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We welcome feedback, and invite members' contributions for forthcoming issues. Is this email not displaying correctly? [1]View it in your browser. Links: 1. http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&= id=3D7b61b95c6a&e=3D2e5f73444e IMIA Monthly Newsletter May 2012: Issue 37 In This Issue 1. WHO Bulletin Special Theme Issue on e-health 2. APAMI-2012 Conference: Call for Papers 3. IFIP/IMIA Working Conference: Call for Papers 4. IMIA WG =E2=80=98Security in Health Information Systems (SiHIS)' Eve= nt 5. World Tech Jam; WCIT 2012 6. EJBI Call for Papers 7. NI2012 8. MIE2012 9. Medinfo 2017 Bids 10. Miscellany: short items 11. Forthcoming events a] Regional events b] National/global events 12. Next newsletter: June 2012 WHO Bulletin Special Theme Issue on e-health The Special Theme issue on e-health of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Volume 90, Number 5, May 2012, 321-400) has been published today, 01 May, 2012. The full content is available online via http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb7= 8bc&id=3Da7714017da&e=3D2e5f73444e Individual articles are readable and downloadable in a variety of formats (including HTML files, PDF files, and e-reader formats). See IMIA News item at http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090= e77cdb78bc&id=3De3f83c495f&e=3D2e5f73444e The production of this Special Theme issue has been made possible by the dedicated work of the project team over the past 18 months, lead by IMIA President Antoine Geissbuhler and Najeeb Al-Shorbaji from WHO, and involving many IMIA colleagues within the project team, as authors and as reviewers. The production was also supported financially by several donor and sponsor organisations (including PEPFAR and IDRC). The first editorial, Establishing an evidence base for e-health: the proof is in the pudding, by Najeeb Al-Shorbaji & Antoine Geissbuhler gives some of the background to the production of this Special Theme issue: http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3Ddc1b7ecf9f&e=3D2e5f73444e Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2012;90:321-321. doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.000512 APAMI-2012 Conference - Call for Papers The 7th Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics Conference (APAMI-2012) will be held at the Crowne Plaza Beijing Sun Palace, Beijing, China on October 22-25, 2012. The Call for Papers is now open - closing date for submission of FULL PAPERS is June 10, 2012. The Call for Papers (document in English) is available at http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3Dc7cca02f03&e=3D2e5f73444e [direct link to Call document= in English] Links: 6. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e= 77cdb78bc&id=3D6dc6f2d775&e=3D2e5f73444e Submission: Papers must be submitted through =E2=80=98easychair=E2=80= =99 online. The program committee and submission web page is http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3D60635c282e&e=3D2e5f73444e Inquiry Contact: Lucy Zhang Tel: 861068278214 Email: yzha0943@gmail.com The theme of the event is =E2=80=9CNew situation, New technology and Ne= w opportunity=E2=80=9D, with the emphasis on using information technology= to improve healthcare services. October is the most comfortable time of the year in Beijing. The organisers warmly welcome you to attend this event and make it a complete success. Further information on APAMI-2012 can be obtained from the conference web site: http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3D5657f571d6&e=3D2e5f73444e (Chinese version - http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3D76ee675d44&e=3D2e5f73444e for English version) IMIA members should note that the IMIA Board and General Assembly meetings will be held in conjunction with APAMI-2012. IFIP/IMIA Working Conference, Interfacing bio- and medical informatics - 2= 7 September, 2012: Call for Papers The Call for Papers is open for the IFIP/IMIA International Working Conference on Interfacing bio- and medical informatics, to be held on 27 September, 2012 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The IFIP/IMIA event will be held as part of the 22nd IFIP World Computer Congress 2012 (http://www.wcc-2012.org). Details about the Call and other information are on the IMIA News website at http://imia.us1.list-manage= =2Ecom/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Df592383d7b&e=3D= 2e5f73444e The Call for Papers closes on 15 May, 2012. Prof.dr. Arie Hasman (e-mail: a.hasman[at]amc.uva.nl) writes that the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is having its World Computer Congress WCC2012 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands ([12]www.wcc-2012.org) from 24-26 September, 2012. During the WCC2010 conference in Brisbane, Australia, IFIP and IMIA organized a joint conference for the first time in their history. This time a joint one-day associated meeting will be held on Thursday, 27 September. The topic of this meeting will be the link between bioinformatics and medical informatics. IFIP=E2=80=99s Working Groups 5.13 Bioinformatics= and its applications and IMIA=E2=80=99s Working Group on Informatics in Genomic Medicine (IGM) are working in this area and supporting this event. Contributions are solicited that cover the interface between bioinformatics and medical informatics; they can be offering research contributions as well as papers providing practical cases, and proposals for panel discussions are also invited. Links: 12. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090= e77cdb78bc&id=3D6b8e8b17c6&e=3D2e5f73444e IMIA Working Group Security in Health Information Systems (SiHIS) Event: 03-05 August, Australia The next meeting/event of the IMIA Working Group =E2=80=98Security in H= ealth Information Systems (SiHIS) will be held on 03-05 August, 2012 in the Gold Coast, Australia. This will immediately follow the HISA (Health Informatics Society of Australia) conference, which is being held on 30 July to 02 August in Sydney - http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/cli= ck?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D548da94bba&e=3D2e5f73444e The theme of the SiHIS meeting will be: Global Citizens - Accessing and Sharing Health Data Across International Borders. For further information, see http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4= 221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D66733a4a2c&e=3D2e5f73444e or contact the WG= Chair and Vice Chair (see http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f42= 21b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D3e42390e5f&e=3D2e5f73444e) World Tech Jam - Collaborative Healthcare [16]World Tech Jam Links: 16. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090= e77cdb78bc&id=3Da1e698a6e6&e=3D2e5f73444e The World Tech Jam (http://www.wcit2012.org/en/program-a-schedule/world-tech-jam), from June 5 to 7, is a large-scale digital brainstorm session where IT users and stakeholders will discuss innovations and actions that our governments, businesses and society can adopt to improve healthcare, education, smart cities & transportation, energy & sustainability as well as media & culture in the digital age. Information on the collaborative healthcare stream is at [18]http://www.wcit2012.org/en/program-a-schedule/world-tech-jam/colla= b orative-healthcare - see also http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/cl= ick?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D9138ce6069&e=3D2e5f73444e Links: 18. