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1. MedInfo2010
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Items:
a] Thanks, round-up
b] Medinfo feedback request
c] Continuing discussions on Medinfo2010 themes and issues
2. News from the 2010 IMIA GA
a] New members
b] Board changes
c] WG/SIG news
3. Professor Hans Åhlfeldt4. Forthcoming events5. IMIA-LAC leadership changes
a] IMIA Working Group activities
b] Regional events
c] National/international events
d] Calls for Papers/Submissions
6. Journals
7. Next bulletin
1. MedInfo2010
a] Thanks, round-up
Medinfo2010 is over. For many of us, after all the lead-up, it undoubtedly went by far too fast. IMIA would like to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to all who were involved in making the event - the first African Medinfo - a great success. IMIA would like, in particular, to thank all the members of the Local Organising Committee (LOC), chaired by Lyn Hanmer and Brenda Faye, for all their hard work and dedication, leading up to, and during the event. Working with the LOC to ensure the success of the event were the staff of The Conference Company, to whom we also express our sincere thanks and appreciation for all their hard work.
As Medinfos are IMIA's premier scientific event, we also express our thanks and appreciation to the members of the Scientific Programme Committee, chaired by Riccardo Bellazzi and Johanna Westbrook; the Editorial Committee, lead by Charles Safran; Tutorial Chair Heather Strachan and Student Paper Competition Chair Dominik Aronsky; and all others who had an active role in working together, and with the LOC, to ensure the success of the event and its many associated activities, meetings, etc.
Finally, we would like to thank all those who attended Medinfo2010 and made it such a memorable event.
b] Medinfo feedback request
IMIA is continually seeking to improve Medinfo events. We therefore invite your feedback on any aspects of Medinfo2010 - in particular, as we look to Medinfo2013, and beyond to the new biennial Medinfos, we would like any suggestions on how to further improve the scientific content, delivery, structure, etc. of future Medinfos. All comments can be sent to: medinfo@imia-services.org
c] Continuing discussions on Medinfo2010 themes and issues
Medinfo-AMIA bridge http://grou.ps/medinfo2amia2010
This collaborative space has been refocused following Medinfo2010, and is now is dedicated to exploring themes in international informatics in the context of the Medinfo2010 and AMIA2010 conferences. From 27 September to 24 October, 2010, there will be two moderated discussions. The first, on Global Approaches to Using Informatics to Support Quality and Safety, will run from Monday 27 Sept. to Sunday, 10 October. The second, on mHealth, will run from Monday 11 October to Sunday 24 October.
If you wish to participate in these discussions, you can sign up for an account through the about URL. Issues from these discussions, and summaries of Medinfo2010, will contribute to sessions at AMIA2010, and we will be then exploring future collaborations/explorations of the issues. This initiative is being lead by Gil Kuperman, AMIA2010 SPC Chair.
You can also continue discussions at:
Medinfo2010 Facebook event page - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=227856279989
Medinfo2010 LinkedIn group - http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3175343
2. News from the 2010 IMIA GA
Expanded news items about the following, and other news from the GA meeting, will appear on the IMIA News site in the coming days.
a] New members
Several new IMIA members were admitted to IMIA at the 2010 GA meeting in Cape Town. These include:
- Chilean Health Informatics Society (Asociación Chilena de Informática en Salud - ACHISA) (http://www.achisa.org) - IMIA Representative: Dr. Verónica Rojas
- Mexican Medical Informatics Association (Asociación Mexicana de Informática Médica) (AMIM) (http://www.amim.mx) - IMIA Representative: Amado Espinosa
- Thai Medical Informatics Association (TMI) (http://www.tmi.or.th) - IMIA Representative: Dr. Boonchai Kijsanayotin
- Togolese Association of Medical Informatics and Telemedicine (ATIM-TELEMED) - IMIA Representative:Koumaada Walimba Badombena-Wanta
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Department of Health Informatics, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaIMIA Representative : Dr. Fernán Gónzalez Bernaldo de Quirós, Vice Director for Strategic Planning
- Institute of Health "Carlos III", Bioinformatics and Public Health Dept., (Instituto de Salud Carlos III Area de Bioinformática y Salud), Madrid, Spain (http://www.isciii.es) - IMIA Representative: Dr Fernando Martin-Sánchez, Head of the Medical Bioinformatics Department
We welcome them to the IMIA community and look forward to their active participation in IMIA activities.
