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ISHIMR Conference 2020


The 18th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research (ISHIMR) is being held this year in Kalmar at Linnaeus University. Scientists from all over the world gather to discuss e-health. The overall conference theme for ISHIMR 2020 is "Using digital information for better patient health, care and well-being".

The deadline for the submission of poster and paper abstracts has now passed but you can register to attend by clicking here. The deadline for registration is 31st August. The conference is free to attend.

We welcome submissions relating to research and development on the conference theme in its broadest sense. The topics of interest for the conference include, but are not restricted to:

• Strategies for the Management of Health Data and Information
• Health Knowledge Management Strategies
• Health Informatics Systems
• Clinical Decision Support Systems
• Tracking Activities and Health
• Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Health
• Emerging Trends in Health Informatics
• Health data linkage and combining health records
• Big data and new methods of analysis
• AI in health
• Pharmacy informatics
• Social media and health communication
• Health Information needs and information behaviours
• Remote health monitoring and telecare
• Implementation and management of eHealth
• Text mining in health data
• Assessment and evaluation of eHealth applications
• Ethical issues and health data governance
• Information privacy and security

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