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090= e77cdb78bc&id=3D6a749f8529&e=3D2e5f73444e The goal: develop a Digital Society Action Plan that will create prosperity and social development for everyone. For the first time, IT users will lead the conversation! Contribute your ideas and your vision - Register to the World Tech Jam now: it's free! [20]https://www.collaborationjam.com/jam4/jam/index.action?jamId=3D172= 39# registration Links: 20. http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b8709= 0e77cdb78bc&id=3D6acb5745be&e=3D2e5f73444e EJBI Call for Papers: Standards and Solutions for eHealth Interoperability Prof. Jana Zv=C3=A1rov=C3=A1, Editor-in-Chief of EJBI, announces that t= he European Journal for Biomedical Informatics (EJBI - http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3D8ab89c3f8c&e=3D2e5f73444e), an official journal of the Europ= ean Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), seeks papers for a special issue on Standards and Solutions for eHealth Interoperability. Full information and instructions about this Call are in a PDF file in the IMIA News item at http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090= e77cdb78bc&id=3Da028e8d6ce&e=3D2e5f73444e [direct link for file= download]. The deadline for submissions is June 15 , 2012. Links: 23. http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b8709= 0e77cdb78bc&id=3Ddc3b909037&e=3D2e5f73444e Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Instructions for Authors (http://www.ejbi.eu/editorial/instructions.html ) and sent electronically to manuscripts@ejbi.org EJBI asks for papers in English version, which will be reviewed, and simultaneously the same manuscript translated in at least one other official European language. The editors of the special issue are (Head, German eHealth Competence Center, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany; Chair, CEN/ISSS eHealth Standardisation Focus Group) and Robert Stegwee (Capgemini Consulting; Professor of eHealth at University of Twente, Chair of CEN TC251 on Health Informatics). NI2012 NI2012 is now less than 8 weeks away. NI 2012 is the 11th World Congress on Nursing Informatics; it is held under the auspices of the IMIA Special Interest Group in Nursing Informatics (IMIA-NI), and will be organised by AMIA. The conference theme is Advancing Global Health Through Informatics. The NI 2012 committees are chaired by Dr Patricia Abbott, and include representatives from many countries, including USA, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, New Zealand, Slovenia, South Africa, and UK. The latest information on NI 2012 will always be on the official NI 2012 website - [25]www.ni2012.org Links: 25. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090= e77cdb78bc&id=3D87c2c0df11&e=3D2e5f73444e Key dates: 17 May 2012 - Last day of Advance Registration - via http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3D005a2cbf4c&e=3D2e5f73444e 23 - 27 June 2012 - NI 2012 in Montreal, Canada MIE2012 [27]MIE2012 Links: 27. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090= e77cdb78bc&id=3Dcc5873b2ac&e=3D2e5f73444e MIE2012, the XXIV Conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), will be held in Pisa, Italy. MIE2012 will be organised by the Italian Association for Medical Informatics (AIIM), the Italian eHealth Community, and EFMI and held from August 26th to 29th, 2012. The theme is "Quality of Life through Quality of Information" and the event website at http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/= track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3De402551bce&e=3D= 2e5f73444e Three main streams have been identified for the Conference programme: * Papers, Posters, Panels, Workshops, Short Communications, and Tutorials. * 'Village of the Future' which will try to mash-up developments to empower citizens, patients and care providers. * Commercial stream for Industrial and SME participants with the exhibition and other contributions. Registration to the conference is open; the early bird registration deadline is 07 May, 2012. Important Dates: May 7, 2012: Registration deadline for presenting authors. NB: If the author of a contribution has not registered, the contribution will be excluded. Medinfo2017 Bids Bids for Medinfo2017 are invited from eligible IMIA Member Societies. The bid documents have been sent out to all Member Society official representatives on behalf of IMIA VP Medinfo, Prof. Riccardo Bellazzi. The vote to select the host will be held at the 2012 IMIA General Assembly. Only IMIA Member Societies who are fully paid up in respect of membership fees are able to bid, as per IMIA Statutes. For future Medinfos, bids for Medinfo2019 will be considered in 2014, and for Medinfo2021 in 2016. We will ask that Member Societies intending to bid also send a short expression of interest prior to the IMIA Board meeting of 23 June in Montreal. Member Societies considering submitting bids are reminded that the location of MedInfos will typically move around the world, taking account of IMIA Regions. While there is not a strict rotation between regions, any region holding MedInfo will not be able to hold it again for 8 years (unless there are no other suitable bids). Any questions about bids should be directed to IMIA VP Medinfo, Prof. Riccardo Bellazzi (email: riccardo.bellazzi@unipv.it) Miscellany: short items (from news.imia.info) ITCH 2013 Call for Papers: The Call for Papers is available for the ITCH 2013 conference, to be held on February 21 =E2=80=93 23, 2013, venue the Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC, Canada. The themes of ITCH 2013 will be "Available, tailored and closer: enabling health and healthcare through ICT". See http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3D51696a3bbf&e=3D2e5f73444e Casemix Summerschool in Talinn, Estonia: 11-15 June, 2012 In a joint initiative, Patient Classification Systems International (PCSI =E2=80=93 http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f42= 21b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D14944a8aa2&e=3D2e5f73444e) and the EFMI Case= mix Working Group are organising a Summerschool in Talinn, Estonia from June 11 -15, 2012. See http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D= 0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D04f2dc3884&e=3D2e5f73444e HIMSS13 - Call for Proposals and Reviewers Open HIMSS13 will be held in New Orleans on 03-07 March, 2013 - the Call for Proposals and Reviewers is now open, and both close in May 2012. See http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3Dcebe00ff7c&e=3D2e5f73444e Forthcoming Events: Regional APAMI (Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics) The 2012 APAMI conference will be hosted by CMIA, China Medical Informatics Association in Beijing, China, on 24-25 October, 2012. Accordingly, the IMIA Board is provisionally scheduled to meet on October 22, and the IMIA GA on October 23. See http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3D827193401f&e=3D2e5f73444e and http://imia.us1.list-manage.co= m/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D2bbde1b95c&e=3D= 2e5f73444e EFMI (European Federation for Medical Informatics) The next MIE (Medical Informatics Europe) will be MIE2012 in Pisa, Italy on 26-29 August, 2012 - http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/cli= ck?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D3387cd54c9&e=3D2e5f73444e Forthcoming Events: National and Global We should be pleased for Member Societies and others to send information about their events, so that we can share this widely. HC2012: 02-03 May, 2012. London, UK. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/tr= ack/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D43b3d4a5ad&e=3D= 2e5f73444e ehealth2012: 10-11 May, 2012. Vienna, Austria. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3Df11276b6c2&e=3D2e5f73444e PERVASENSE2012: 21 May, 2012. San Diego, CA, USA. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3Da62d3f52cb&e=3D2e5f73444e (with IMIA Wearable Sensors WG) eHealth 2012: 27-30 May, 2012. Vancouver, Canada. http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb7= 8bc&id=3D7113542cce&e=3D2e5f73444e World Tech Jam: 05-07 June. Global online event. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3Dd5812c9a10&e=3D2e5f73444e 2012 International Casemix Summer School: 11-15 June, 2012. Talinn, Estonia. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b8709= 0e77cdb78bc&id=3D6a2a41c92d&e=3D2e5f73444e CBMS 2012: 20-22 June, 2012. Universit=C3=A0 Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy. Special Track =E2=80=9CEmerging Smart Technologies for Personalised Healthcare=E2=80=9D. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track= /click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Deff262cff7&e=3D2e5f73444e NI2012, 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics: 23-27 June, 2012. http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e= 77cdb78bc&id=3D3cf15a94d6&e=3D2e5f73444e 21st Biennial International Conference, Biosignal 2012: 28-30 June, 2012. Brno, Czech Republic. http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/clic= k?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Db6acaf5d67&e=3D2e5f73444e 7th BSI2012 (BioSignal Interpretation) Workshop: 02-04 July, 2012. Como, Italy. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b= 87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D7ec0d49d0f&e=3D2e5f73444e Surrey Informatics Summer School (SISS-2012): 09-14 July, 2012. University of Surrey, UK. http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb7= 8bc&id=3Dfecf7c2d09&e=3D2e5f73444e 22nd Annual SINI (Nursing Informatics): 18-20 July, 2012. Baltimore MD, USA. http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e7= 7cdb78bc&id=3Da10b776ed2&e=3D2e5f73444e HIC2012: 30 July - 02 August, 2012. Sydney, Australia. http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb7= 8bc&id=3D8405a612a1&e=3D2e5f73444e MIE2012: 26-29 August, 2012. Pisa, Italy. http://imia.us1.list-manage.c= om/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dd8be13374d&e=3D= 2e5f73444e Medicine 2.0'12: 15-16 September, 2012. Boston, MA, USA. http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb7= 8bc&id=3D9c85174d51&e=3D2e5f73444e GMDS 2012: 16-21 September, 2012. Braunschweig, Germany. http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb7= 8bc&id=3Db787e1354e&e=3D2e5f73444e IFIP/IMIA Working Conference: 27 September, 2012. