EHEALTH SUMMIT AUSTRIA 2016 - ÖSTERREICHS NATIONALE EHEALTH EVENT

scientific conference eHealth 2017

The eHealth conference series is organized by the Austrian Working Group of Health Informatics and eHealth since 2007. Since 2013, it takes place within the framework of eHealth Summit Austria, a major health ICT event organized by HIMSS Europe (Health Information and Management Systems Society). Each year, this event attracts up to 300 participants from academia, industry and health care organizations. In keeping with its motto, "Health Informatics meets eHealth", the eHealth conference series provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, decision makers and vendors to discuss innovative health informatics and eHealth solutions so as to improve the quality and efficiency of health care.

Starting in 2016, the primary conference language will be English in order to address the increasingly international focus of eHealth and to acknowledge the importance of cross-border health ICT. A special topic for eHealth2017 will be “Digital Insight - information-driven Health & Care". Future ICT systems need to include methods of machine learning and predictive analytics in order to provide actionable information to health carers and to support preventive health care concepts.

www.ehealth2017.at

>> Download here the Call for Papers 2017.


Key dates 2017

  • 14.02.2017          Submission deadline for scientific papers, posters and student papers
  • 28.02.2017          Submission deadline for workshop proposals
  • 31.03.2017          Submission deadline for E.T. Award applications
  • 15.04.2017          Early Bird Registration Deadline
  • 23./24.05.2017    Conference date

Chair of the Scientific Program Committee

Priv. Doz. DI Dr. Günter Schreier, MSc, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Graz, Austria

Chief Medical Officer

Univ. Prof. Dr. Ruth Ladenstein, Professor of Pediatrics, Senior Consultant in Pediatric Oncology, Head of the Clinical Trials Unit S2IRP-CCRI (Studies & Statistics for Integrated Research and Projects), St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung

Scientific Program Comittee

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Adlassnig, Medizinische Universität Wien
Prof. Dr. Josef Altmann, FH Oberösterreich, Wels
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Elske Ammenwerth, UMIT, Hall in Tirol, Austria
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Berghold, Medizinische Universität Graz
Prof. Dr. Britta Böckmann, Fachhochschule Dortmund
Prof. Dr. Oliver Bott, FH Hannover
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ruth Breu, Universität Innsbruck
Prof. Dr. Harald Burgsteiner, FH Joanneum, Graz
Catherine Chronaki, HL7 Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
Univ.-Prof. DDr. Wolfgang Dorda, Medizinische Universität Wien
Prof. Dr. Stephan Dreiseitl, FH Hagenberg
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Duftschmid, Medizinische Universität Wien
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Dugas, Universität Münster
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Walter Gall, Medizinische Universität Wien
Dr. Holger Gothe, UMIT, Hall in Tirol
Prof. Dr. Martin Haag, Hochschule Heilbronn
Prof. Dr. Peter Haas, FH Dortmund
Prof. Dr. Anke Häber, FH Zwickau
Dr. Dieter Hayn, AIT, Graz
Dr. Mira Hercigonja-Szekeres, University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Hörbst, UMIT, Hall in Tirol
Prof. Dr. Ursula Hübner, Hochschule Osnabrück
Sergey Karas, Siberian State Medical University Tomsk, Russia
Prof. Dr. Guido Kempter, FH Vorarlberg
Prof. Dr. Peter Klutke, Hochschule Kempten
Prof. Dr. Petra Knaup, Universität Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Werner Kurschl, FH Hagenberg
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Richard Lenz, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. Nicos Maglaveras, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Prof. Dr. Michael Marschollek, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Prof. Dr. Christian Menard, FH Kärnten
Prof. Dr. George Mihalas, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Ivana Ognjanovic, Donja Gorica University, Podgorica, Montenegro
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karl-Peter Pfeiffer, FH Joanneum, Graz
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ulrich Prokosch, Universität Erlangen
Dr. Stefan Sauermann, FH Technikum Wien
Prof. Dr. Paul Schmücker, Hochschule Mannheim
Dr. Michael Shifrin, N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia
Prof. Dr. Martin Stämmler, FH Stralsund
Prof. Dr. Christian Stingl, FH Kärnten
Prof. Dr. Lăcrămioara Stoicu-Tivadar, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania
Prof. Dr. Jana Zvarova, Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, The Czech Republic

