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MaRS Centre
MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON Canada M5G 1L7
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Conference Schedule
Thursday, September 4, 2008
| 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM | Breakfast/Registration | ||
| 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM | Opening Talks | ||
| Greetings from the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), and CHIRAD,
Peter J. Murray, IMIA Vice President for Strategic Planning
Welcome from the Conference Chair Gunther Eysenbach, Senior Scientist, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto; Editor/Publisher, Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) |
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| 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM in MaRS Centre Auditorium | |||
| Topic: Building virtual communities and social networking applications for health professionals | |||
| Pat Rich*, Director CMA Online Content, Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Asklepios: The CMA's new social networking site for Canadian physicians (Practice Track) |
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| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM in MaRS Centre Auditorium | |||
| Topic: Building virtual communities and social networking applications for patients and consumers | |||
| Jeana Frost*, PatientsLikeMe Michael Massagli, PatientsLikeMe Social uses of personal health information within PatientsLikeMeTM, an online patient community: What can happen when patients have access to one another's data (Research Track) |
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| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Break with Refreshments + Poster Viewing | ||
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium | |||
| Topic: Blogs | |||
| Neil Seeman*, School of Health Services Management, Ryerson University & IBM Healthcare Inside the Health Blogosphere: Governance, Quality and the New Opinion Leaders (Research Track) |
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| Bertalan Mesko*, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Jennifer McCabe Gorman , Health 2.0/Nexthealth Keith J Kaplan* Sam Solomon* Peter Murray* Medical Bloggers Panel (Practice Track) |
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre CR2 | |||
| Topic: Consumer empowerment, patient-physician relationship, and sociotechnical issues | |||
| Chair: Joan Dzenowagis | |||
| Robert Verheij*, Neth. Inst. for Health Services Reseach (NIVEL) Carmen Ton , Neth. Inst. for Health Services Research (NIVEL) Kiek Tates Hesitative Introduction of E-mail consultations in General Practice (Research Track) |
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| Holly Witteman*, Human Factors, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; Health Care, Technology and Place, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Laura O'Grady*, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine; Centre for Global eHealth Innovation; Health Care, Technology and Place, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Not every site needs a wiki: A conceptual framework for health Websites (Research Track) |
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| Shannon Hughes*, School of Social Work Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA David Cohen, School of Social Work Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA The Construction of Expertise in the Age of the Internet: Psychotropic Drug Knowledge in Consumer-Constructed Online Spaces (General Track) |
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| Peter Pennefather*, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, CANADA West Suhanic, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON CANDA BioTIFF: Articulating Self-Documenting Personal Health Digital Information Artefacts (Developer Track) |
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre CR3 | |||
| Topic: Web 2.0 approaches for behaviour change, public health and biosurveillance | |||
| Chair: Derek Hansen | |||
| Christin Bexelius*, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Jan-Eric Litton*, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden E-epidemiology - adapting epidemiological data collection to the 21st century (General Track) |
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| Jason Bonander*, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA Personally Tailored Health Information: A Health 2.0 Approach (General Track) |
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| Michael W. Allen, Medical School, U of MN, Minneapolis, USA Edward Allan Murphy David O. Wiebers* Charles P. Bosmajian, Jr. Will Thalheimer Julie Dirksen Preventive Medicine and the Allen Behavioral Change Model: A Collaboration for Health Behavior Change Using Web-based Interventions (Business Track) |
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| Taha Kass-Hout*, Assistant Professor, Emory University, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Atlanta, GA, USA.