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221= b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dca4b84b46b&e=3D2e5f73444e Submission deadline= 15 May, 2012 APAMI-2012: 22-25 October, 2012. Beijing, China. http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78= bc&id=3Db99e9e6d09&e=3D2e5f73444e Paper submission deadline 10 June,= 2012 WCIT 2012 (World Congress on Information Technology): 22-24 October, 2012. Montreal, Canada. http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u= =3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D3422556a3b&e=3D2e5f73444e AMIA2012 Annual Symposium: 03-07 November, 2012. 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We welco= me feedback, and invite members' contributions for forthcoming issues.= <br> </div> </td> <!-- --> =09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<td valign=3D"top" width=3D"150"> =09<div style=3D"color: #CCCCC= C;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 10px;line-height: 100%;text-align: left;= "> =09Is this email not displ= aying correctly?<br><a href=3D"http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3D0603f= 4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D7b61b95c6a&e=3D2e5f73444e" target=3D"_blank" style= =3D"color: #EEEEEE;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">View i= t in your browser</a>. </div> </td> =09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<!-- --> </tr> </table> =09<!-- // End Module: Standard Preheader= \ --> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- // End Template Preheader \\ --> =09<table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing= =3D"0" width=3D"600" id=3D"templateContainer" style=3D"background-color: #= FFFFFF;"> =09<tr> =09<td align=3D"center" valign=3D"top"> <!-- // Begin Template Header \\ --> =09<table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" c= ellspacing=3D"0" width=3D"600" id=3D"templateHeader" style=3D"background-c= olor: #10263F;border-bottom: 0;"> <tr> <td class=3D"headerContent"> =09<div style=3D"color: #FFFFF= F;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 10= 0%;padding-top: 30px;padding-right: 20px;padding-bottom: 30px;padding-left= : 20px;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;"><h1 class=3D"h1" style= =3D"color: #FFFFFF;display: block;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 24px;fon= t-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bott= om: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-align: center;"> =09<img alt=3D"" height=3D"85" src=3D"http://gallery.mailchimp.com/0603f42= 21b87090e77cdb78bc/images/header_bg.1.png" style=3D"width: 600px;height: 8= 5px;border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;line-height: 100%;outline: none;= text-decoration: none;max-width: 600px;" width=3D"600"><br> =09IMIA Monthly Newsletter</h1> May 2012: Issue 37 </div> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- // End Template Header \\ --> </td> </tr> =09<tr> =09<td align=3D"center" valign=3D"top"> <!-- // Begin Template Body \\ --> =09<table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" c= ellspacing=3D"0" width=3D"600" id=3D"templateBody" style=3D"border: 1px so= lid #10263F;"> =09<tr> =09<td valign=3D"top"> <table border=3D"0" cellpa= dding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tr> <td valign=3D"top"= class=3D"bodyContent" style=3D"background-color: #FFFFFF;"> <!-- // Begin= Module: Standard Content \\ --> <table border= =3D"0" cellpadding=3D"20" cellspacing=3D"0" width=3D"100%"> <tr> <td va= lign=3D"top"> =09=09=09 <div= style=3D"color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12px;line-height:= 150%;text-align: justify;"><h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style= =3D"color: #0E385F;display: block;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;fon= t-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bott= om: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-align: left;"> =09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">In This Issue</span></h2> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =091. WHO Bulletin Special Theme Issue on e-health<br> =092. APAMI-2012 Conference: Call for Papers<br> =093. IFIP/IMIA Working Conference: Call for Papers<br> =094. IMIA WG ‘Security in Health Information Systems (SiHIS)' E= vent<br> =095. World Tech Jam; WCIT 2012<br> =096. EJBI Call for Papers<br> =097. NI2012 <br> =098. MIE2012<br> =099. Medinfo 2017 Bids<br> =0910. Miscellany: short items<br> =0911. Forthcoming events<br> =09  a] Regional events<br> =09  b] National/global events<br> =0912. Next newsletter: June 2012</div> <div style=3D"color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12px;line-hei= ght: 150%;text-align: justify;"> =09<br> =09<h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display:= block;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height:= 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;tex= t-align: left;"> =09=09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">WHO Bulletin Special Theme Issue on= e-health</span></h2> =09<div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font= -size: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09=09The Special Theme issue on e-health of the Bulletin of the World Hea= lth Organization (Volume 90, Number 5, May 2012, 321-400) has been publish= ed today, 01 May, 2012. The full content is available online via <a href= =3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb= 78bc&id=3D5622804d79&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight:= normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/5/e= n/index.html</a> Individual articles are readable and downloadable in a va= riety of formats (including HTML files, PDF files, and e-reader formats).= See IMIA News item at <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/track/c= lick?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D3db2e2165c&e=3D2e5f73444e" style= =3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://wp.m= e/pvCUS-1dk</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09The production of this Special Theme issue has been made possible by= the dedicated work of the project team over the past 18 months, lead by I= MIA President Antoine Geissbuhler and Najeeb Al-Shorbaji from WHO, and inv= olving many IMIA colleagues within the project team, as authors and as rev= iewers. The production was also supported financially by several donor and= sponsor organisations (including PEPFAR and IDRC). The first editorial, E= stablishing an evidence base for e-health: the proof is in the pudding, by= Najeeb Al-Shorbaji & Antoine Geissbuhler gives some of the background= to the production of this Special Theme issue: <a href=3D"http://imia.us1= =2Elist-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D5b59299079= &e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decorat= ion: none;">http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/5/12-106146/en/index.ht= ml</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2012;90:321-321. doi: 10.2= 471/BLT.12.000512</div> =09<br> =09 </div> <h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display: bl= ock;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height: 10= 0%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-a= lign: left;"> =09<span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">APAMI-2012 Conference - Call for Paper= s</span></h2> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09The 7th Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics Conference (AP= AMI-2012) will be held at the Crowne Plaza Beijing Sun Palace, Beijing, Ch= ina on October 22-25, 2012. The Call for Papers is now open - closing date= for submission of FULL PAPERS is <strong>June 10, 2012</strong>. The Call= for Papers (document in English) is available at <a href=3D"http://imia.u= s1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D6bcc9c20= 19&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decor= ation: none;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-1d2 </a>[<a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-= manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Db9090e9334&e=3D= 2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:= none;">direct link to Call document in English</a>]<br> =09<br> =09Submission: Papers must be submitted through ‘easychair’ on= line. The program committee and submission web page is <a href=3D"http://i= mia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D4a3= 0e8fb6c&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-= decoration: none;">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dapami2012= </a><br> =09Inquiry Contact: Lucy Zhang Tel: 861068278214  Email: yzha0943@gma= il.com<br> =09<br> =09The theme of the event is “New situation, New technology and New= opportunity”, with the emphasis on using information technology to= improve healthcare services. October is the most comfortable time of the= year in Beijing. The organisers warmly welcome you to attend this event a= nd make it a complete success. Further information on APAMI-2012 can be ob= tained from the conference web site: <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manag= e2.