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<li>IMIA 2018 General Assembly Meeting October 9th, 2018 in Sri Lanka at APAMI2018</li>
<li>IMIA NI2018 Conference - June 6-8, 2018 in Guadalajara, Mexico</li>
<li>IMIA congratulates the receipents of the 2017 IMIA François Grémy Award of Excellence</li>
<li>MedInfo 2017 Proceedings</li>
<li>MedInfo 2019 </li>
<li>MedInfo 2021 to be held in Sydney Australia</li>
<li>MedInfo 2023 Bids - Advance Notice</li>
<li>Special Issue about Women in Health Informatics- a Tribute to Professor Jana Zvarova</li>
<li>Newly launched Australasian Fellowship Training Program in Health Informatics</li>
<li>Notice of Name Change - Digital Health Canada formerly known as COACH</li>
<li>JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics Highlights Data Sharing Networks in Exclusive New Content Collection</li>
<li>Inaugrual IAHSI mmeting to be held at MIE 2018</li>
<li>IMIA Region events</li>
<li>National/global events</li>
<li>Next newsletter: Request for Input</li>
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The 2018 IMIA General Assembly meeting will be held on October 9th, 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A formal notice and invitation will be sent to IMIA GA representatives in a few months in accordance to IMIA policy. <br>
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For those of you who would like to participate in the APAMI2018 conference, we are pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts are now open and the deadline for submissions is April 30, 2018. The theme of the conference “Transforming Healthcare through Innovation in Digital Health” aims to encourage researchers, practitioners, nurses, scientists, healthcare workers and suppliers from across the world to cooperate, share knowledge and experience to use information technology to improve the healthcare status of people. <br>
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Early bird registration deadline is June 30, 2018. <br>
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For more information and details please visit the APAMI2018 website at <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=50214da3eb&e=2e5f73444e">http://dhw2018.org/apami2018/</a><br>
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The IMIA Board will hold also their meeting at APAMI2018 on October 8th, 2018, the day before the IMIA GA meeting.<br>
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IMIA NI2018 conference will be held from June 6 -8, 2018 in Guadalajara, Mexico. NI2018 is the 14th International Congress on Nursing and Allied Health Informatics organized by IMIA's Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group, IMIA NI. The theme of the conference is “Information and Communication Technology to Improve Quality at the Point of Care”. Quality improvement is a crutial element in constantly changing environments where nursing care is provided with advanced technology. The Conference will cover use of information and communication technologies for nursing and all allied health care professionals. <br>
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We encourage IMIA members to share this educational opportunity with their Nursing Informatics groups and peers. For more information and details please visit the NI2018 Conference website at <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=4348ed4842&e=2e5f73444e">http://ni2018.org/home.html</a><br>
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IMIA congratulates Dr. Fernán Gonzalez Bernaldo de Quirós and Dr. KC Lun, who were the recipients of the 2017 IMIA François Grémy Award of Excellence. IMIA’s most prestigious award honours and recognizes the personal commitment and dedication to medical informatics and lasting contribution to medicine and healthcare through their achievements in research, education, development or application in the field of medical informatics, an individual has made throughout in their career.<br>
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Dr. Hyeoun-Ae Park, IMIA’s President, presented the François Grémy Award of Excellence on Tuesday, August 22nd, at the opening ceremony of MedInfo 2017. "I am very honored, as IMIA's President, to confer this accolade to KC Lun and Fernan Gonzalez," said Dr. Hyeoun-Ae Park. "They are extremely well recognized colleagues in our field and it is a momentous occasion for IMIA to recognize their outstanding achievements and contributions to the field of Biomedical and Health Informatics globally."<br>
<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=f7322c82b8&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank"><em>...read more</em></a><br>
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For more information about the IMIA François Grémy Award of Excellence please visit our website at <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=72bb5fb477&e=2e5f73444e">http://imia-medinfo.org/wp/imia-award-of-excellence/</a>. We encourage members to start to think about nominees for the 2019 award, the call for nominations will be announced later this year in accordance with IMIA policy.<br>
<h2 class="h2" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left; color: rgb(14, 56, 95); line-height: 100%; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4. MedInfo 2017 Proceedings </span></h2>
The MedInfo 2017 Proceedings is now online at <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=7b6a310523&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">https://www.iospress.nl/book/medinfo-2017-precision-healthcare-through-informatics/</a>. <br>
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MedInfo 2017: Precision Healthcare through Informatics<span> </span>is available as an open access eBook and there is an option to purchase as a print addition for a charge. PubMed indexing for the proceedings is also available.<br>
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IMIA extends their sincere gratitude and appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication provided by the entire MedInfo 2017 Editorial Committee, led by the committee Chair, Adi V. Gundlapalli.<br>
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IMIA members can use the following link to share the Proceedings with their peers and members of their organizations - <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=f23e7d2488&e=2e5f73444e">http://imia-medinfo.org/wp/medinfo-2017-proceedings-now-available-online/</a><br>
