The Twelfth International Conference on Global Health Challenges
2023-09-25 - 2023-09-29 | Porto, Portugal
Fundamentals
Foundations in global health informatics; Computational health; Software for health; Independent living technologies; ICT and health; Platform interoperability; Semantic interoperability; Diagnosis systems; Applied health informatics; User interfaces and visualization
Behavioral Health
Biosocial health theories; Emotions; Stress; Depression; Anxiety; Relationship problems; Grief; Addiction; Learning disabilities; Mood disorders; Substance abuse; Opiate addiction; Therapy; Counseling; Alternative medicines; Mindfulness; Mental illnesses; Behavioral crisis; Chronic conditions; Control and prevention; Coordinated-care models; Integrated behavioral and physical health platforms and systems; Dialectical behavior therapy; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy; Acceptance-oriented interventions; Awareness.
Health and Wellness Informatics
Computation models and human body; Imaging and modelling of human body; Visual and knowledge artifacts; Feature analysis and classification; Machine learning, simulation, and image analysis; Image registration and correlation analysis; Sensing and detecting devices; 3d MRI and optical mapping; Semantic representation of human body data; Trusted information for personal wellness; Cloud outsourcing of medical image repositories; Web-base decision support systems; Adverse drug event notification systems; Cross-hospital resource management systems; Nurse challenges with IT and electronic medical records; Clinical personal self-management; Care continuity
Medical Systems and Technologies
Scalable medical systems; Hospital medical systems architecture; Medical-oriented communication protocols; Integration of heterogeneous medical systems; Noncontact human vital-signs sensing systems; Rehabilitation systems; Medical implant technologies; Digital biomedical images; Systems for measuring tissue parameters; Macroscopy and microscopy systems; Video-based healing systems; Mammograms systems; Patient-centric electronic health record systems; ICT platforms for domestic healthcare of patients affected by chronic diseases; Systems for monitoring special diseases (Parkinson, Alzheimer, Diabetes, etc.); Real-time medical data collection
Technology
Bio-medical semantics; Bio-medicine; Disease biomarker prediction; Applications of bio-nano technology; Body networks; Mobile healthcare; Ubiquitous healthcare; Human body communication devices; In-body video-driven navigation exploration; Wireless communication and inferences in in body networks-working environments ; Acoustic metrics and patterns for body exploration systems; Near-field effect and implant body area networks; Assisted wireless body area systems; Medical systems based on smart devices
Trends
Clinical epigenetic; Long term health conditions; Ambient assisted; Genetics; Virtual reality in medicine surgery; Clinical trials; Computational and knowledge management on proteomics and genomics; Drug design, disease diagnosis and control
Practice
Nursing; Patient-centered care; Personalized medicine; Pervasive health; Homecare; Pharmaceutical services
Alternative
Biomedicine; Natural medicine; Preventive medicine; Chronic diseases following; Home surveillance
Challenges
Security aspects and access control on medical data; Data management in pervasive context; Data quality assurance and provenance; Patient flow models in hospitals; Clinical data analysis; Information visualization of medical data; Performance of medical systems; Accuracy of medical systems; Scalability evaluation; Mobile clouds in medical scenarios ; Security of medical systems; Privacy for wired and wireless medical devices
Global
eHealth initiatives; Social medicine; Health global accessibility; Epidemic spreading and control; Health Education; Providing health in remote areas; Decision support within healthcare; Ethical aspects in eHealth; Healthcare plans and patient benefits; Synchronization of federal regulations; Availability of medication; Community health services

Deadlines:

Submission

Jun 13, 2023

Notification

Aug 01, 2023

Registration

Aug 15, 2023

Camera ready

Aug 25, 2023

Deadlines differ for special tracks. Please consult the conference home page for special tracks Call for Papers (if any).