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D91fe62b769&e=3D= 2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;= ">http://www.apami2012.org</a> (Chinese version - <a href=3D"http://imia.u= s1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D2226db57= d4&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decor= ation: none;">http://www.apami2012.org/index.php?mod=3Den</a> for English= version)<br> =09<br> =09IMIA members should note that the IMIA Board and General Assembly meeti= ngs will be held in conjunction with APAMI-2012.</div> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09<br> =09<br> =09<h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display:= block;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height:= 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;tex= t-align: left;"> =09=09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">IFIP/IMIA Working Conference, Interf= acing bio- and medical informatics - 27 September, 2012: Call for Papers</= span></h2> =09<div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font= -size: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09=09The Call for Papers is open for the IFIP/IMIA International Working= Conference on Interfacing bio- and medical informatics, to be held on 27= September, 2012 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The IFIP/IMIA event will b= e held as part of the 22nd IFIP World Computer Congress 2012 (<a href=3D"h= ttp://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&i= d=3D4420f10b58&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: norma= l;text-decoration: none;">http://www.wcc-2012.org</a>).  Details abou= t the Call and other information are on the IMIA News website at <a href= =3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb7= 8bc&id=3D128c50e8a7&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight:= normal;text-decoration: none;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-18c</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09The Call for Papers closes on <strong>15 May, 2012</strong>.<br> =09=09<br> =09=09Prof.dr. Arie Hasman (e-mail: a.hasman[at]amc.uva.nl) writes that t= he International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is having it= s World Computer Congress WCC2012 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (<a data-m= ce-href=3D"http://www.wcc-2012.org" href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage2.c= om/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D4664d0b9d1&e=3D= 2e5f73444e" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-dec= oration: none;">www.wcc-2012.org</a>) from 24-26 September, 2012. During t= he WCC2010 conference in Brisbane, Australia, IFIP and IMIA organized a jo= int conference for the first time in their history. This time a joint one-= day associated meeting will be held on Thursday, 27 September. The topic o= f this meeting will be the link between bioinformatics and medical informa= tics. IFIP’s Working Groups 5.13 Bioinformatics and its applications= and IMIA’s Working Group on Informatics in Genomic Medicine (IGM) a= re working in this area and supporting this event. Contributions are solic= ited that cover the interface between bioinformatics and medical informati= cs; they can be offering research contributions as well as papers providin= g practical cases, and proposals for panel discussions are also invited.<b= r> =09=09 </div> =09<br> =09<h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display:= block;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height:= 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;tex= t-align: left;"> =09=09<span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">IMIA Working Group Security in Heal= th Information Systems (SiHIS) Event: 03-05 August, Australia</span></h2> =09<div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font= -size: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09=09The next meeting/event of the IMIA Working Group ‘Security in= Health Information Systems (SiHIS) will be held on 03-05 August, 2012 in= the Gold Coast, Australia. This will immediately follow the HISA (Health= Informatics Society of Australia) conference, which is being held on 30 J= uly to 02 August in Sydney - <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/t= rack/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D9126a9c7a6&e=3D2e5f73444e"= style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http:= //www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2012</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09The theme of the SiHIS meeting will be: Global Citizens - Accessing= and Sharing Health Data Across International Borders. For further informa= tion, see <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f= 4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D988be40157&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336= 699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-1bP</a>= or contact the WG Chair and Vice Chair (see <a data-mce-href=3D"http://ww= w.imia-medinfo.org/new2/node/150" href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/= track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D088493337e&e=3D2e5f73444e"= target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decora= tion: none;">http://www.imia-medinfo.org/new2/node/150</a>)</div> =09<br> =09<br> =09<h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display:= block;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height:= 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;tex= t-align: left;"> =09=09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">World Tech Jam - Collaborative Healt= hcare</span></h2> =09<p style=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"> =09=09<a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f422= 1b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D3181751e86&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699= ;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;"><img align=3D"none" alt=3D"Wo= rld Tech Jam" height=3D"41" src=3D"http://gallery.mailchimp.com/0603f4221b= 87090e77cdb78bc/images/banner_world_tech_jam_en.jpg" style=3D"width: 250px= ;height: 41px;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;displa= y: inline;max-width: 450px;" width=3D"250"></a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09The World Tech Jam (<a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/trac= k/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D8ee840f7f9&e=3D2e5f73444e" sty= le=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://ww= w.wcit2012.org/en/program-a-schedule/world-tech-jam</a>), from June 5 to 7= , is a large-scale digital brainstorm session where IT users and stakehold= ers will discuss innovations and actions that our governments, businesses= and society can adopt to improve healthcare, education, smart cities &amp= ; transportation, energy & sustainability as well as media & cultu= re in the digital age. Information on the collaborative healthcare stream= is at <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f422= 1b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D0046837b2c&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699= ;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.wcit2012.org/en/pr= ogram-a-schedule/world-tech-jam/collaborative-healthcare</a> - see also <a= href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e7= 7cdb78bc&id=3D609d797ff5&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-wei= ght: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-1dy</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09The goal: develop a Digital Society Action Plan that will create pro= sperity and social development for everyone. For the first time, IT users= will lead the conversation! Contribute your ideas and your vision - Regis= ter to the World Tech Jam now: it's