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VPH NoE News: STC2012 - deadline for papers 24 December 2011

11th International Special Topic Conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics in Moscow (18-21 April 2012.)

Conference theme - Large Scale Projects in eHealth Partnership for Modernisation.

The aim of the EFMI special topic conferences (STC) is to provide a forum to discuss achievements and actual experiences on specific topics in Medical Informatics in Europe (MIE). Its basis is innovative methods and approaches. STC enhances the communication among the professional communities of health informatics.

STC2012 -carrying on the traditional series of EFMI STC conferences- is one of the most important European events in the common sphere of medicine and informatics. Its major goal is to increase interaction and collaboration among professionals from both health and ICT. The STC conferences are organised in close collaboration with EFMI working groups.

The theme of the STC 2012 is the implementation experience of large scale eHealth projects. These large scale projects can be described by its size, its effects, its complexity, its duration etc. eHealth projects contribute to the success and sustainability of the future health care system. Large scale projects are mostly accompanied by small and dedicated initiatives and solutions. STC2012 will try to bring experience, innovation, new concepts and actual research and development into a discussion resulting in constructive results for a partnership for modernisation.

The objective of the conference is to highlight large scale projects supporting the use of information and communication technology (eHealth) at national, regional, and especially at international level. It will result in requirements for national and regional solutions for medical informatics and health information management.

For further information on the STC2012 and how to participate please see the attached call for paper and participation. (Please note that there is a tight deadline for papers (24/12/2011).

For more information please download the document in the following link