MI 2012 - International Workshop on Medical Informatics

International Workshop on Medical Informatics
In conjunction with
The Fourth International Conference on Networked Digital Technologies
(NDT 2012)
April 24-26, 2012
Dubai
Workshop Aim and Scope
The main objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers from academia, industry and government institutions to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Medical Informatics. The workshop will have special focus on practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted in this field.
Areas of Interest
The workshop program invites papers on various topics of interest to this Workshop including, but not limited to:
Computer Applications in Public Health
Hospital-based Clinical Record Systems
Healthcare Practice Management Systems
Interoperable Health Systems
Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Technology
Tele-health, E-prescribing and Patient Portals
Computing for Public Health Awareness
Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare
Artificial intelligence in Medical Informatics
Mobile Healthcare Services
Virtual Reality in Medicine
Healthcare Monitoring
Computer Assisted Intervention Systems and Robotics
Models and Systems for Healthcare Collaboration
Decision-Support Systems
Organizational Structures for Medical Informatics
Wireless Computing in Health Care Practice
Human performance engineering for Healthcare
Telemedicine
Bio-Ontology and Data Mining
Modeling and Simulation
Visual information interpretation
Human factors in systems
Security Issues in Health Care Network Development
Coding, Certification, and Healthcare Standards
Important Dates
Paper Submission Deadline: December 31, 2011
Paper Acceptance Notification: January 31, 2012
Camera-ready Paper Submissions: February 25, 2012
Submission Instructions
Submitted paper should not exceed 15 pages, including illustrations. Papers should be submitted electronically as MS word. All papers will be fully refereed by a minimum of two specialized referees. Before final acceptance, all referees' comments must be considered. Accepted papers will be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) of Springer LNCS.
Authors should format the papers according to the Springer template.
The detailed instruction for authors is available at Information for LNCS Authors
Program Committee
Chair:
Arnold Kim, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute (TBRRI), Ontario, Canada.
Co-Chairs:
Sabah Mohammed, Lakehead University, Canada
Richard Khoury, Lakehead University, Canada
Jinan Fiaidhi, Lakehead University, Canada
Kyle Galvin, Lakehead University, Canada