HIKM has been a leading forum for academic research in the area of computing in support of healthcare in the Pacific Australasian region for over a decade. Submission of papers presenting original unpublished work is now open. Accepted papers will be published with ACM Press. Papers should address current research topics in the field of computational intelligence, big data analytics, health analytics and systems, information and knowledge management applied to healthcare. Topics include, but are not limited to:
Data science and analytics for healthcare:
• big data analytics, health analytics, knowledge discovery, data mining and visualization
• health information management
• health workflow management
• interoperability protocols, terminologies, and ontologies
• standards for healthcare computing and health data
• collections and registries, data linkage and integration
• modelling spatial biological data
• privacy / security issues on healthcare
• public and population large and big dataset predictive analytics and surveillance

Use and integration of computing in healthcare:
• biomedical devices and systems
• biotechnology and bioinformatics
• clinical and healthcare decision support systems
• conceptual models and architectures health information systems
• consumer information systems
• design and implementation for new models of care
• use and quality of health data
• electronic health records and systems
• health informatics education
• mobile platforms and BYOD in healthcare
• online and web interventions in healthcare
• telemedicine and remote healthcare services