InSTEDD, Director of Health Informatics, Palo Alto, CA, USA Biosurveillance 2.0: A Social Networking Approach (General Track) |
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| 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM | Lunch | ||
| 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM in MaRS Centre CR2 | |||
| Topic: Web2.0-based medical education and learning | |||
| Chair: Peter Murray | |||
| Leanne Bowler*, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Where can teens find health information? A survey of web portals designed for teen health information seekers (Practice Track) |
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| Margaret Hansen*, School of Nursing, University of San Francisco, USA
Versatile, Immersive, Creative and Dynamic Virtual 3-D Healthcare Learning (Research Track) |
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| 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium | |||
| Topic: Building virtual communities and social networking applications for patients and consumers | |||
| Chair: Carol Bond | |||
| Toomas Timpka*, Department of Computer Science, Linköping University, Sweden Johnny Ludvigsson, Department of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Sweden Henrik Eriksson, Department of Computer Science, Linköping University, Sweden Joakim Ekberg, Department of Computer Science, Linköping University, Sweden Lena Hanberger*, Department of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Sweden Sam Nordfeldt*, Department of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Sweden Web 2.0 systems supporting childhood chronic disease management: a general architecture compliant with the WHA eHealth Resolution (Research Track) |
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| Sara Urowitz*, Oncology Education, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Netowork, Toronto, Canada From Social Networks to Social Medicine: Exploring the role of online interventions (Research Track) |
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| Judy Proudfoot*, Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Expert Patients as Apomediaries (Research Track) |
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| 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM in MaRS Centre CR3 | |||
| Chair: Margaret Hansen | |||
| Grant Cumming*, NHS Grampian Scotland; University of Aberdeen Andrew Fowlie , NHS Grampian Adrian Baker , NHS Highland Thomas Heneghan , NHS Grampian Neil Hamilton , University of Aberdeen Stefan Agamanolis e-health in a Remote and Rural Setting in the North of Scotland- An Evolving Success Story (Practice Track) |
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| Handy Amin*, Active Health Management, Health Promotion Board, Singapore Andy Tan , Active Health Management, Health Promotion Board, Singapore Ping Ping Tan , Chief Information Officer's Office, Health Promotion Board, Singapore Sau Chan Low , Chief Information Officer's Office, Health Promotion Board, Singapore Shyamala Thilagaratnam, Active Health Management, Health Promotion Board, Singapore Planning the Development of the Singapore National Health Portal (Practice Track) |
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| Jaime Jiménez Pernett, Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain Jose Francisco García Gutiérrez, Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain Pablo Martínez Cabrero, Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain Sergio Minué Lorenzo, Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain Knowledge Exchange Nodes in Public Health: Two successful practical experiences (Practice Track) |
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| Jason Aprile*, OntarioMD, Toronto, Canada Providing Online Access to Point-of-Care Information: Lessons from the OntarioMD.ca Physician Portal (Business Track) |
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| 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM | Break with Refreshments | ||
| 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium | |||
| Topic: Building virtual communities and social networking applications for patients and consumers | |||
| Chair: Judy Proudfoot | |||
| Dorrit Billman*, Stanford CSLI and Palo Alto Research Corp Diane Schiano , Palo Alto Research Corp Lee Gugerty, Clemson, Psychology Patient Problem-Solving on the Web: How do Patients Use Web Forums to Cope with Chronic Disease? (Research Track) |
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| Cornelia van Uden-Kraan*, Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Constance Drossaert , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Erik Taal , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Erwin Seydel , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Mart van de Laar, Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Patient-initiated Online Support Groups: Motives for Initiation, Extent of Success and Success Factors (Research Track) |
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| Neil Coulson*, University of Nottingham Living with HIV/AIDS and use of online support groups (Research Track) |
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| Trevor van Mierlo*, No University Affilliation, V-CC Systems Inc. (Toronto, Canada); V-CC Systems USA Inc. (San Francisco, USA) Peter Selby MBBS, CCFP , Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit Danielle Parent (RN) , None (V-CC Systems Inc) John Cunningham, PhD, Centre for Addition and Mental Health, University of Toronto Moderated online social networking for smokers: Content of first posts from 2,562 members (General Track) |
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| 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM in MaRS Centre CR2 | |||
| Topic: Wikis | |||
| Chair: Chris Paton | |||
| Saulo Bortolon, Dept. Informatics, UFES, Vitoria, Brazil Roberta Gomes, Dept. Informatics, UFES, Brazil Mariella Berger Hilario Seibel Jr.*, CEFETES, Serra, ES. Using Wiki for a Large Medical Nomenclature Translation (General Track) |
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| Derek Hansen*, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, USA Sean Munson, School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Patient-Driven Content Creation: Effectively Introducing Wiki Repositories to Virtual Support Communities (Research Track) |
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| Aviv Shachak*, Faculty of Information Studies; Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto Jamie Meuser, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto Tupper Bean, Centre for Effective Practice, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto Stephen Hockama, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto Lena Salach, Centre for Effective Practice, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto Noah Ivers, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto Michael Evans, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto Collaborative Knowledge Translation: Application of a Wiki Model for Primary Care Practitioners (Research Track) |