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Make sure to mark your calendars for MedInfo 2019, being held in Lyon, France from August 26 - 30, 2019. Watch for the up and coming announcement about the new website which will include all the information you will need to know to plan your trip to beautiful Lyon, France, including Submission deadlines, early bird registration deadlines, etc.. The IMIA Board and 2019 IMIA General Assembly meetings will be held as per usual schedule in conjunction with the Congress. We look forward to seeing everyone in France in August of 2019.<br>
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<font color="#505050">IMIA congratulates HISA on their successful bid for MedInfo 2021. For those of you that were not able to attend the IMIA GA meeting in August of 2017 in Hangzhou, China, you can view the promotional video that HISA provided to the attendees during their bid presentation. The video will provide you with a fantastic overview of what you might look forward to by attending the Congress - <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=8a57d0b9dc&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">Sydney's Bid to Host MedInfo 2021| HISA </a>.<br>
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If you would like to receive updates directly from MedInfo 2021, please subscribe at </font><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=80a408e03d&e=2e5f73444e">http://medinfo2021.org/</a> . <br>
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<h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left; color: rgb(14, 56, 95); line-height: 100%; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">7. MedInfo 2023 Call for Bids - Advance notice</span></h2>
Even though the call for bids for MedInfo 2023 will not be announced for a couple of more months, many of IMIA's Society members require some lead time to discuss within their organizations the opportunity to submit a bid to host MedInfo. The purpose of this advance notice is to provide extra time to IMIA Society Members who are considering to submit a bid. <br>
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IMIA organizes the internationally acclaimed “World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics” - known as MedInfo. The Congress has been held every two years since 2013, previously it was held every three years. MedInfo provides both a high quality scientific exchange of current research and thinking in health and biomedical informatics and an opportunity for formal meetings and informal networking of IMIA's members. The event is jointly hosted by IMIA and one of its Member Societies. The selection of the host society is determined through a vote by the IMIA General Assembly. Bids for MedInfo are only accepted by fully paid IMIA Society Members, no other bids are accepted.<br>
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Please visit the webpage for more information on the bid process and list of locations of previous MedInfos - <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=0844cdb500&e=2e5f73444e">http://imia-medinfo.org/wp/medinfo/</a><br>
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IMIA is pleased to share the recent announcement that the Special Issue 'Women in Health informatics' of the International Journal on Biomedicine and Healthcare for the Memorial of Professor Jana Zvarova has been published (issue 2/2017) and is accessible at: <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=bc2f753864&e=2e5f73444e"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri" size="3">http://www.ijbh.org/ijbh2017-2.pdf</font></a>
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<div><u>Health Informatics Fellowship Program </u></div>
<div>The Australasian College of Health Informatics (ACHI) is pleased to announce the launch of a new Fellowship by Training Program.</div>
<div>President of ACHI Associate Professor Chris Pearce said this was the first program of its kind in Australasia and contributes to a strategic approach to health informatics workforce creation by the college. He continued on to say, “The Fellowship by Training Program will train the next generation of health informatic leaders”.</div>
<div>Co-Founder of ACHI and global leader in health informatics based at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Professor Enrico Coiera believes the ACHI Fellowship will become the minimum requirement for all senior health informatic professionals in the future.</div>
<div>ACHI is an established professional college of national and international Health Informatics experts, thought leaders and trusted advisers. The college is committed to setting the framework for the education excellence in Health Informatics in the Australasian region. Fellowship by training candidates will develop their skills and expertise in health informatic project management and leadership in complex and diverse environments.</div>
<div>Candidates are required to a) complete a research health informatics PhD at an Australasian university, b) undertake two paid work placements with an approved government agency or department, industry partner or NGO and 3) participate in a supplementary learning program that is designed to expose candidates to broader professional academic experience and facilitate discussion of current trends in health informatics and thought-leadership.</div>
<div>We are receiving high calibre candidates and will welcome applications on an ongoing basis. The first cohort of Australasian PhD candidates will commence in January 2018. There are plans to expand this program internationally and an international Fellowship by Training Program advisory board will be set up by ACHI in 2018. <em><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=6ec1c631b3&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">...read more</a></em></div>
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For more information please visit their website at: <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=16101c0f16&e=2e5f73444e">http://www.achi.org.au/achi-fellowship-program/</a> </div>
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COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association, a long standing Society Member of IMIA, has announced that it has changed its name to <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=4ca2f14283&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">Digital Health Canada</a> .