free! <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.l= ist-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D7a0049c65c&e= =3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoratio= n: none;">https://www.collaborationjam.com/jam4/jam/index.action?jamId=3D1= 7239#registration</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09<br> =09=09 </p> </div> <h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display: bl= ock;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height: 10= 0%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-a= lign: left;"> =09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">EJBI Call for Papers: <em>Standards and= Solutions for eHealth Interoperability</em></span></h2> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09Prof. Jana Zvárová, Editor-in-Chief of EJBI, announces th= at the European Journal for Biomedical Informatics (EJBI - <a href=3D"http= ://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id= =3D4882270084&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal= ;text-decoration: none;">http://www.ejbi.eu</a>), an official journal of t= he European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), seeks papers for a= special issue on <em>Standards and Solutions for eHealth Interoperability= </em>. Full information and instructions about this Call are in a PDF file= in the IMIA News item at <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track= /click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D87cee6235d&e=3D2e5f73444e" styl= e=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://wp.= me/pvCUS-17l</a> [<a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u= =3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dae923712ec&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"col= or: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">direct link for fi= le download</a>]. The deadline for submissions is June 15 , 2012.<br> =09<br> =09Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Instructions for Author= s (<a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87= 090e77cdb78bc&id=3D1fe0cab107&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;fon= t-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.ejbi.eu/editorial/inst= ructions.html</a> ) and sent electronically to manuscripts@ejbi.org EJBI a= sks for papers in English version, which will be reviewed, and simultaneou= sly the same manuscript translated in at least one other official European= language. The editors of the special issue are (Head, German eHealth Comp= etence Center, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany; Chair, CEN/ISSS eH= ealth Standardisation Focus Group) and Robert Stegwee (Capgemini Consultin= g; Professor of eHealth at University of Twente, Chair of CEN TC251 on Hea= lth Informatics).<br> =09<br> =09<br> =09<h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display:= block;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height:= 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;tex= t-align: left;"> =09=09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">NI2012</span></h2> =09<strong>NI2012 is now less than 8 weeks away. </strong>NI 2012 is the 1= 1th World Congress on Nursing Informatics; it is held under the auspices o= f the IMIA Special Interest Group in Nursing Informatics (IMIA-NI), and wi= ll be organised by AMIA. The conference theme is <em>Advancing Global Heal= th Through Informatics</em>. The NI 2012 committees are chaired by Dr Patr= icia Abbott, and include representatives from many countries, including US= A, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, New Ze= aland, Slovenia, South Africa, and UK.<br> =09<br> =09The latest information on NI 2012 will always be on the official NI 201= 2 website - <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D060= 3f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D1d38443e06&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #3= 36699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">www.ni2012.org</a><br> =09<br> =09Key dates:<br> =0917 May 2012 - Last day of Advance Registration - via <a href=3D"http://= imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3De4= a1f7fab6&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text= -decoration: none;">http://www.ni2012.org/registration</a><br> =0923 - 27 June 2012 - NI 2012 in Montreal, Canada<br> =09 </div> <br> <h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display: bl= ock;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height: 10= 0%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-a= lign: left;"> =09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">MIE2012</span><br> =09<a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b8= 7090e77cdb78bc&id=3Db8c70f5465&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;fo= nt-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;"><img align=3D"none" alt=3D"MIE20= 12" height=3D"136" src=3D"http://gallery.mailchimp.com/0603f4221b87090e77c= db78bc/images/int2.png" style=3D"width: 120px;height: 136px;line-height: 1= 00%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;display: inline;max-width: 450px;"= width=3D"120"></a></h2> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09MIE2012, the XXIV Conference of the European Federation for Medical Inf= ormatics (EFMI), will be held in Pisa, Italy. MIE2012 will be organised by= the Italian Association for Medical Informatics (AIIM), the Italian eHeal= th Community, and EFMI and held from August 26th to 29th, 2012. The theme= is "Quality of Life through Quality of Information" and the eve= nt website at http://www.mie2012.it<br> =09Three main streams have been identified for the Conference programme:</= div> <ul> =09<li style=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"> =09=09Papers, Posters, Panels, Workshops, Short Communications, and Tutori= als.</li> =09<li style=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"> =09=09'Village of the Future' which will try to mash-up developmen= ts to empower citizens, patients and care providers.</li> =09<li style=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"> =09=09Commercial stream for Industrial and SME participants with the exhib= ition and other contributions.</li> </ul> <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"> =09<font face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D"2">Registr= ation to the conference is open; the early bird registration deadline is 0= 7 May, 2012. </font><br> =09<br> =09Important Dates:<br> =09May 7, 2012: Registration deadline for presenting authors. NB: If the a= uthor of a contribution has not registered, the contribution will be exclu= ded.<br> =09<br> =09 </p> <h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display: bl= ock;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height: 10= 0%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-a= lign: left;"> =09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">Medinfo2017 Bids</span></h2> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09Bids for Medinfo2017 are invited from eligible IMIA Member Societies. T= he bid documents have been sent out to all Member Society official represe= ntatives on behalf of IMIA VP Medinfo, Prof. Riccardo Bellazzi. The vote t= o select the host will be held at the 2012 IMIA General Assembly. Only IMI= A Member Societies who are fully paid up in respect of membership fees are= able to bid, as per IMIA Statutes. For future Medinfos, bids for Medinfo2= 019 will be considered in 2014, and for Medinfo2021 in 2016. We will ask t= hat Member Societies intending to bid also send a short expression of inte= rest prior to the IMIA Board meeting of 23 June in Montreal.<br> =09<br> =09Member Societies considering submitting bids are reminded that the loca= tion of MedInfos will typically move around the world, taking account of I= MIA Regions. While there is not a strict rotation between regions, any reg= ion holding MedInfo will not be able to hold it again for 8 years (unless= there are no other suitable bids). Any questions about bids should be dir= ected to IMIA VP Medinfo, Prof. Riccardo Bellazzi (email: riccardo.bellazz= i@unipv.it)<br> =09 </div> <br> <h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display: bl= ock;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height: 10= 0%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-a= lign: left;"> =09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">Miscellany: short items (from news.imia= =2Einfo)</span></h2> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09<strong>ITCH 2013 Call for Papers</strong>:<br> =09The Call for Papers is available for the ITCH 2013 conference, to be he= ld on February 21 – 23, 2013, venue the Inn at Laurel Point, Victori= a, BC, Canada. The themes of ITCH 2013 will be "Available, tailored a= nd closer: enabling health and healthcare through ICT". See <a href= =3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb7= 8bc&id=3D0f2e910489&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight:= normal;text-decoration: none;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-1cT</a><br> =09<br> =09<strong>Casemix Summerschool in Talinn, Estonia: 11-15 June, 2012</stro= ng><br> =09In a joint initiative, Patient Classification Systems International (PC= SI – <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D060= 3f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D40ac0660cc&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #3= 36699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.pcsinternatio= nal.org</a>) and the EFMI Casemix Working Group are organising a Summersch= ool in Talinn, Estonia from June 11 -15, 2012. See <a href=3D"http://imia.