HCist 2013 - 2013 International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies

HCist'2013 - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies - leveraging health and social care through people, processes and information systems, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 23 to 25 October, 2013.
This conference intends to attract original and relevant contributions on the technological, organizational and management dimensions of the largely multidisciplinary field of Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies.
You can consult here the list of topics/themes included in HCist'2013.
Please download here the call for papers in PDF format.
Submission Procedure:
Submissions can be made as full papers, short papers, poster papers and industry papers:
A full paper corresponds to a completed or finished research, including the discussion of research results. Full papers should have between seven and ten pages, considering the template and the guidelines provided;
A short paper introduces preliminary results of ongoing research. Short papers should be between four to six pages in length, considering the template and the guidelines provided;
A poster paper introduces initial research, ideas, and models at a discussion phase. Poster papers should be three pages in length;
An industry paper presents practical approaches to research, applications, tools, solutions, etc., aligned with the conference scope and topics. Page length can vary between four and six pages.
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their papers electronically until May 15, 2013. Just click the Submit a paper option in the author's left menu, and you'll be redirected to the HCist'2013 OpenConf management system.
Submitted papers will be reviewed by a double-blind paper evaluation method, so please be sure to provide your paper without any references to any of the authors. Please remove any authors personal details, acknowledgements sections and any (auto)reference that may disclose the authors identity. Authors will be notified by email of the review process results by June 15, 2013.
Authors of accepted papers will receive recommendations to revise their papers according to the reviewersí comments, and should submit the revised version until June 30, 2013.
Paper/Poster templates and guidelines:
Papers and posters must be written in English. Each paper should not exceed 10 pages considering the MS Word template available for download here.
Important dates:
Paper submission: May 15, 2013
Authors notification: June 15, 2013
Final camera ready submission and registration: June 30, 2013
Conference: October 23-25, 2013