<div> "This is an exciting time for our members, our partners, our organization, and the Canadian digital health industry,”said Mark Casselman, Chief Executive Officer. “We believe in the value of a broad industry network that connects professionals and organizations from diverse sectors across the country — traditional healthcare delivery, government, private industry, startups and scale-ups, innovation accelerators, and more. Our new name reflects that belief, and allows our association to broaden our reach and services to support the needs and interests of our members, as well as the growing digital health industry in Canada.”</div>
<div>The 43-year old association has grown from six founders to more than 2,300 digital health professional members who can choose from education, certification, networking, career development, and thought leadership programs. Over its long history, the association has developed an impressive health information technology body of knowledge that informs multiple publications and a well-respected education curriculum. In addition, the association co-hosts the annual <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=6aa6b8e2b1&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">e-Health Conference and Tradeshow</a>, Canada’s only national digital health event (May 27-30, 2018 in Vancouver).</div>
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An essential collection from <em>JCO CCI</em>, <em>Cancer Research Data-Sharing Networks</em>, uniquely brings together detailed descriptions of various projects, providing you a forum for evaluating opportunities, facilitating efficient research, and increasing the pace of discovery.<br>
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Sharing of cancer research data is now possible through membership in a number of federated networks. Each network has its own objectives, infrastructure, scope, scale, membership requirements, access to data, and funding mechanisms. The <em>JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics</em> Special Content Collection on Data Sharing will initiate a forum for discussing these networks, so that those of us working in cancer informatics can be aware of these various opportunities, and hopefully be able to integrate our efforts to achieve efficient sharing of cancer research data.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">12. Inaugural IAHSI meeting to be held at MIE 2018 </span></strong></h2>
IMIA is extremely pleased to announce that the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics, IAHSI, will hold its inaugural meeting on April 24, 2018 at MIE2018. The founding members will meet to discuss and decide by-laws that will define the administrative processes or the Academy, elected officers and a process through which the existing fellows nominate and elect new members each year. <br>
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"The Academy will seek to improve health globally through health informatics and will lend expertise and leadership.", said Dr. Chris Lehmann, IMIA President, when asked about the IAHSI inaugural meeting. " We are excited to finally embark on our mission in Gothenburg."<br>
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The IMIA Board will also hold their meeting at MIE 2018, and are looking forward to seeing many members of the IMIA community this April in Gothenburg.<br>
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If you were planning on attending MIE 2018, and have not registered yet, the early bird registration deadline is February 28th, 2018, please see the website for more details at <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=f4e306ff5b&e=2e5f73444e">https://mie2018.org/</a> . If you are a founding member of IAHSI and require any assistance with registration please do not hesitate to contact, Elaine Huesing directly at <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="mailto:imia@imia-services.org">imia@imia-services.org</a>. <br>
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<div><strong>APAMI</strong><br>
<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=770e95dad7&e=2e5f73444e"><img width="140" height="250" style="margin: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; width: 140px; height: 250px; line-height: 100%; text-decoration: none; display: inline; max-width: 450px;" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc/images/3b2badf7-12a1-446a-97e6-2e9d30e0c66d.png" data-file-id="1152785"></a><br>
October 9 - 12, 2018 - Transforming Healthcare through Innovation in Digital Health<br>
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<strong>Abstract Submission Deadline is April 30, 2018<br>
Early Bird registration deadline is June 30, 2018</strong></div>
<div><strong>Colombo, Sri Lanka<br>
Website: </strong><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=668a6e5041&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">http://dhw2018.org/apami2018/</a></div>
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<strong>EFMI </strong><br>
<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=8389526376&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank"><img width="175" height="117" style="margin: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; width: 175px; height: 117px; line-height: 100%; text-decoration: none; display: inline; max-width: 450px;" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc/images/e5a37eed-ef93-4738-8f4c-f201c6088ee3.jpg" data-file-id="1152817"></a><br>
April 24 – 26, 2018 - Building Continents of Knowledge in Oceans of Data: the Future of Co-Created eHealth<br>
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Early Bird registration deadline is February 28, 2018</div>
<div><strong>Hosted By: EFMI & SFMI<br>
Gothenburg, Sweden<br>
Website: </strong><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=7f2091f0c5&e=2e5f73444e">https://mie2018.org/</a><br>
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<strong>IMIA LAC & HELINA</strong><br>
Next meetings TBA<br>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">15. b. Forthcoming Events: National and Global</span></span></span></strong></div>
<strong> </strong><strong> </strong><strong>Share all listed events with your colleagues at - <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=2976912920&e=2e5f73444e">http://imia-medinfo.org/wp/calendar/</a></strong><br>
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<strong>March 5 - 9, 2018 <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=1dcf93ccb9&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">HIMSS 2018</a></strong><br>
Hosted By: HIMSS<br>
Las Vegas, NV, USA<br>
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<strong>April 24 - 26, 2018 <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=1b27023d7b&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">MIE 2018</a></strong><br>
Hosted By: EFMI & SFMI<br>
Gothenburg, Sweden <br>
