*** USAB 2011 Information Quality in eHealth ***

Venue: LKH-University Hospital Graz
organized by
Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation
Medical University Graz
(Graz University Hospital is amongst the largest in Europe)

Date: November, 25-26 (Fr-Sa), 2011

Web: http://www.meduni-graz.at/imi/usab2011

Keynote: Vimla PATEL & Edward SHORTLIFFE
School of Biomedical Informatics,
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Special Thematic Sessions, Tutorials and Workshop-Proposals welcome.

Best Paper Award - Best Presentation Award - Best Tutorial Award.

Doctoral Students Session (with a prize in this category)

Christkindlmarkt opening on Saturday evening.

This conference will be different:

The conference will focus on the hypothesis that modern information management can bridge the hiatus theoreticus, the gap between scientific and theoretical knowledge in medicine on one hand and its application within medical practice on the other hand.

In their daily routines, medical practitioners are confronted with individuals, who exhibit variations in the expressions of diseases with respect to etiology, symptoms, the course of the disease as well as psycho-social aspects, requiring the tailoring of scientific knowledge to personalize practicable diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions. Crucial to this process is the usability of information, extracting maximum potential for the highest quality outcome. We challenge the scientific community to present outstanding ideas and solutions for information usage in the context of:
Information Usability & ...

* ... Accessibility
* ... Clinical Routine, Pathways and Workflows
* ... Decision Making Support
* ... (Governmental) Health Services
* ... Medical Education
* ... Privacy, Safety and Security
* ... Visualization, Perception and Cognitive Science
* ... Patient Empowerment.

All submissions will be reviewed by at least three independent reviewers. Accepted contributions will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

More information see:
http://www.meduni-graz.at/imi/usab2011

Note: We will send you the plain Call for Papers in a separate e-Mail for easy distribution.

We cordially welcome you to Graz
Best regards
Andreas Holzinger & Klaus-Martin Simonic
(USAB 2011 Co-Chairs)

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Assoc.Prof.Dr.Andreas HOLZINGER, PhD, MSc, MPh, BEng, CEng, DipEd, MBCS
Head Research Unit Human-Computer Interaction
Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation (IMI)
Medical University Graz (MUG)
Auenbruggerplatz 2/V, A-8036 Graz (Austria)
Phone: ++43 316 385 13883, Fax: ++43 316 385 13590
http://hci4all.at
http://user.meduni-graz.at/andreas.holzinger
Enjoy Thinking. Taming Information. Support Knowledge.
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