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| 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM in MaRS Centre CR3 | |||
| Topic: Web2.0-based medical education and learning | |||
| Chair: Benjamin Hughes | |||
| Deirdre Bonnycastle, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan Medicine 2.0 and Medical Faculty Development (Practice Track) |
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| Bertalan Mesko*, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Medical education and building an on-line reputation in the world of web 2.0 (Practice Track) |
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| Panagiotis Bamidis*, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Stathis Constantinidis , Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Eleni Kaldoudi , Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece Nicos Maglaveras , Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Costas Pappas, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece The use of Web 2.0 in teaching Medical Informatics to postgraduate medical students: first experiences (Research Track) |
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| Rod Ward*, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK The potential and challenges of Web 2.0 in the education of healthcare professionals. (General Track) |
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Friday, September 5, 2008
| 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM | Breakfast/Registration | ||
| 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM in MaRS Centre Auditorium | |||
| Judy Proudfoot*, Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Lisa Whitehead , Centre for Postgradute Nursing Studies, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand Caryl Barnes , School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Ausralia Britt Klein, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia Methodological Issues and Challenges in eHealth Research Panel (Research Track) |
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| 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM in MaRS Centre CR2 | |||
| Chair: Neil Seeman | |||
| Michael Martineau*, MED2020 Health Care Software Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Consumers are not Patient(s) (Business Track) |
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| Irmajean Bajnok*, Toronto RNAO eChampion Program (Practice Track) |
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| Dominic Covvey*, WIHIR, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada Representing and Processing Dynamic Healthcare Workflow (Research Track) |
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| Edoardo Narduzzi*, TechEdge, Rome, Italy MyOpenCare: Multicontent treatment paths to share medical knowledge and experience (Business Track) |
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| 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM in MaRS Centre CR3 | |||
| Topic: Web2.0-based medical education and learning | |||
| Chair: Khaled El Emam | |||
| Moshe Pritsker*, JoVE (www.jove.com) Online video-publication for biological research (Business Track) |
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| Allan Barclay*, Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA Rebecca Holz, Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA Development of an RSS-based Current Awareness Service (General Track) |
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| Øystein Eiring, Norwegian Electronic Health Library, National Knowledge Center for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway Runar Eggen , Norwegian Electronic Health Library, National Knowledge Center for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway Magne Nylenna, Norwegian Electronic Health Library, National Knowledge Center for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway Implementation of Web 2.0-services in the Norwegian Electronic Health Library (Practice Track) |
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| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Break with Refreshments | ||
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium | |||
| Topic: Health information on the web: Supply and Demand | |||
| Chair: Holly Witteman | |||
| Cornelia van Uden-Kraan*, Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Constance Drossaert , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Erik Taal , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Erwin Seydel , Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Mart van de Laar, Institute for Behavioural Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Empowerment by Participation in Online Support Groups for Patients with Arthritis, Fibromyalgia and Breast Cancer (Research Track) |
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| Joanne Mayoh*, Health Informatics: Bournemouth University Will the development of Web 2.0 technology result in a preference for quantity over quality? (Practice Track) |
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| Sheryl Mitchell*, Women's College Hospital Women Wading Through the Web: providing women with the tools to evaluate online health information (Practice Track) |
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| Luis Fernandez Luque*, NORUT AS, Norway Ignacio Basagoiti , ITACA-TSB Research Institute, Technical University of Valencia (Spain) Elin Johnsen , Norwegian Center of Telemedicine (Norway) Randi Karlsen, Department of Computer Science, University of Tromsø (Norway) Study of the ePatient as a provider of health content in the Internet (Research Track) |
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre CR2 | |||
| Topic: Personal health records and Patient portals | |||
| Chair: Suzanne Dickerson | |||
| Miguel Cabrer*, eHealth Advisor Francisco Tous , IBIT Institute - Balearic Government Debora Martinez , IBIT Institute - Balearic Government Pedro Ferriol, IBIT Institute - Balearic Government Virtual Health Platform (Business Track) |
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| Deborah Chan*, University Health Network Selina Brudnicki, Shared Information Management Services InfoWell Patient Portal: A Case of Patient-Centred Design (Practice Track) |
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| Barbara Purin*, Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento, Italy Emiliano Ricci, Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento, Italy User-centered Design of a PHR: Traditional Web Forms vs. Wizard Forms (Research Track) |
