EHealth

Conference Aims: LEARN how Web2.0 technologies will revolutionise public health, epidemiology & epidemic prediction DISCOVER new research challenges, policy drivers and eHealth business models NETWORK with healthcare corporates & SMEs, clinicians, policymakers and leading researchers ATTRACT FUNDING for research from European Commission and Investors

In its 4th year, the International eHealth Conference 2011 will bring together global healthcare organisations like WHO and ECDC with innovative eHealth companies, top medical practitioners and eHealth researchers in a unique, cutting-edge forum. Register online at:

www.electronic-health.org/registration.shtml

Programme Highlights: Keynote Speakers:
 * EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 21st 2011 **

Dr Denis Coulombier (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)

Invited Speakers:

Johan Muskens (Senior Scientist, Philips Research Europe), Patrice Cristofini (Orange Healthcare Division) Jeremy Nettle (Global Client Advisor for Healthcare, Oracle Corporation) Niell Jones (Clinical Director, First databank, UK) Frederic Lievens (Med-e-Tel) Anouk Berger (Instructional Designer, WHO) Corrine Marsolier (Director, Healthcare Solution, Cisco) Nuria Oliver (Scientific Director, Telefonic Research, Barcelona, Spain) Josette Najjar (Training and Courses Manager, Fondation Merieux) More speakers TBC

Attracting Research Funding Session:

Jenny Tooth (Angel Capital Group)

Technical Sessions: 28 research papers accepted, 8 Demos and 12 Posters. Conference Topics:

Social Networks for Epidemic Intelligence - Web Intelligence, social networks, techniques for harnessing and mining user-generated content, outbreak detection and early warning systems, data collection and analysis for surveillance and epidemiology. Web 2.0 in healthcare, well-being and online communities of practice - community of practice, Web 2.0, user support groups, blogs, personalisation and profiling, online support for healthy lifestyle, well-being and public interventions, provision of pertinent information to patients. Healthcare ontologies and knowledge management systems - annotation, health care ontologies, coding standards, personalisation. E-learning, educational tools and games, and the impact of information delivery to patients and professionals - using digital libraries in building online communities, moderated discussion groups, qualitative and quantitative evaluation studies. Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks - performance evaluation methodologies, patient/process flow models, sensor technologies and RFID tagging, mobile healthcare technologies. Privacy, trust and security - electronic patient records, models for trust and privacy, novel mobile encryption technologies, identity federation, role based access control, privacy enhancing technologies.

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To register for the conference please visit: www.electronic-health.org/registration.shtml