Call for Papers

 

Call for Papers

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Important dates
   
Deadline Extension
Papers Submission Deadline: June 15th, 2006
July 3rd, 2006
     
   
New Date
Notification of Acceptance: September 1st, 2006
September 11th, 2006
Camera Ready: September 14th, 2006
September 18th, 2006
October 9th, 2006
   

 

Pervasive healthcare is emerging research discipline, focusing on the development and application of pervasive and ubiquitous computing technology for healthcare purposes. Pervasive healthcare seeks to accommodate the growing need for healthcare arising from a number of factors, including the increase in life-style and chronic diseases, the increased complexity of large healthcare organizations, providing healtcare services in rural and underserved areas worldwide, and enabling patients and relatives engage more closely in self-care and treatment. Pervasive healthcare may be defined from two perspectives. First, it is the development and application of pervasive computing (or ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence) technologies for healthcare, health and wellness management. Second, it seeks to make healthcare available to anyone, anytime, and anywhere by removing locational, time and other restraints while increasing both the coverage and quality of healthcare. Topics of Interest: We seek novel, innovative, and exciting work in areas including but not limited to:

Technologies "situated on the patient"

  • Design and use of bio-sensors
  • Mobile devices for patient monitoring
  • Wireless and wear-able devices for pervasive healthcare
  • Patient monitoring in diverse environments (indoor, outdoor, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living)
  • Continuous vs event-driven monitoring of patients
  • Using mobile devices for healthcare information storage, update, and transmission
  • Sensing of vital signs and transmission
  • Home monitoring for cardiac arrhythmias
  • Preventative care: Technologies to improve overall health of people one wouldn't normally call "patients"

     

  

Medical aspects of pervasive healthcare

  • Pervasive healthcare applications
  • Specific requirements of vital signs in pervasive healthcare environment
  • Diversity of patients and their specific requirements
  • Representation of medical information in pervasive healthcare environment (multimedia, resolution, processing and storage requirements)
  • Role of medical protocols in pervasive healthcare
  • Improved delivery of healthcare services
  • The usability of wireless-based solutions in healthcare
  • Physiological models for interpreting medical sensor data
  • Decision support algorithms for sensor analysis

Technologies "situated in the environment"

  • The use of “environmental” technologies such as cameras, interfaces, and sensor networks
  • Data fusion in pervasive healthcare environment
  • Managing knowledge in pervasive healthcare
  • Content-based encoding of medical information
  • Forming ad hoc wireless networks for enhanced monitoring of patients
  • Networking support for pervasive healthcare (location tracking, routing, scalable architectures, dependability, and quality of access)
  • Managing healthcare emergency vehicles and routing
  • Network support for mobile telemedicine
  • Ubiquitous health care and monitoring at home
  • Ubiquitous medical network and appliances in homes or hospitals
  • Ubiquitous computing support for medical works in hospitals
  

Management of pervasive healthcare

  • Security and privacy in pervasive healthcare
  • Training of healthcare professional for pervasive healthcare
  • Managing the integration of wireless solutions in pervasive healthcare
  • Increasing coverage of healthcare services
  • Legal and regulatory issues in pervasive healthcare
  • Insurance payments and cost aspects
  • Role of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) in pervasive healthcare

 

Information for Authors

Papers Submission

PERVASIVEHEALTH accepts submissions that describe original, research work not submitted or published elsewhere. Submissions must follow IEEE's conference style two-column format including figures and references.

Papers submitted to PERVASIVEHEALTH will consist of 10 pages maximum. For more details on submission type and format please refer to the conference web site. Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts elec­tronically using the Create-net's COCUS System only https://www.cocus.info by following the link and instructions at the conference home page: https://pervasivehealth.org .

Do the submission in the following 3 steps:
1. Login with your e-mail and password. You need to register an account if you do not have one.
2. After login, choose Event's list and find Pervasive Health in the list.
3. Choose Submit a paper and follow the step by step instruction.

 

Paper Publication

Conference papers will be submitted for publication to IEEE and CD proceedings will be distributed during the conference days. Authors of best contributions will be invited to submit extended papers to a special edition of ACM/Springer MONET Journal.

 

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