E.T. AWARD: eHealth / Telemedicine Award for Innovative Patient Communication

The organisers of the annual eHealth conference want to support application of innovative eHealth / telemedicine methods in communication between health care providers and patients. Therefore, in the course of the annual conference, the E.T. Award is assigned to the applicant who uses information and communication technology in the most innovative way, in order to establish new opportunities for communication in between partners in health care.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The following applicants are eligible for the price:

  • Institutions or individuals active in (public) health care, industry or science
  • Interdisciplinary groups or project consortia
  • Organisations or associations

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Please submit your proposal until 15.4.2017 per email to office@ehealth2017.at.

DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED

Submissions must written in English or German language and they need to be sent to the conference organisers in PDF format.

Submissions comprise of:

Project description (max. 10 pages) including a short description (max. 1 page), describing the following aspects:

  • Innovation (Application, Technology, Processes, interinstitutional cooperation, ...)
  • Benefit for patients (e.g. improved treatment quality, prevention of adverse events, new insights, economic benefits)
  • Presence of results so far
  • Sustainability
  • Description of the applicant (short C.V. of the main contact person, description of the company/working group/institution/ ...)

Sumitted projects need to show first results in the context of health care provision, i.e. they should at least be in a pilot phase.

The major contact person must be registered to the conference.

Only complete submissions are forwarded to the expert pannel.

AWARDING PROCEDURE

All submissions will be reviewed by an independent expert pannel. The expert pannel consists of independent, voluntary experts who only review submissions that they neighter directly nor indirectly envolved. The price will only be awarded if at least three projects are submitted. The E.T. Award will be awarded at the annual eHealth conference.

No recourse to legal action is permitted.



Student Contest

Among all contributed student papers, the best papers written and presented by master and PhD students will be awarded.

Best PhD Paper Award

Submissions originating from a PhD thesis can be submitted. The PhD thesis must either be in progress or it must have been finalized no earlier than 2016. The author of the paper needs to be subscribed at a university.

Submissions are submitted using the category "Student Contests — Best PhD Paper". The paper format corresponds to the paper format of regular submissions.

Submissions will regularly be reviewed and — if accepted — papers will be selected for oral or poster presentation.

As regular submissions, accepted PhD papers will be published within the IOS Press proceedings or in Applied Clinical Informatics.

Depending on the reviewers' recommendations, the best PhD submissions will be selected for the Best PhD Paper finals. From all finalists, an independent jury will elect the winner of the Best PhD Paper Award, based on the reviewers' evaluations, the written papers and the oral presentation.

The Best PhD Paper Award is worth € 500,-.

Best Master Paper Award

Submissions originating from a master thesis or equivalent can be submitted. The thesis etc. must either be in progress or it must have been finalized no earlier than 2016. The author of the paper needs to be subscribed at a university.

Submissions are submitted using the category "Student Contest — Best Master Paper".

The paper format corresponds to the paper format of regular submissions. However, papers can be submitted both, in English or in German. English submissions may be considered for inclusion in the IOS press proceedings, depending on the quality. German submissions cannot be included in the IOS press proceedings, they will be displayed at the conference website.

Submissions will be reviewed in a separate review process and – if accepted – papers will be selected for oral or poster presentation. Depending on the reviewers' recommendations, the best submissions will be selected for the Best Master Paper finals. From all finalists, an independent jury will elect the winner of the Best Master Paper Award, based on the reviewers' evaluations, the written papers and the oral presentation.

The Best Master Paper Award is worth € 500,-.