. 1-9) and is available for free download. The Summit’s YouTube channel with all of the plenary sessions may be accessed via the following link: http://www.youtube.com/user/EUSTRHD Other material from the 2012 Summit remains available at: http://euhealthdata2012.imia.info

See 2013 Summit Press Release: http://www.imia-medinfo.org/new2/sites/default/files/2013%20Summit%20Press%20Release_Final.pdf

New EFMI Board, Honorary Fellows

Following the recent successful MIE2012 conference in Pisa, Italy, the new membership of the EFMI (European Federation for Medical Informatics) Board has been announced. See the website at www.efmi.org for full information.

Patrick Weber (Switzerland) is now EFMI President, Lacramioara Stoicu-Tividar (Romania) is EFMI Secretary and Etienne De Clercq (Belgium) is EFMI Treasurer. Anne Moen (Norway) is EFMI Vice President and John Mantas (Greece), as EFMI and IMIA Vice President for Europe, will represent EFMI at the IMIA Board.

Other Board members are:

• Alexander Hörbst – EFMI Press and Information Officer
• György Surjan – EFMI Publication Officer
• Stig Kjaer Andersen – EFMI Executive Officer
• Christian Lovis – EFMI Institutions Liaison Officer

In a news item on the EFMI website, John Mantas also writes that:
“George Mihalas, Rolf Engelbrecht, and Jacob Hofdijk to be elected as Honorary Fellows, the highest honour of our Federation … Being Fellows in EFMI means that their presence in the Council meetings will continue to assist EFMI in future.”

He notes, among other achievements and contributions, that George Mihalas has in many positions, including that of President, and well-known for  extending EFMI relations with all other regions outside Europe; Rolf Engelbrecht has worked for many years in EFMI, as well as being coordinator of many European projects and initiatives, and initiator of the STC conferences; Jacob Hofdijk is well-known for his innovative ideas and support for more professional organisation of EFMI to provide services to its members.

The next EFMI STC will be in Prague on April 17-19, 2013. See http://www.stc2013.org/ for full information, Closing date for full papers submissions is October 15, 2012. MIE2014 will be in Istanbul, Turkey.

Final Countdown to MIE2012 in Pisa, Italy: 26-29 August

MIE2012, the XXIV Conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) is now only a few days away. Full information on the event - on 26-29 August, 2012 – is on the MIE2012 website at www.mie2012.it

MIE2012 will be organised by the Italian Association for Medical Informatics (AIIM), the Italian eHealth Community, and EFMI. The theme is “Quality of Life through Quality of Information”, offering the challenge to contributors to share experiences in the field of Medical and Health Informatics.

The final programme, including tutorials, social and satellite events, is now available through the conference website. Keynote speakers include Edward H. Shortliffe, Columbia University and New York Academy of Medicine, USA; Finn Kensing, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Francesco Pinciroli, Politecnico of Milano, Italy; Roberta Annicchiarico, Fondazione Santa lucia, Rome, Italy; and Sabine Koch, Karolinska Institute, Stockolm, Sweden.

EFMI STC 2013 – Prague, Czech Republic, April 17-19 2013

The Czech Society of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics and the European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI) are pleased to invite you to participate at the next EFMI Special Topic Conference (STC) “Data and Knowledge for Medical Decision Support”. It will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 17 – 19, 2013. The EFMI STC 2013 is continuing the series of successful EFMI STC conferences. It is one of the most important European events in the domains of biomedicine including health care and informatics covering information science and technology.

Prof. Jana Zvárová, Chair of the Local Organizing Committee, and Prof. Arie Hasman, Chair of the Scientfic Program Committee, write that:

Complete information about the various types of contributions is available in the “Call for contributions” – see http://stc2013.org/conference/submisions and authors should not important submission dates:  http://stc2013.org/conference/important-dates  Full papers, posters and short communications are welcomed. All submissions will be reviewed by domain experts.

Full papers have to be submitted before October 15, 2012; posters and short communications before November 15th, 2012. All accepted submissions will be available in the conference CD-ROM and EFMI website. Scientific contributions meeting the requirements will be published by IOS Press and indexed in Medline. Selected contributions of the conference will be published in a special issue of the European Journal of Biomedical Informatics, an official journal of the EFMI.

More information is available at the website: http://www.stc2013.org

There is also a downloadable promotional flyer (PDF, 720kb)

MIE2012 (Pisa, Italy) Just Over Six Weeks Away

MIE2012, the XXIV Conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), will be held in Pisa, Italy in a little over 6 weeks from now – on 26-29 August, 2012. MIE2012 will be organised by the Italian Association for Medical Informatics (AIIM), the Italian eHealth Community, and EFMI. The theme is “Quality of Life through Quality of Information”, offering the challenge to contributors to share experiences in the field of Medical and Health Informatics.

The preliminary programme is now available through the conference website – the opening ceremony on Sunday, 26 August is preceded by tutorials and followed by the first keynote speaker, Prof. Francesco Pinciroli (Politecnico of Milano, Italy).

Other keynote speakers include Edward H. Shortliffe (Columbia University, USA), Sabine Koch (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden) and Finn Kensing (University of Copenhagen, Denmark).

Registration is still available, through http://mie2012.online-registry.net/ with regular rate available until 30 July. Full information is at www.mie2012.it

2012 European Summit on Trustworthy Reuse of Health Data

The 2012 European Summit on Trustworthy Reuse of Health Data is being held in Brussels, Belgium on May 14-15, 2012. Information about the purposes and expected outcomes of the Summit are available on the Summit webpage at http://euhealthdata2012.imia.info

Several of the presentations are available to Summit participants, and are being made more widely available to those interested in the topics addressed. All are linked from the Summit webpage. To follow the event, see #euhealthdata12 hashtag on Twitter and via the @IMIATweets feed. Thanks also to @keilenberg, @slabkoff and @matic_meglic for tweets.

Casemix Summerschool in Talinn, Estonia: 11-15 June, 2012

In a joint initiative, Patient Classification Systems International (PCSI – http://www.pcsinternational.org) and the EFMI Casemix Working Group are organising a Summerschool in Talinn, Estonia from June 11 -15, 2012. The school is focused on the principles of measuring health care for quality, funding, outcome management and most of all to share experience in many countries around the globe.

Information about the Summer school, including registration fees, accommodation, etc.  is available on the PCSI website – http://www.pcsinternational.org and via the downloadable PDF file (1.2MB).

The 2012 INTERNATIONAL CASEMIX SUMMER SCHOOL will provide a mix of introductory case mix methodology information along with more advanced concepts all within the context of interactive working sessions, exercises, and opportunities to learn from the experts and students alike during classroom time as well as during various social events. During the school, students will work in groups to share experiences from their own backgrounds and countries and will be asked to elaborate on specific case studies and present back to the larger group.