-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Call for Book Chapters: Health Informatics: An adaptive Communication Technology for future Healthcare Datum: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:45:02 +1100 Von: Naveen Chilamkurti N.Chilamkurti@latrobe.edu.au An: tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu

Health Informatics: An adaptive Communication Technology for future Healthcare Series Editor: Dr. Naveen Chilamkurti La Trobe University Melbourne, Australia

Book Objectives The current growth of Internet and communication technologies has given a new dimension to health care system. Using high speed communication networks, physicians are now able to remotely monitor patients and were able to perform some diagnosis also. But, health care industry is very sensitive to communication technology as quality of service and delay constrains are paramount in this field. As the research in communication has matured in recent years, now the health care industry is moving to another level and is ready to accept Information Technology (IT) as one of its driving tool. Due to recent advances in IT, more and more applications are focusing on providing better communication tools and applications to both physicals and patients. Recent RFID and sensor technologies are also helping monitoring and diagnosis of patients. Health informatics deals with all information and records related to health care management. More and more countries are implanting health care info rmatics and are investing in this area for better health of their population. This will not only help them manage public health a better way, but also reduces the cost of manually handling records, patient x-rays so and so forth. Health informatics has wide are of applications and if used properly can benefit world population for better health. Scope and topics covered but not limited to: * Telemedicine * Medical Informatics * Health informatics security * Mobile Health Care * Secure communications in Health Informatics * Healthcare records management * e-Health * Design and Development Methodologies for Healthcare IT * Semantic Interoperability * Confidentiality and Data Security * Wearable Health Informatics * Evaluation and Use of Healthcare IT * Healthcare Management Systems * Development of Assistive Technology * ICT, Ageing and Disability * Practice-based Research Methods for Healthcare IT * Electronic Health Records and Standards * Pervasive Health Systems and Services * e-Health for Public Health

Researchers are kindly invited to submit a 2-3 page proposal to Editor of the series Dr. Naveen Chilamkurti (n.chilamkurti@latrobe.edu.aumailto:n.chilamkurti@latrobe.edu.au) before 17th April 2011. The manuscript proposal should clearly explain the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Upon acceptance of your proposal, you should prepare your chapter of 8,000-10,000 words. Guidelines for preparing your paper and terms and definitions will be sent to you upon acceptance of your proposal. Due dates

Proposal for chapters: 17th April 2011 Acceptance of Chapters notification: 22nd May 2011 Final Chapter submission: Mid of August 2011

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