HIC 2014 Conference – Melbourne, Australia; 11-14 August

HISA’s annual Health Informatics Conference (HIC) will be held in Victoria, Australia at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 11 – 14 August 2014. Full details are at http://www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2014

With the primary theme of Investing in e-health: People, knowledge and technology for a healthy future, the conference will focus on investing in e-health, improving the climate for investment and innovation in e-health, strategic opportunities and “where to for Australia?” Keynote speakers will include Dave de Bronkart (ePatientDave) and Dr Danny Sands, Regina Holliday and Dr Bertalan (Berci) Mesko. Danny Sands recently gave a well-received closing keynote at the NI2014 conference in Taipei.

Registration is  still open – see http://www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2014register

A wide range of associated conference events will include indigenous informatics (11 August – http://www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2014iic) and nursing informatics (11 August – http://www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2014nia). You can follow @HISA_HIC on Twitter for information about and from the event.

 

HIC 2014 – Melbourne, 11-14 August

HISA’s annual Health Informatics Conference (HIC) will be held in Victoria, Australia at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 11 – 14 August 2014. Full details will be at http://www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2014 and will be frequently updated.

With the primary theme of Investing in e-health: People, knowledge and technology for a healthy future, the conference will focus on investing in e-health, improving the climate for investment and innovation in e-health, strategic opportunities and “where to for Australia?” Keynote speakers will include Dave de Bronkart (ePatientDave) and Dr Danny Sands, Regina Holliday and Dr Bertalan (Berci) Mesko.

Early bird registration is open now until 16 June 2014 – see http://www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2014register

Associated conference events will include aged care informatics, indigenous informatics and nursing informatics.

 

Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries (JHIDC); Vol 8 No 1

The latest issue (volume 8:1, 2014) of the Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries [JHIDC] is available at http://www.jhidc.org/index.php/jhidc/issue/current

It has the following article:
Adoption of Free Open Source Geographic Information System Solution for Health Sector in Zanzibar Tanzania – BAKAR Abubakar, KIMARO Honest, SULTAN Abu Bakar, HAMIAR Sleiman
and further articles will be added.

Focus and Scope: Knowledge on health and medical informatics in developing countries is scarce. This health informatics journal has therefore been launched to focus on and promote research, experience and discussions related to health informatics in developing countries. Authors from developing countries are particularly encouraged to contribute in this area.

Articles from the previous issues (including volume 7:1 and 7:2, 2013 and the full archives) are available at http://www.jhidc.org/index.php/jhidc/issue/archive

For further information, contact the Editor-in-chief, Dr. Mowafa Househ, Assistant Professor – Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Saudi Arabia , or the editorial team – http://www.jhidc.org/index.php/jhidc/about/contact

CFP, 2nd International Conference on Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare (Singapore)

The National University of Singapore’s Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) is organizing the 2nd International Conference on Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare, to be held in Singapore from 22-24 July 2014, and further information is available at http://www.bdah.org

The 2nd International Conference on Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare provides a leading forum for researchers, healthcare administrators, care-providers, and policy makers to disseminate and share cutting-edge research and practice,  and gain insights into the challenges, opportunities, novel strategies, and analytic tools and techniques for dealing with big data in healthcare. The BDAH 2014 Program Committee invites submissions of completed papers, poster papers, abstract presentations, and pre-conference workshop proposals that advance knowledge of healthcare data analytics. More details about the submission types and formats can be found at the conference website. The Call for Papers is open (http://chi.nus.edu.sg/conference2014/_files/bdah2014-cfp.pdf), with submissions due on 31 January (workshop proposals) and 14 February (papers).

The Advisory Panel includes past IMIA President Prof. KC Lun, and Prof. Bill Hersh from Oregon Health and Science University, and the Programme Committee includes Prof. Tze Yun Leong, IMIA VP WG/SIGs.

NI2014 – 12th International Congress on Nursing Informatics – Submissions Close 30 September

Submissions are open for the Twelfth International Congress on Nursing Informatics (NI2014) will be held in Taipei in 2014. Dates 21-25 June; venue Taipei International Convention Center. Information is available via the website at http://www.ni2014.org

UPDATED 04 Sept: Deadline for submissions is extended to 30 September, 2013.

For authors needing language support, there is an earlier deadline of 31 August 2013 (see website)

All abstracts must be submitted and be received on or before September 15, 2013 through the on-line Abstract Submission System. For authors who need language support, submit by the pre-submission deadline, August 31, 2013. (this does NOT guarantee acceptance; it is a mechanism to provide support and feedback) All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Program Committee of the NI2014, and reviewing results will be notified by emailing the decision of acceptance/ rejection to the presenting authors only by December 15, 2013.