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<strong>May 8 - 9, 2018 </strong><strong style="color: rgb(51, 89, 128); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=668907ef34&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">eHealth2018</a><span> </span></strong><br>
Hosted By: AIT, ACS & ASBE<br>
Vienna, Austria<br>
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May 27 - 30, 2018 </strong><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=89ee0319a2&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank"><strong>e-Health Conference 2018</strong></a><br>
Hosted By: Digital Health Canada, CHI and CIHI<br>
Vancouver, BC, Canada<br>
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<strong>June 6 - 8, 2018 <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=36f2c6cfcf&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">IMIA NI2018 Conference</a></strong><br>
Hosted By: IMIA NI SIG<br>
Guadalajara, Mexico<br>
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<strong>July 29 - August 1, 2018 <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=e78309dbbd&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">HIC 2018</a></strong><br>
Hosted By: HISA<br>
Sydney, Australia<br>
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<strong>October 9 - 12, 2018 <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=314b861f7a&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">APAMI 2018</a></strong><br>
Hosted By: APAMI<br>
Colombo, Sri Lanka<br>
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<strong>November 3 - 7, 2018 <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=8a5866045a&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">AMIA 2018 Annual Symposium</a></strong><br>
Hosted By: AMIA<br>
San Francisco, CA, USA<br>
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<strong>August 26 - 30, 2019 <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=fa43c63988&e=2e5f73444e" target="_blank">MedInfo 2019 </a></strong><br>
HostedBy: AIM & IMIA<br>
Lyon, France<br>
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The IMIA office is looking for input from the membership about ongoing communications, your input is of great value to the organization. Please take a look at the questions below and send your comments, suggestions, ideas directly to Elaine Huesing at <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="mailto:imia@imia-services.org">imia@imia-services.org</a> <br>
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Prefer a monthly newsletter<br>
Prefer a quarterly newsletter with important announcements sent out on a timely basis and posted on the website<br>
Prefer a biannual newsletter with important announcements sent out on a timely basis and posted on the website<br>
Prefer only to have timely announcements sent to you via email and have the IMIA news, announcements simply posted on the website and shared on Facebook<br>
Would you like to have IMIA post on LinkedIn?<br>
Do you share the newsletter items with your organization?<br>
Do you have material, articles, announcements, etc. that you would like to have published in the newsletter and have never submitted?<br>
Do you have any other suggestions for IMIA to consider to add to the discussion for their review of the communications plan?<br>
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IMIA encourages all Members to submit news items, announcements and/or conference, events and career opportunities. We look forward to hearing back from you.</div>
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The <strong><em>IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics</em></strong> is published annually. </div>
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The <strong>IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2016</strong> with the theme <strong>“Unintended Consequences: New Problems and New Solutions", </strong>with a keynote paper from D. F. Sittig, A. Wright, J. Ash, and H. Singh, and numerous contributions from working groups, on top of the survey papers and the selection of best papers for the 12 sections is now available at <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=4265152cb9&e=2e5f73444e" data-mce-href="http://imia.schattauer.de/contents/current-issue.html">(http://imia.schattauer.de/contents/current-issue.html) </a>.<br>
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The Special 25th Anniversary IMIA Yearbook edition that was published earlier this year and is available online at (<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=0be74b8116&e=2e5f73444e" data-mce-href="http://imia.schattauer.de/contents/archive/issue/2376.html">http://imia.schattauer.de/contents/archive/issue/2376.html</a>). <br>
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The IMIA Yearbook is only available in Open Access and all papers are free to download.<br>
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Information on past issues (1992 - 2015) - please visit the <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=e4018d01ae&e=2e5f73444e" data-mce-href="http://imia.schattauer.de/en/contents/archive/issuePage/3.html">Schattauer archived webpages for IMIA Yearbook archives</a>, the Editorial Team, Instructions for Authors and Submission types is available on <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="https://imia.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0603f4221b87090e77cdb78bc&id=18ba588492&e=2e5f73444e">IMIA pages</a>.<br>
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ACI aims to establish a platform that allows sharing knowledge between clinical medicine and health IT specialists as well as bridging gaps between visionary design and successful and pragmatic deployment.<br>
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Informatics for Health & Social Care promotes evidence-based informatics as applied to the domain of health and social care. It showcases informatics research and practice within the many and diverse contexts of care; it takes personal information, both its direct and indirect use, as its central focus.<br>
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<strong>International Journal of Medical Informatics (IJMI)</strong><br>
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International Journal of Medical Informatics provides an international medium for dissemination of original results and interpretative reviews concerning the field of medical informatics. The Journal emphasizes the evaluation of systems in healthcare settings.<br>
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<strong>Methods of Information in Medicine</strong><br>
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A journal stressing, for more than 50 years, the methodology and scientific fundamentals of organizing, representing and analyzing data, information and knowledge in biomedicine and health care.<br>
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