The ETC15 conference on Telemedicine is an interdisciplinary forum for healthcare professionals, directors, managers, and researchers with the intent of bringing together governmental leaders, healthcare delivery organizations, and academic research initiatives. ETC15 highlights research and operational evidence from innovative healthcare solutions. As such the goal is to address challenges and findings from new product development, effect oriented studies, and operational experiences. An international program committee will judge the abstracts submitted. The best abstracts will be selected for oral presentation. The remaining accepted abstracts will be presented as posters at the conference. Accepted ETC15 abstracts will be published in a supplement to International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC). Areas of general interest to ETC15 include studies and other activities related to development, assessment and implementation of telemedicine and health informatics in general. More specialized topics within ETC15 include, but are not limited to:
• Participatory design
• Implementation studies
• Assessment of the effectiveness of telemedicine
• Economic evaluation of telemedicine
• Clinical telemedicine practice
• Medical connectivity
• Enabling technologies
• Health policy and regulation
• Monitoring
• Health informatics
• Clinical decision support systems
• Knowledge management
• Evidence-based practice
• Assistive technology
• Design and development of methodologies for healthcare IT