The theme of the conference is “eSmart + ” where “e” stands for eHealth, “S” implies simplicity, “m” represents mobility and meaningful use, “a” denotes advanced leadership, “r” indicates revolution, “t” means translational technologies, and “+” symbolizes People Leading uCare Safely. The acronym is also used to convey the idea of adopting smart technology to help health providers deliver higher quality care.

Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries (JHIDC); Vol 7 No 2

The latest issue (volume 7:2, 2013) of the Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries [JHIDC] is available at http://www.jhidc.org/index.php/jhidc/issue/current

Focus and Scope: Knowledge on health and medical informatics in developing countries is scarce. This health informatics journal has therefore been launched to focus on and promote research, experience and discussions related to health informatics in developing countries. Authors from developing countries are particularly encouraged to contribute in this area.

The current issue contains articles on notifiable diseases in Sri Lanka and data collection and reporting tools in Ethiopia. Articles from the previous issue (volume 7:1, 2013) are available at http://www.jhidc.org/index.php/jhidc/issue/view/20

Singapore, 8-10 July: International Conference on Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare 2013

The National University of Singapore’s Centre for Health Informatics (CHI), is organizing the 1st International Conference on Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Center, Singapore from 9-10 July 2013, with a half-day Pre-Conference workshops on 8 July 2013. For more information on the Conference, please visit http://bdah.org  Registration is open (early rate closes 31 May)

Big data analytics are already making big impacts in finance, manufacturing, retail and social networks. Healthcare is beginning to experience the data tsunamis due to the rapid adoption of information systems generating huge volumes of primary and secondary data. To stay business-competitive, healthcare organizations should prepare to brace themselves for the oncoming data deluge.

Speakers include: Chong Yoke Sin, CEO, Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore: William Hersh, Prof, Dept of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, OHSU, USA; Norma Lang, Howe Endowed Chair for Healthcare Transformation, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA; Benjamin Ong, CE, National University Health Systems, Singapore Snr VP (Health Affairs), National University of Singapore; Dr. Ellen Harper, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Premier West, Cerner Corporation.

For more information, please contact:
Ms. Angie Ong,
Assistant Conference Manager,
Ace: Daytons Direct International Pte Ltd., Singapore
T: +65-63795267 E: admin[at]chi-conference.org

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.

International Conference on Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare – Singapore, 08-10 July, 2013

Professor KC Lun (Past President, IMIA, 2001-04) writes:

The National University of Singapore’s Centre for Health Informatics (CHI), is organizing the 1st International Conference on Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Center, Singapore from 9-10 July 2013, with a half-day Pre-Conference workshops on 8 July 2013. I have the honour of chairing the Scientific Program Committee and the pleasure of inviting a stellar cast of invited speakers to share their insightful views and demonstrated experience on Big Data analytics in various healthcare fields.  Singapore Minister for Health, Mr Gan Kim Yong, will be the Guest-of-Honour.  We are expecting at least 500 participants and exhibitors.  As our conference publicity outreach will extensively cover healthcare IT thought leaders, top management, clinical, nursing, allied-health and IT professionals as well as technopreneurs from healthcare institutions, industry, research institutes and academia from within and outside Singapore, this is one conference you should not miss!   Please take time to read the information given on the Conference website www.bdah.org for more details regarding registration and participation.  I look forward to seeing you at the Conference in Singapore this July!

Registration opens on 01 April. For more information, please contact:
Conference Secretariat & Housing Bureau
2 Leng Kee Road, Thye Hong Centre #03-02, Singapore 159086

Email: admin[at]chi-conference.org
Tel: (+65) 6379 5267  Fax: (+65) 6475 2077

Big Data in Health and Biomedicine Conference: Melbourne, Australia – 18-19 April

Big Data 2013 is following on from the success of HISA’s Data Governance conferences of 2011 and 2012. Big Data 2013 is Australia’s first Big Data in biomedicine and healthcare conference. The event will be held at Rydges, Melbourne  on 18-19 April. For details, see http://www.hisa.org.au/page/bigdata2013 Registration is open and the early bird rate closes on 12 March.

The conference will focus on issues around biomedical informatics, personalised medicine, health 2.0/participatory health, data governance, data analytics and healthier outcomes. The main themes of the conference are:

1. New data sourcing: social media, genomics
2. Technology and algorithms: NLP, text analytics, data mining, etc
3. Applications: personalised medicine, clinical research, education
4. Ethical legal issues, quality, risk, allocation, governance

HISA’s annual HIC event will be held on 15 July – 18 July 2013 in Adelaide at the Adelaide Convention Centre, with the primary theme of Digital Health Service Delivery – The Future Is Now! The Call for Submissions is open, and closes on 18 February, 2013. See http://www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2013papers for full details.