b] Board changes
At the end of Medinfo2010, the following changes became effective:
IMIA President - Prof. Dr. Antoine Geissbuhler
IMIA Past President - Prof. Dr. Reinhold Haux
IMIA VP Medinfo - Dr. Ricardo Bellazzi
IMIA VP Special Affairs - Prof. Arie Hasman
Also changing during Medinfo, Dr Carol Hullin replaces Dr Alvaro Margolis as the VP/Regional Liaison from IMIA-LAC.
IMIA expresses its thanks to retiring Board members for all their hard work during their terms of office: Prof. Enrico Coiera (past VP Medinfo) and Prof. Hiroshi Takeda (past VP Special Affairs), and to Alvaro for his work with IMIA-LAC.
c] WG/SIG news
Several new WGs were approved by the IMIA GA meeting in Cape Town:
- Social Media WG - Chair Chris Paton (New Zealand), Vice chair Francisco J. Grajales III (Canada)
- Wearable sensors in healthcare WG - Chair Michael Marschollek (Germany)
- Critical Care Informatics WG - Chair Reza Shahpori (Canada)
The following chairs and vice chairs were also approved:
- Simon de Lusignan (UK) as Vice Chair of Primary Care WG for the period of 2010-2013;
- Julian Dorado of Spain as Chair of Informatics in Genomic Medicine WG for the period of 2010-2013;
- Lewis Frey of USA as Vice Chair of Informatics in Genomic Medicine WG for the period of 2010-2013;
- Olivier Bodenreider as Chair of Medical Concept Representation WG for the period of 2010-2013.
Work is also underway to re-activate the Mental Health Informatics WG (to be lead by Kannan Subramaniam (New Zealand) and to reactivate and refocus the Telematics in Health Care WG.
Information on WGs will be updated on the IMIA website, and the WG chairs are the first points of contact for their respective groups.
d] Statutes changes approved
The new IMIA Statutes were approved by the GA meeting, following discussions and comments and recommendations from several members.
3. Professor Hans Åhlfeldt
Erik Sundvalls, of Linköpings University, Sweden, sends the following sad news:
Professor Hans Åhlfeldt, head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Linköping University in Sweden, died Friday the 24:th
of September due to his rapidly worsening illness detected a few months ago. Hans will be greatly missed by his family and colleagues
in Sweden and all over the world.
Please share memories of Hans on the memorial page at http://hans.imt.liu.se/
Your contribution of thoughts is appreciated by family and friends no matter how short or simple they might seem to yourself - you are
always welcome back with more detailed memories or thoughts later.
The funeral will be held south of Linköping, Sweden, the 15th of October 2010, see http://hans.imt.liu.se/
4. Forthcoming events
a] Regional events
The next APAMI General Assembly will be held at Daegu, Korea, where HIMSS AsiaPAC 2010 is going to be held on 26-28 October, 2010. The meeting will include selection of the venue for the APAMI2012 conference. See http://www.apami.org
The next MIE (Medical Informatics Europe) will be MIE2011 - http://www.mie2011.org/ - Oslo, Norway on 28-321 August, 2011. Call for papers opens October 15, 2010 and closes January 30, 2011.
b] National/international events
A selection of forthcoming events; more information is on the IMIA and IMIA News websites, and in the Methods Calendar of Events.