= us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D3bd3b69= 59f&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-deco= ration: none;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-1d9</a><br> =09<br> =09<strong>HIMSS13 - Call for Proposals and Reviewers Open</strong><br> =09HIMSS13 will be held in New Orleans on 03-07 March, 2013 - the Call for= Proposals and Reviewers is now open, and both close in May 2012. See <a h= ref=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77c= db78bc&id=3Deb9c07dbfc&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weigh= t: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-1cz</a><br> =09 </div> <h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display: bl= ock;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height: 10= 0%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-a= lign: left;"> =09<br> =09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">Forthcoming Events: Regional</span></h2= > <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"> =09<strong>APAMI (Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics)</stron= g><br> =09The 2012 APAMI conference will be hosted by CMIA, China Medical Informa= tics Association in Beijing, China, on 24-25 October, 2012. Accordingly, t= he IMIA Board is provisionally scheduled to meet on October 22, and the IM= IA GA on October 23. See <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/= click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Da06ff73862&e=3D2e5f73444e" style= =3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://wp.m= e/pvCUS-16Z</a> and <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/clic= k?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D1ed53b7af9&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"= color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.apam= i2012.org</a><br> =09<br> =09<strong>EFMI (European Federation for Medical Informatics)</strong><br> =09The next MIE (Medical Informatics Europe) will be MIE2012 in Pisa, Ital= y on 26-29 August, 2012 - <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track= /click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dcc054ad9e5&e=3D2e5f73444e" styl= e=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: underline;font-weight: normal;">http:= //www.mie2012.it</a><br> =09<br> =09 </p> <h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display: bl= ock;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height: 10= 0%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-a= lign: left;"> =09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">Forthcoming Events: National and Global= </span></h2> <div style=3D"color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12px;line-hei= ght: 150%;text-align: justify;"> =09<div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font= -size: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09=09<em>We should be pleased for Member Societies and others to send inf= ormation about their events, so that we can share this widely.</em><br> =09=09<br> =09=09HC2012: 02-03 May, 2012. London, UK. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list= -manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Ddeea0c99a9&e=3D= 2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:= none;">http://hc2012.bcs.org</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09ehealth2012: 10-11 May, 2012. Vienna, Austria. <a href=3D"http://imi= a.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D3ef9= 8fe952&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: underline= ;font-weight: normal;">http://www.ehealth2012.at</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09PERVASENSE2012: 21 May, 2012. San Diego, CA, USA. <a data-mce-href= =3D"http://www.pervasense.org" href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/tra= ck/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D328a4ecff4&e=3D2e5f73444e" ta= rget=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoratio= n: none;">http://www.pervasense.org</a> (with IMIA Wearable Sensors WG)<br= > =09=09<br> =09=09eHealth 2012: 27-30 May, 2012. Vancouver, Canada. <a href=3D"http://= imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Da= 5dfac7677&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: underl= ine;font-weight: normal;">http://www.e-healthconference.com/</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09World Tech Jam: 05-07 June. Global online event. <a href=3D"http://i= mia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dd10= a793fec&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-= decoration: none;">http://www.wcit2012.org/en/program-a-schedule/world-tec= h-jam</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=092012 International Casemix Summer School: 11-15 June, 2012. Talinn,= Estonia. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3D0603= f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Deb7c47037c&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #33= 6699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.pcsinternation= al.org</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09CBMS 2012: 20-22 June, 2012. Università Campus Bio-Medico di= Roma, Rome, Italy. Special Track “Emerging Smart Technologies for P= ersonalised Healthcare”. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com= /track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D68d249e514&e=3D2e5f73444e= " style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http= ://smartech4health.cs.ru.nl/</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09NI2012, 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics: 23-27 Ju= ne, 2012. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603= f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D7951eb0c3a&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #00= 6699;text-decoration: underline;font-weight: normal;">http://www.ni2012.or= g</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=0921st Biennial International Conference, Biosignal 2012: 28-30 June,= 2012. Brno, Czech Republic. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/tr= ack/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D98dd83450b&e=3D2e5f73444e" s= tyle=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: underline;font-weight: normal;">ht= tp://www.biosignal.cz</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=097th BSI2012 (BioSignal Interpretation) Workshop: 02-04 July, 2012. C= omo, Italy. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D060= 3f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dc7779ce82a&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #3= 36699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.biomed.polimi= =2Eit/BSI2012/home.php</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09Surrey Informatics Summer School (SISS-2012): 09-14 July, 2012. Univ= ersity of Surrey, UK. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/cli= ck?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D5b3bcc834a&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D= "color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.cli= ninf.eu/projects/siss/siss2012</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=0922nd Annual SINI (Nursing Informatics): 18-20 July, 2012. Baltimore= MD, USA. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603= f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dee44016c4d&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #33= 6699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://nursing.umaryland.= edu/sini/</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09HIC2012: 30 July - 02 August, 2012. Sydney, Australia. <a href=3D"ht= tp://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id= =3D6978c9ebc2&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal= ;text-decoration: none;">http://www.hisa.org.au/page/hic2012</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09MIE2012: 26-29 August, 2012. Pisa, Italy. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1= =2Elist-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D2afb066b0= 1&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: underline;font= -weight: normal;">http://www.mie2012.it</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09Medicine 2.0'12: 15-16 September, 2012. Boston, MA, USA. <a href= =3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb= 78bc&id=3D42398a0347&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #006699;text-decorat= ion: underline;font-weight: normal;">http://www.medicine20congress.com/ocs= /index.php/med/med2012</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09GMDS 2012: 16-21 September, 2012. Braunschweig, Germany. <a href=3D"= http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&= id=3D6eb648048f&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: norm= al;text-decoration: none;">http://www.gmds2012.de</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09IFIP/IMIA Working Conference: 27 September, 2012. Amsterdam, The Net= herlands. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f= 4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D546b5d2834&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336= 699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-18c</a>= <strong>Submission deadline 15 May, 2012</strong><br> =09=09<br> =09=09APAMI-2012: 22-25 October, 2012. Beijing, China. <a href=3D"http://i= mia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D33d= 281e78f&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-= decoration: none;">http://www.apami012.org</a> <strong>Paper submission de= adline 10 June, 2012</strong><br> =09=09<br> =09=09WCIT 2012 (World Congress on Information Technology): 22-24 October,= 2012. Montreal, Canada. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/= click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Da1fb33c2d3&e=3D2e5f73444e" style= =3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.= wcit2012.org/en/</a><br> =09=09<br> =09=09AMIA2012 Annual Symposium: 03-07 November, 2012. Chicago, Illinois,= USA. <span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: underline;= font-weight: normal;">http://www.amia.org</span><strong> </strong><br> =09=09 </div> =09<h2 class=3D"h2 tpl-content-highlight" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display:= block;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;line-height:= 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;tex= t-align: left;"> =09=09<br> =09=09<span style=3D"font-size:14px;">Next newsletter: June 2012 - and Fee= dback Welcome</span></h2> =09<div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font= -size: 12px;line-height: 150%;"> =09=09=E2=80=A8=E2=80=A8The June 2012 newsletter will be published on 01 J= une. 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font-weight: normal; te= xt-decoration: none;">IMIA-LAC</a></span></div> <br> <br> <h4 class=3D"h4" style=3D"color: #0E385F;display: block;font-family: Verda= na;font-size: 12px;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;margin-top: 0;margi= n-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-align: left;"> =09<strong>IMPORTANT 2012 DEADLINE DATES</strong></h4> <hr> <div style=3D"color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11p= x; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"> =09May 15: Submission deadline for <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.= com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D87e4b99d8b&e=3D= 2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">I= FIP/IMIA Working Conference</a><br> =09June 10: Submission deadline for <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage= 1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D196c8a264d&e=3D= 2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;"= >APAMI-2012</a></div> </div> </td> </tr><tr m= c:repeatable=3D"repeat_1" mc:repeatindex=3D"1"> <td va= lign=3D"top" style=3D"padding-bottom:0;" width=3D"150"> <i= mg src=3D"http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/tr= ansparent.gif" alt=3D"" border=3D"0" style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;height:= auto !important;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;dis= play: inline;margin-bottom: 10px !important;"> <d= iv style=3D"color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 11px;line-heigh= t: 150%;text-align: justify;"><h4 class=3D"h4" style=3D"color: #0E385F;dis= play: block;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12px;font-weight: bold;line-he= ight: 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left:= 0;text-align: left;"> =09FEATURED EVENTS</h4> <hr> ehealth2012: 10-11 May, 2012. Vienna, Austria. <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.= list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dbf6312ccb2= &e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decorat= ion: none;">http://www.ehealth2012.at</a><br> <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090= e77cdb78bc&id=3D92acf6922a&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-w= eight: normal;text-decoration: none;"><img align=3D"none" alt=3D"ehealth20= 12, vienna" height=3D"49" src=3D"http://gallery.mailchimp.com/0603f4221b87= 090e77cdb78bc/images/ehealth_ar.png" style=3D"width: 120px;height: 49px;li= ne-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;display: inline;margin= -bottom: 10px !important;" width=3D"120"></a><br> <br> eHealth 2012: 27-30 May, 2012. Vancouver, Canada. <a href=3D"http://imia.u= s1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D9fb63e9= 2f6&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-deco= ration: none;">http://www.e-healthconference.com</a><br> <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b8709= 0e77cdb78bc&id=3D94957f7408&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-= weight: normal;text-decoration: none;"><img align=3D"none" alt=3D"ehealth2= 012, vancouver" height=3D"49" src=3D"http://www.e-healthconference.com/BGn= SPCR/eHealth2012_may27-30-2012_VancouverBC.png" style=3D"width: 140px;heig= ht: 49px;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;display: in= line;margin-bottom: 10px !important;" width=3D"140"></a><br> <br> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 11px;line-height: 150%;"> =09NI2012  - June 23-27, 2012: Montreal, Canada<br> =09<a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87= 090e77cdb78bc&id=3De4cc274d89&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;fon= t-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.ni2012.org</a><br> =09Twitter hashtag #IMIANI2012</div> <br> The IMIA Board will also meet in conjunction with NI2012, on Saturday, 23= June.<br> <img align=3D"none" height=3D"113" src=3D"http://gallery.mailchimp.com/060= 3f4221b87090e77cdb78bc/images/NI2012.jpg" style=3D"width: 121px;height: 11= 3px;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;display: inline;= margin-bottom: 10px !important;" width=3D"121"><br> MIE2012 - August 26-29, 2012: Pisa, Italy<br> <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b8709= 0e77cdb78bc&id=3Dde468b4482&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-= weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://www.mie2012.it</a><br> <br> <img align=3D"none" src=3D"http://gallery.mailchimp.com/0603f4221b87090e77= cdb78bc/images/mie2012_logo_160e78360.jpg" style=3D"width: 109px; height:= 135px; line-height: 100%; outline: medium none; text-decoration: none; di= splay: inline; margin-bottom: 10px ! important;"><br> </div> </td> </tr><tr m= c:repeatable=3D"repeat_1" mc:repeatindex=3D"2"> <td va= lign=3D"top" style=3D"padding-bottom:0;" width=3D"150"> <d= iv style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-size= : 11px;line-height: 150%;"><a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/trac= k/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Db8b4988251&e=3D2e5f73444e" sty= le=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;"><img src= =3D"http://gallery.mailchimp.com/0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc/images/cover_49= _131065ff44.jpg" alt=3D"IMIA Yearbook 2011" border=3D"0" style=3D"height:= 150px;width: 115px;margin: 0;padding: 0;max-width: 190px;line-height: 100= %;outline: none;text-decoration: none;display: inline;margin-bottom: 10px= !important;" width=3D"115" height=3D"150"></a></div> <d= iv style=3D"color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 11px;line-heigh= t: 150%;text-align: justify;"><h4 class=3D"h4" style=3D"color: #0E385F;dis= play: block;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12px;font-weight: bold;line-he= ight: 100%;margin-top: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left:= 0;text-align: left;"> =09IMIA PUBLICATIONS</h4> <hr> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 11px;line-height: 150%;"> =09The theme is of the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics (<a href=3D"ht= tp://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&i= d=3Da13246910e&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: norma= l;text-decoration: none;">2011</a>) is <em>"Towards Health Informatic= s 3.0"</em>. Several articles in the IMIA Yearbook are available as f= ree downloads.