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MEDINFO'15
XV World Conference on Health and Biomedical Informatics
19-23 August 2015, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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 The Chair of the Medinfo 2015 Local Organising Committee with the SPC Co-Chairs. |
MEDINFO is the premier international Health and Biomedical Informatics event. MEDINFO 2015 was hosted by SBIS (Brazilian Health Informatics Association) on behalf of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and took place in the city of Sao Paulo from the 19th to 23rd August 2015.
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IMIA Delegates at MEDINFO 2015
The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) s and independent organisation established in 1967. IMIA plays a major global role in the application of information science and technology in the fields of healthcare and research in medical, health, and biomedical informatics.
The General Assembly consists of representatives of the organizations that comprise the structure of IMIA, i.e. Member Societies, Academic and Corporate Institutional Members, along with representatives of IMIA’s Working and Special Interest Groups, Honorary Fellows, and Corresponding Members. The General Assembly is the ultimate authority in the conduct of IMIA’s affairs. IMIA was founded by the representatives of Medical Informatics Societies (Associations). Their representatives were (and continue to be) the only constituents of the General Assembly with full voting privileges and have the sole right to change IMIA’s Statutes, elect the IMIA Board and approve IMIA’s Budget.
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Australia at MEDINFO 2015
The best of the Australian health informatics community was proudly on show at Medinfo 2015. Professor Fernando Martin Sanchez from the University of Melbourne co-chaired the Scientific Program Committee. Of almost 800 submissions across 59 countries, Australia presented a large number of academic papers, chaired sessions and formed part of the review process. Dr Kathleen Gray, Senior Researcher at HaBIC, was highlighted among the top 5 reviewers. Australia was also the 4th country in number of delegates, after the US, Brazil and Argentina.
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HaBIC at MEDINFO 2015
HaBIC had a very strong presence in the conference with:
Papers
- Almalki M, Martin Sanchez F, Gray K. Quantifying the Activities of Self-quantifiers: Management of Data, Time and Health. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015; 216:333-7. This paper was presented in a scientific session by HaBIC PhD Candidate Ms Manal Almalki.
Posters
- Lopez-Campos G, Ofoghi B, Martin-Sanchez F. Enabling Self-Monitoring Data Exchange in Participatory Medicine. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015;216:1102.
- Martin-Sanchez F, Turner M, Johnstone A, Heffer L, Rafael N; Advisory Group, Bakker T, Thorne N, Macciocca I, Gaff C. Personalised Medicine Possible With Real-Time Integration of Genomic and Clinical Data To Inform Clinical Decision-Making. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015;216:1052.
- Boyle DI. Middleware Supporting Next Generation Data Analytics in Australia. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015;216:1019.
Panels
- Prof Fernando Martin-Sanchez: “Precision and Participatory Medicine†in Panel “From small to big to rich data: dealing with new sources of data in Biomedicineâ€.
- Dr Guillermo Lopez-Campos in Panel: "Toward precision medicine: extending the biomedical informatics community tent".
Workshops
- Prof Fernando Martin-Sanchez in Workshop: “Effective Patient Adherence Management by Engaging Enabling Technologiesâ€.
Working Groups
- Dr Guillermo Lopez Campos is Vice-Chair of the IMIA “Informatics in Genomic Medicine†Working Group.
- Prof Fernando Martin-Sanchez was elected Chair of the IMIA “Big Data and Analytics†Working Group (2015-2017).
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MEDINFO 2015 Proceedings Free to Download (Open Access)
Editors: Indra Neil Sarkar, Andrew Georgiou, Paulo Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques ISBN 978-1-61499-563-0 (print) | 978-1-61499-564-7 (online) Open Access.
This book presents the proceedings of MEDINFO 2015. The theme of the conference and the broad spectrum of topics are covered, from emerging methodologies to successful implementations of innovative applications, integration and evaluation of eHealth systems and solutions. Included here are 178 full papers and 248 poster abstracts, selected after a rigorous review process from nearly 800 submissions by 2,500 authors from 59 countries. This comprehensive overview of Health and Biomedical Informatics will be of interest to all those involved in designing, commissioning and providing healthcare, wherever they may be.
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