AIS-SIGhealth

Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems

By Alex Mcleod

Globalization, Knowledge Sharing, and Inclusion:Building on the Mediterranean Ethos Tel-Aviv-Yafo, Israel - September 12-14, 2010 

Health Informatics Track Track Chairs: Moshe Leshno, Tel-Aviv Univ. Israel & Elena Karahanna,

• Adoption, implementation, use, and impact of Electronic health record systems (EHR, EMR, EPJ) in the region
• Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) and real-time analytics: lessons learned in the region
• Adoption, implementation, use, and impact of Computerized Provider Order Entry Systems
• Adoption, implementation, and use of telemedicine for improved access to healthcare
• Adoption, Implementation, and Use of Healthcare IT by hospitals, clinics, and physicians in the region
• Automating provider workflow in multi-language settings, difficult political, economic, or social environments
• IT-enabled mechanisms that provide greater access to and models for healthcare delivery in the region
• Successful regional standards, policies, and practices
• Role of IS in addressing coordination issues among providers, physicians, laboratories, and insurers
• Assessing the role, impact, and methods of using IS for detecting and preventing clinical errors
• Impact of IT adoption and use on healthcare efficiency, cost, and quality
• Use of IT (electronic communities, etc) in clinical trials
• Computer based simulation and modeling for healthcare treatment, training, and optimization
• Models, methodologies, and standards for various types of healthcare IT

Conference Submissions (via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=mcis2010)The conference invites paper, panel, and workshop submissions on a broad range of IS themes relevant to IS research and education. Submissions with a focus on policy and practice in the Mediterranean region are especially welcome. Types of contributions, in English, via the EasyChair Submission System: 

Important Due Dates- Deadline for submissions: May 15, 2010- Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2010- Camera-ready versions: July 15, 2010 

Proceedings Conference Proceedings will be published online. The proceedings (ISBN 978-965-555-474-8) will be listed in major citation databases such as EBSCO, ABI Inform, etc.  For more information on the conference, please visit http://www.mcis2010.org/ 

The American Medical Informatics Association’s (AMIA) People and Organizational Working Group along with the International Medical
Informatics Association’s (IMIA) Organizational and Social Issues Working Group with support from the National Science Foundation is proud to sponsor the 2010 Doctoral Consortium on Sociotechnical Issues in Medical Informatics (http://faculty.ist.psu.edu/reddy/amia/).

The Doctoral Consortium is a forum in which doctoral students can meet and discuss their work with each other and with a panel of experienced researchers. We welcome applicants from a broad range of disciplines and approaches that inform medical informatics, including the social sciences, humanities, computer and information sciences, clinical sciences, law, and related fields. Applicants should be past the candidacy stage and near their thesis proposal defense. If you would like to apply but do not meet this criteria, please contact the Consortium Chair. The Consortium committee will select approximately 10-12 participants who will be expected to give short, informal presentations of their work during the Consortium.

There are a variety of benefits to students participating in the Consortium including:

1. Participants will receive valuable feedback on their research from both their peers and faculty mentors.
2. The Consortium will pay AMIA conference registration fees. We will also reimburse a portion of the hotel and and airfare for domestic (US) participants.
3. Accepted papers will have an extended abstract printed in the AMIA advance and onsite programs. The papers will also be listed on the consortium website.
4. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and network with peers and senior AMIA members.

The Consortium will be held on November 13, 2010 in conjunction with the American Medical Informatics (AMIA) 2008 Annual Symposium (http://symposium2010.amia.org/) in Washington DC Nov 13-17.

Important Dates

Final deadline for submission : June 30, 2010
Notification of acceptance    : July 15, 2010
Camera-ready paper due        : August 1, 2010
Doctoral Consortium           : November 13, 2010
AMIA’10                       : November 13-17, 2010