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| Zach Landis Lewis*, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA Gerald Douglas , Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA Valerie Monaco, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA Measuring Efficiency of Use in a Web-based EMR Developed for Malawi: Lessons Learned From Performing a Preliminary CogTool Analysis (Research Track) |
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in MaRS Centre CR3 | |||
| Topic: Building virtual communities and social networking applications for health professionals | |||
| Chair: Michael Martineau | |||
| Carol S Bond*, Bournemouth University Stop The World wide web I Want To Get Off. (Research Track) |
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| Chris Paton*, Health Informatics Programme, Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand New Media Medicine: A Social Network for Doctors and Medical Students (Business Track) |
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| Shirley Fenton, WIHIR, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada Dominic Covvey*, WIHIR, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada Creating and Supporting a Community of Practice (Developer Track) |
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| Ken Seto*, OntarioMD.ca Facilitating Online Collaboration and Communication: A Groups Approach (Practice Track) |
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| 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM | Lunch | ||
| 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium | |||
| Topic: Consumer empowerment, patient-physician relationship, and sociotechnical issues | |||
| Chair: Peter Pennefather | |||
| Nicol Nijland*, Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente Lisette Van Gemert-Pijnen , Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente Saskia Kelders , Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente Bart Brandenburg , Medicinfo Erwin Seydel, Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Twente Evaluation of the use of an interactive web-based support program for optimizing the management of Diabetes Mellitus (Research Track) |
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| Matic Meglic*, UP PINT, Koper, Slovenia Web and mobile solution for support of process of care: case of depression (Research Track) |
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| Dafna Carr*, Cancer Care Ontario Steve Hall, Cancer Care Ontario Using Technology to Engage Patients and Clinicians in Electronic Cancer Symptom Assessment and Management: Lessons Learned and Implications for Practice (Practice Track) |
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| Suzanne Dickerson*, School of Nursing University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Grace Dean, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo Developing of a web-based application to facilitate patient treatment adherence in individuals with sleep apnea treated with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) devices. (Research Track) |
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| 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM in MaRS Centre CR2 | |||
| Topic: Semantic Web ("Web 3.0"), Open Source | |||
| Chair: Trevor Van Mierlo | |||
| Charalampos Bratsas, Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece Panagiotis D Bamidis*, Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece Evagelos Kaimakamis, Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece Nicos Maglaveras, Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece Usage of Semantic Web Technologies (Web-3.0) Aiming to Facilitate the Utilisation of Computerized Algorithmic Medicine in Clinical Practice (Research Track) |
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| Julio Lorca, Fundacion para la eSalud-FESALUD, Malaga, Spain Francisco J Alcazar , Consejeria de Innovacion, Ciencia y Empresa, Andalusian Government, Malaga, Spain Carlos L Sanchez , Consejeria de Innovacion, Ciencia y Empresa, Andalusian Government, Malaga, Spain Miguel Romero-Cuevas , Fundacion para la eSalud-FESALUD, Malaga, Spain Diego L Lopez , eHealth Competence Center, Regensburg, Germany Sergio Ruiz , Revista eSalud, Spain Pedro Garcia-Fortea, Fundacion para la eSalud-FESALUD, Malaga, Spain PESCA: Developing an Open Source Platform To Bring eHealth To Latin America and the Caribbean (Research Track) |
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| Jen McCabe Gorman*, N/A Maarten Den Braber*, University of Twente, Healthcare Technology and Management "Nexthealth" - An Open-Source, Web-Based Tool Determining "What's Next" in the Evolution of Consumer-Centric Care Delivery (Practice Track) |
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| 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM in MaRS Centre CR3 | |||
| Topic: Web 2.0 approaches for clinical practice, clinical research, quality monitoring | |||
| Chair: Aviv Shachak | |||
| Miguel Cabrer*, eHealth Advisor MDPIXX: The Global Medical Images Repository (Practice Track) |
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| Chris Paton*, Health Informatics Programme, Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Muzaffar Malik, Health Informatics Programme, Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Alec Holt, Health Informatics Programme, Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Mobile Medicine 2.0 (Research Track) |
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| Benjamin Hughes*, dept of information systems, ESADE, Barcelona, Spain Indra Joshi , North and East Hertfordshire PCT Trust Hugh Lemonde, Department of paediatrics, King George Hospital, London To 2.0 or not to 2.0 - have junior doctors already answered the question? (Research Track) |
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| Marcelino Cabrera Giraldez*, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (Joint Research Centre, European Commission) José Antonio Valverde, IPTS Dolores Ibarreta, IPTS The potential of social computing for biomedical research on rare diseases (Research Track) |
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| 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM | Break with Refreshments | ||
| 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM in MaRS Centre Auditorium | |||
| Topic: Ethical & legal issues, confidentiality and privacy | |||
| Joan Dzenowagis*, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Shubhabrata Roy , Microsoft Corporation; London Kevin Clauson*, Pharmacy Practice, Nova Southeastern University, Florida Risk 2.0: The future of connected health (Panel) (General Track) |
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| 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM | Closing Talks | ||
| With Physician 2.0 Award, sponsored by Medting, presented by Denise Silber | |||
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