[Iefac.list] Health Informatics - Paper and Poster deadline extended to October 1 - SHILAC 2015 in San Juan, PR Nov 20-22

Tue Sep 22 17:49:31 EDT 2015

*Call for Papers and Extended Abstracts*

*2nd International Symposium of*

*Health Informatics in Latin America and the Caribbean*

*November 20-22, San Juan, Puerto Rico*

*San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino*

*Important Dates*

*Paper and Poster deadline: *October 1, 2015

The proceedings of the works presented will published in the *Journal of
Health Sciences of Puerto Rico* (*http://prhsj.rcm.upr.edu/*
<http://prhsj.rcm.upr.edu/>*). *(See details below.)

*Paper and Poster decision: *October 12, 2015

*For questions and information, please contact us at **info at shilac.org
<info at shilac.org>.*

*The Symposium on Health Informatics in Latin America and the Caribbean
(SHILAC 2015) *bridges medicine and computing to showcase health
informatics research in Latin America and the Caribbean. The symposium’s
hallmark event is its international and interdisciplinary brainstorming
session to identify the most pressing health issues facing the region
today.

For the first time, San Juan, Puerto Rico will be host city for this
important event that will draw business and medical professionals,
developers, decision makers, government officials from a variety of areas
as well as programming students to discuss and plan technological solutions
to some of the most pressing of health issues. The conference will feature
renowned speakers and leaders in Health Informatics from Latin and North
America to inspire lively discussion and creative solutions.
Simultaneously, a hackathon named *Hacking Medicine in the Caribbean* will
feature a team-based approach to implementing some of these solutions.

*We are soliciting papers and extended abstracts that address all aspects
of health informatics in Latin America and the Caribbean. *Any research
that speaks to the health disparities in Latin America and the Caribbean
and helps to build collaborations to identify issues in medicine and
healthcare in the region is welcomed, including but not limited to the
following topics:

1.     Public health informatics

2.     eHealth projects

3.     Digital agenda in health sector

4.     Telemedicine projects

5.     Translational bioinformatics

6.     Clinical research informatics

7.     Clinical informatics

8.     Healthcare Management informatics

9.     Medical informatics

10.   Biomedical informatics

11.   Cloud Computing for Healthcare Informatics

12.   Nursing informatics

13.   Mobile Health

14.   Big Data Analytics

15.   Health Data Visualization

16.   Ethical and Policy Issues

17.   Workflow and Human Factors

18.   Healthcare Policy Issues

19.   Informatics Education & Workforce Development

20.   Healthcare Security and Privacy

21.   Simulation and Modeling

22.   Disaster Preparedness and Management

23.   Any research that addresses the objectives of the conference which
are to showcase solutions that have worked to address health disparities in
Latin America and the Caribbean and to build collaborations to identify and
address concerns in medicine and healthcare in these regions.

*Paper Submission Guidelines*

Papers to be presented at the Symposium (maximum 8-pages) will be submitted
for a double-blind review by the Program Committee.  The work must be
original, and not published previously (abstracts, lectures, thesis
permitted). Authors must be registered for the Full Conference Registration
fee. Authors must commit to present their paper.

*Poster (Extended Abstracts) Submission Guidelines*

Extended Abstracts submitted for the poster sessions (maximum 2-pages) will
be submitted to double-blind review by the Program Committee. The Abstracts
will be published in the proceedings. Authors must be registered for the
Full Conference Registration fee. Authors must commit to present their
poster.

*Publications*

*The proceedings of the works presented will published in the Journal of
Health Sciences of Puerto Rico (**http://prhsj.rcm.upr.edu/*
<http://prhsj.rcm.upr.edu/>*).  *The journal is online and open access.  It
is published by the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus and
is indexed in PubMed, Index Medicus, MEDLINE, SCOPUS, Index Pharmacus,
Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch®) and Journal Citation
Reports/Science Edition.  While papers may be submitted in English, Spanish
or Portuguese, the journal will only publish papers in English, but contain
an abstract in the three languages.

*Presentation Policy*

*All authors are expected to present their work within the Symposium
schedule.  Authors whose papers are accepted will be eligible for a travel
scholarship to SHILAC 2015.*

*Important Dates*

*Paper and Poster deadline: *October 1, 2015

*Paper and Poster decision: *October 12, 2015

*For questions and information, please contact us at **info at shilac.org
<info at shilac.org>.*

-- 
Lourdes A. Medina, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
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