XII Brazilian Health Informatics Conference - 18-22 October. Pernambuco, Brazil. http://www.sbis.org.br/cbis2010
NEW: INFOMEDICA 2010 - 20-21 October. Guadalajara, Mexico. http://www.amim.mx
HINZ2010 - 2-4 November, 2010. Wellington, New Zealand. http://www.hinz.org.nz/page/conference - see IMIA News at http://wp.me/pvCUS-rg
AMIA2010 - 13-17 November, 2010. Washington DC, USA. http://symposium2010.amia.org/
IFHRO 2010 - 15-19 November, 2010. Milan, Italy. http://www.ifhro2010.it Preliminary programme at http://wp.me/pvCUS-pE
Medicine 2.0'10 - 29-30 November. Maastricht, The Netherlands. http://www.medicine20congress.com
ITCH 2011 - 24-27 February, 2011. Victoria BC, Canada. http://itch.uvic.ca/index.php
HIMSS11; Annual Conference and Exhibition - 20-24 February, 2011. Orange County Convention Center, Orlando FL, USA. http://www.himssconference.org
EFMI 2011 STC Special Topic Conference - 14-15 April, 2011. Lasko, Slovenia. http://www.stc2011.org
c] Calls for Papers/Submissions
ITCH2011 - For the first time in its 24 year history, the Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH 2011) conference will include a Professional (non-student) Poster Session. An abstract, no longer than 500 words, that describes each poster presentation must be submitted for review by November 1, 2010. Full details are at http://itch.uvic.ca/Postersession.php
5. IMIA-LAC leadership changes
The new IMIA-LAC leadership, elected at the IMIA-LAC GA meeting held during Medinfo 2010, comprises:Dr. Carol Hullin, President (Chile)Dr. Amado Espinosa, Secretary (Mexico)Dr. Osmán Arguello, Treasurer (Venezuela)
Further information on IMIA-LAC activities is at http://www.imia-lac.net
6. Journals and eTOC
IMIA has three official journals: Methods of Information in Medicine (http://www.methods-online.com/) and Applied Clinical Informatics (http://www.aci-journal.org/) (Schattauer Publishers Stuttgart) and Elsevier Science's International Journal of Medical Informatics (http://www.ijmijournal.com/home).
ACI and Methods of Information in Medicine, both published by Schattauer, have eTOC (electronic tables of contents). To keep up to date on the latest changes, new articles, etc., you can subscribe to these - http://bit.ly/diZQse You can choose to subscribe to the ACI eTOC, the Methods eTOC, or both – and similar listings for other journals. The websites of both journals also have full information on subscribing, and for authors interested in publishing.
ACI - the third issue of ACI (vol 1. issue 3) is now available on the journal website. See http://www.aci-journal.org The articles of first two issues (Vol. 0, issue 1, 2009 and Vol. 1, issue 1, 2010) remain freely accessible for download - via 'Archive' link on ACI website.
IMIA members' benefits:
- 50% discount on subscription rate for Individuals; US$ 17,48 instead of US$ 34,45
- 50% discount on subscription rate for Institutions, US$ 401,70 instead of US$ 803,40.See fuller item at http://wp.me/pvCUS-r1
ACI has a Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/ACIJournal
METHODS - Volume 49, Issue 4 is available at: http://www.methods-online.com There are several free downloads.
A number of IMIA WGs also have official journals. Informatics in Primary Care, published by Radcliffe Publishing is the journal of the IMIA Primary Health Care Informatics WG: http://www.radcliffe-oxford.com/journals/j12_informatics_in_primary_care/ The Editor is Simon de Lusignan. Full text articles from the May 2009 issue and earlier issues are freely available. Many articles will be of interest to a wide audience, not just those working in primary care.
JAMIA, the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is published by the BMJ Group - http://jamia.bmj.com/ AMIA members must access JAMIA from myamia.org. Non-members must gain access to the journal by purchasing an annual subscription for both online and print editions.
7. November 2010 bulletin
The November 2010 bulletin will be published on 01 November (approx., depending on time zones, as it will be sent from the HINZ conference in New Zealand). For more frequent news updates, and subscription options by email, RSS feeds, etc., see the IMIA News site at http://imianews.wordpress.com/
If you have items to be included in the bulletin, please submit to news@imia-services.org by 29 October.
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END OF IMIA News Bulletin, October 2010
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NI2012 - Montreal, Canada - June 23-27, 2012 - http://www.ni2012.org
Medinfo2013 - Copenhagen, Denmark - September 8-12, 2013 - http://www.medinfo2013.dk
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