CALL FOR PAPERS
Throughout the world, information and communication technologies - telematics technologies - form the
basis of a new era in the practice of medicine and the delivery of health care. It is characterised as
a revolution based on information and the expression of human intelligence targeting to improve the
efficiency and efficacy of health care delivery. Europe is actively participating in this revolution
both through national strategic plans as well as European initiatives such as the research and
development programmes of the European Union. The main objective of this special issue is to provide
a forum for a dissemination of current European activities in health telematics. Papers are invited in
the following areas:
Enabling systems and applications for healthcare professionals:
Departmental and hospital information systems, knowledge based systems and decision support tools,
electronic healthcare records; Virtual environments and advance imaging systems, picture archiving
and communication systems (PACS), 3-D animations and virtual reality applications; Systems for quality
improvement, therapy planning and training, links to knowledge, resource management systems and
services.
Co-operative working environments:
Health information networks - networking the complementary care centres for continuity of care, secure
networks for medical applications, internet based co-operative work, distributed patient records;
Telemedicine - teleconsultation, telediagnosis, integrated health emergency systems, mobile healthcare
providers; Telematics for healthcare products and surveillance, home care monitoring, information
systems for citizens.
Emphasis should also be given to the following issues and technologies: user acceptance, quality
assurance, standards and interoperability, human-computer interaction, integration platforms,
accessibility, security and confidentiality, medical terminology, world wide web, high-speed secure
networking.
Manuscript submission
All submitted papers will be peer reviewed by following the IEEE Transactions policy. Please submit
your manuscript in electronic or hard copy form following the information for authors given in the
Transactions. Special attention should be given to the instructions for manuscript style and paper
length. Information is also available at http://titb.nextgeninter.net/. Authors are strongly encouraged
to submit a PostScript version of their full paper by anonymous ftp to zeus.cc.ucy.ac.cy, and put the
paper in the directory /incoming/titb. Files should be uniquely named:
<author-surname.firstname>.ps. In addition, authors should notify by e-mail to
schizas@turing.cs.ucy.ac.cy the title of the paper, the corresponding author and address, and the first
two choices for the topics of interest as given above, under which the paper can be classified.
Alternatively, papers can be submitted in paper format (one original and three copies). These
submissions should be accompanied with a diskette with the paper in MS Word format, or TEX on IBM PC or
MAC, including all figures. In an accompanying letter, authors should specify the title of the paper,
the corresponding author and address, and the first two choices from the topics of interest as given
above, under which the paper can be classified. Please submit paper format papers to
Christos N. Schizas.
Important dates
| Submission of papers: | April 15, 1998 |
| Notification of acceptance: | July 1, 1998 |
| Revised manuscript due: | September 1, 1998 |
| Tentative publication date: | December 1998 |
Guest Editors
Ilias Iakovidis
European Commission
DGXIII Telematics Applications for Health
Av. de Beaulieu 29
1160 Brussels
Tel: +32-2-2952329
Fax: 2960181
ilias.iakovidis@bxl.dg13.cec.be
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Constantinos S. Pattichis
Department of Computer Science
University of Cyprus
75 Kallipoleos, PO Box 537
CY-1678, Nicosia Cyprus
Tel: +357-2-338705
Fax: 339062
pattichi@turing.cs.ucy.ac.cy
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Christos N. Schizas
Department of Computer Science
University of Cyprus
75 Kallipoleos, PO Box 537
CY-1678, Nicosia Cyprus
Tel: +357-2-338705
Fax: 339062
schizas@turing.cs.ucy.ac.cy
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