******* ICHI 2014 - CALL FOR PAPERS *******

IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics
September 15 - 17, 2014 Verona, Italy
http://ichi2014.di.univr.it


ICHI 2014 is the premier community forum concerned with the application of computer science principles, information science principles, information technology, and communication technology to address problems in healthcare, public health, and everyday wellness. The conference highlights the most novel technical contributions in computing-oriented health informatics and the related social and ethical implications.
ICHI 2014 serves as a venue for the discussion of innovative technical contributions highlighting end-to-end applications, systems, and technologies, even if available only in prototype form (e.g., a system is not deployed in production mode and/or evaluation may be performed by giving examples). We strongly encourage authors to submit their original contributions describing their algorithmic contributions, methodological contributions, and well-founded conjectures based on an application-oriented context. A paper does not have to be comprehensive and can focus on a single aspect of design, development, evaluation, or deployment.
Contributions in the realm of social and behavioral issues might include empirical studies of health-related information use and needs, socio-technical studies on the implementation and use of health information technology, studies on health informatics in the context of community impact and implications, studies on public policies on leveraging health informatics infrastructure, among others.
Specific topics of interest for this conference cover various facets of health informatics research, including but not limited to the following:
- Information technologies for healthcare delivery and management
- Health data acquisition and visualization, data analytics, data mining, and machine learning
- Healthcare data&knowledge management and decision support
- Health information systems
- Healthcare communication networks and environments
- Interactions with health information technologies

Papers should be submitted electronically via the EasyChair system at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ichi2014

A suitable link to the submission page is also in the Conference website at http://ichi2014.di.univr.it

Selected papers in ICHI 2014 will be invited to submit the extended version to some journal special issues.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission deadline: March 4, 2014 11:59pm EST
Paper submission deadline: March 20, 2014 11:59pm EST
Notification of acceptance: May 20, 2014 11:59pm EST
Camera-ready copy due: June 17, 2014 11:59pm EST


General Co-Chairs
Carlo Combi, University of Verona, Italy
Shusaku Tsumoto, Shimane University, Japan

Program Committee Co-Chairs
Silvia Miksch, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Riccardo Bellazzi, University of Pavia, Italy
Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Poster and Demo Chair
Shipeng Yu, Siemens Healthcare, USA

Workshop Chairs
Giuseppe Pozzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Guanling Chen, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA

Tutorial Chair
Prasanna Desikan, Allina Health, USA

Doctoral Consortium Chairs
David Buckeridge, McGill University, Canada
William Cheung, Hong Kong Baptist University, China

Local Arrangements Chair
Roberto Posenato, University of Verona, Italy

Publicity Chair
Jose Juarez, University of Murcia, Spain

Proceedings Chair
Ritu Khare, National Institutes of Health, USA

Registration Chair
Gabriele Pozzani, University of Verona, Italy

Treasurer
Barbara Oliboni, University of Verona, Italy

Web Chairs
Pietro Sala, University of Verona, Italy
Alberto Sabaini, University of Verona, Italy

Social Media Chair
Atif Khan, University of Waterloo, Canada