<br> =09<br> =09IMIA also has 3 official publications:</div> <br> <strong>ACI</strong><br> <br> <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b8709= 0e77cdb78bc&id=3D93a3755dc0&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-= weight: normal;text-decoration: none;"><img alt=3D"ACI Journal" height=3D"= 133" src=3D"http://aci.schattauer.de/typo3temp/pics/cover-42_dc27eaa1d2.jp= g" style=3D"width: 100px; height: 133px; line-height: 100%; outline: mediu= m none; text-decoration: none; display: inline; margin-bottom: 10px ! impo= rtant;" width=3D"100"></a><br> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 11px;line-height: 150%;"> =09<em>Applied Clinical Informatics</em> (<a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-= manage2.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D7b362c1f45&e=3D= 2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: underline;font-weigh= t: normal;"><font color=3D"#006699"><u><span style=3D"font-weight: normal;= ">http://www.aci-journal.org/</span></u></font></a>) Published by Schattau= er; editor-in-chief Christoph U Lehmann (email: <font color=3D"#006699"><u= ><span style=3D"font-weight: normal;">clehmann@jhmi.edu</span></u></font>)= =2E<br> =09<em>ACI</em> has an electronic Table of Contents (<a href=3D"http://imi= a.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D77f51= 722ee&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-de= coration: none;">eTOC</a>) facility. and can also be found on <a href=3D"h= ttp://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&i= d=3D3aefefa9de&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: u= nderline;font-weight: normal;"><font color=3D"#006699"><u><span style=3D"f= ont-weight: normal;">Facebook</span></u></font></a> and <a href=3D"http://= imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D5= 8ab749e8b&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: underl= ine;font-weight: normal;"><font color=3D"#006699"><u><span style=3D"font-w= eight: normal;">Twitter.</span></u></font></a><br> =09Volume 3: Issue 1 (2012) is now complete, with 13 articles -  Volu= me 3: Isue 2 has started and currently has 2 articles - <a href=3D"http://= imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dfe= ef362414&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text= -decoration: none;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-1c7</a></div> <br> <strong>International Journal of Medical Informatics (IJMI)</strong><br> <br> <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b8709= 0e77cdb78bc&id=3D5600c0c7a7&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-= weight: normal;text-decoration: none;" target=3D"_blank"><img alt=3D"IJMI= cover" height=3D"152" src=3D"http://www.ijmijournal.com/webfiles/images/j= ournals/IJB/cover.jpg" style=3D"width: 100px; height: 152px; line-height:= 100%; outline: medium none; text-decoration: none; display: inline; margi= n-bottom: 10px ! important;" width=3D"100"></a><br> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 11px;line-height: 150%;"> =09<em>International Journal of Medical Informatics</em> (<a href=3D"http:= //imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D= 9b49db7d3e&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: under= line;font-weight: normal;"><font color=3D"#006699"><u><span style=3D"font-= weight: normal;">http://www.ijmijournal.com/home</span></u></font></a>) Pu= blished by Elsevier; editors Charles Safran (email: <a href=3D"mailto:csaf= ran@gmail.com" style=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: underline;font-wei= ght: normal;"><font color=3D"#006699"><u><span style=3D"font-weight: norma= l;">csafran@gmail.com</span></u></font></a>) and Jan Talmon (email: <= a href=3D"mailto:talmon@maastrichtuniversity.nl" style=3D"color: #006699;t= ext-decoration: underline;font-weight: normal;"><span class=3D"il">talmon<= /span>@maastrichtuniversity.nl</a>).<br> =09Latest eTOC is Vol. 81, Issue 5 - see <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-m= anage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dcabed8a556&e=3D= 2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: no= ne;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-1bJ</a></div> <br> <strong>Methods of Information in Medicine</strong><br> <br> <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090= e77cdb78bc&id=3D4beb113b5d&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-w= eight: normal;text-decoration: none;" target=3D"_blank"><img alt=3D"Method= s cover" height=3D"139" src=3D"http://www.schattauer.de/typo3temp/pics/cov= er-1493_15b8269b83.jpg" style=3D"width: 100px; height: 139px; line-height:= 100%; outline: medium none; text-decoration: none; display: inline; margi= n-bottom: 10px ! important;" width=3D"100"></a><br> <div style=3D"text-align: left;color: #505050;font-family: Verdana;font-si= ze: 11px;line-height: 150%;"> =09<em>Methods of Information in Medicine</em> (<a href=3D"http://imia.us1= =2Elist-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D7ff28a19b0= &e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #006699;text-decoration: underline;font-= weight: normal;"><font color=3D"#006699"><u><span style=3D"font-weight: no= rmal;">http://www.methods-online.com/</span></u></font></a>) Published by= Schattauer; editor-in-chief Reinhold Haux (email: <font color=3D"#006699"= ><u><span style=3D"font-weight: normal;">ed@MethodsInfMed.org</span></u></= font>).<br> =09<em>Methods</em> has electronic Table of Contents (<a href=3D"http://im= ia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3Dbb2= 3ece80c&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-= decoration: none;">eTOC</a>) facility.<br> =09Latest eTOC is Vol. 51, Issue 2 (inc. two free downloadable editorials)= - see <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221= b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D378f90f9f2&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;= font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">http://wp.me/pvCUS-19A</a><br> =09 </div> <br> <br> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- // End Mo= dule: Top Image with Content \\ --> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <!-- // End Sidebar \\ --> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3D"2" valign=3D"mi= ddle" id=3D"social" style=3D"padding-top: 20px;padding-right: 20px;padding= -bottom: 20px;padding-left: 20px;"> <div style=3D"color: #5050= 50;font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12px;line-height: 150%;text-align: cent= er;"> <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D060= 3f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D82fd672114&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #3= 36699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">follow on Twitter</a> |= <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b8709= 0e77cdb78bc&id=3Db427f3985f&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-= weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">friend on Facebook</a> | <a href=3D= "http://imia.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78b= c&id=3D6e65f7582c&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: no= rmal;text-decoration: none;">read IMIA News</a> | <a href=3D"http://us1.fo= rward-to-friend.com/forward?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D7b61b95c6a&= e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:= none;">forward to a friend</a> <br> <br> Medinfo2013 - Copenhagen, Denmark - 20-23 August, 2013 - <a href=3D"http:/= /imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=3D= 735ea25685&e=3D2e5f73444e" style=3D"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;te= xt-decoration: none;">www.medinfo2013.dk</a><br> <a href=3D"http://imia.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3D0603f4221b8709= 0e77cdb78bc&id=3D8805c9b526&e=3D2e5f73444e" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"co= lor: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;"><img alt=3D"Medin= fo2013" height=3D"88" src=3D"http://gallery.mailchimp.com/0603f4221b87090e= 77cdb78bc/files/medinfo2013.png" style=3D"width: 294px;height: 88px;line-h= eight: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;max-width: 560px;" width= =3D"294"></a><br> <br> Newsletter compiled and produced by: Dr Peter J. 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