http://www.licensedpracticalnurse.org/nursing-informatics

    Editors: 

  Athina Lazakidou, Ph.D, University of Peloponnese, Department of Nursing, Sparti, Greece

Konstantinos Siassiakos, Ph.D, University of Piraeus, Department of Informatics, Piraeus, Greece

Konstantinos Ioannou, Ph.D, University of Patras, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Patra, Greece

Introduction

Improving the quality of life for disabled and the increasing fraction of elderly people is becoming a more and more essential task for today’s European societies, as Europe and industrialized countries worldwide are confronted with a demographic shift. The consequence of increasing life expectancy and decreasing birth rates is an EU population that is becoming increasingly older. On the social side of this issue, it is important for all these people having the need to be supported in their daily-life-activities to remain integrated in social life – despite of their age and existing disabilities. On the economical side, ageing has enormous implications, since not only the income side of social schemes is affected but also expenditures: health care systems for instance, are concerned. Facing these challenges of ageing societies there exist areas of opportunity, where technological and social-economic innovation can enhance the quality of life of older and impaired people, mitigate the economic problems of an ageing population and create new economic and business opportunities.

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) includes assistance to carry out daily activities, health and activity monitoring, enhancing safety and security, getting access to social, medical and emergency systems, and facilitating social contacts. Receiving social and/or medical support in various new intelligent ways consequently contributes to independent living and quality of life for many elderly and disabled people. Overall, AAL can improve the quality of life of elderly people at home and reduces the need of caretakers, personal nursing.

The proposed book focuses on emerging wireless technologies and innovative wireless solutions for smart home environments.

Overall Objectives and Mission

The proposed book will provide a compendium of terms, definitions and explanations of concepts, processes and acronyms. Additionally, this volume will feature chapters (each chapter consists of 7,000-10,000 words) authored by leading experts offering an in-depth description of key terms and concepts related to different areas, issues and trends in Wireless Technologies and Systems for Ambient Assisted Living.

The new book will be an excellent source of comprehensive knowledge and literature on the topic of Wireless Computing in the area of Health Care and Assisted Living.

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before November 30, 2008, a 2-page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by December 30, 2008  about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by February 28, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global, http://www.igi-pub.com/  in 2009.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

•  Innovative E-Health & Telemedicine Services, Applications & Products
•  Wireless Technologies and Architectures for Health Monitoring Systems
•  Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks in Smart Living Space
•  RFID Technologies for Smart Living Space
•   Wireless Networks and Mobile Co Wireless
•   Security in Smart Living Space
•   Interoperability Issues
•   Testbed/Experimental Results
•   Performance Evaluation of QoS
•   Real Time Multimedia Services
•   Security in Wireless Communications

Inquiries and chapter proposal submissions can be sent to one of the following editors:

All Information about the ISHIMR’ 2008 can be found at:

http://iims.massey.ac.nz/research/iSHMIR%202008/Home.html

Pervasive healthcare is an emerging research discipline, focusing on the development and application of pervasive and ubiquitous computing technology for healthcare and wellness. Pervasive healthcare seeks to respond to a variety of pressures on healthcare systems, including the increased incidence of life-style related and chronic diseases, emerging consumerism in healthcare, need for empowering patients and relatives for self-care and management of their health, and need to provide seamless access for health care services, independent of time and place.

Pervasive healthcare may be defined from two perspectives. First, it is the development and application of pervasive computing (or ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence) technologies for healthcare, health and wellness management. Second, it seeks to make healthcare available to anyone, anytime, and anywhere by removing locational, time and other restraints while increasing both the coverage and quality of healthcare.

The Pervasive Healthcare conference aims to gather together technology experts, practitioners, industry and national authorities contributing towards the development and application of human-centered pervasive and ubiquitous computing technology for healthcare and wellness.

Deadlines:

Paper Submission Deadline: December 5, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: February 8, 2009
Camera-ready Manuscripts due: February 27, 2009

All Information about the conference can be found at:

http://www.pervasivehealth.org/

February 19 – 22, 2009 Laurel Point Inn, Victoria, BC, Canada
An international conference addressing Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH)

Information technology affects nearly every aspect of healthcare today. Health information systems are seen by many as the critical element in improving and modernizing healthcare in Canada and internationally. In order to achieve this potential there will need to be a stronger bridge between research and practice in order to solve complex healthcare problems using technology and to develop best practices based on proven results.

This conference will be of interest and importance to all health professionals, clinicians, information technology experts, and anyone with an interest in the health care system.

More Information can be found at:

http://itch.uvic.ca/

The BioSysBio 2009 Programme Committee seeks presentations, posters and workshop sessions covering topics in all areas of Systems Biology, Synthetic Biology and Bioinformatics, including but but not restricted to:

Foundational tools and technologies

Applications

Community

The purpose of the International Conference on Health Informatics is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to healthcare and medicine in general and to the specialized support to persons with special needs in particular.
Databases, networking, graphical interfaces, intelligent decision support systems and specialized programming languages are just a few of the technologies currently used in medical informatics. Mobility and ubiquity in healthcare systems, standardization of technologies and procedures, certification, privacy are some of the issues that medical informatics professionals and the ICT industry in general need to address in order to further promote ICT in healthcare.

More Information about the conference can be found at:

http://www.healthinf.org/

2-6 September 2009, Mineapolis, Minnesaota, USA

Conference Theme: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine

More Information about the EMBC’ 2009 conference at:

http://www.embc09.org/