Dear Reader,

As you all know, April in our community has become synonymous with Med-e-Tel, one of two key events in the ISfTeH calendar. Despite our wish to have large numbers of you at Med-e-Tel, we know that not everyone can be there. I would therefore, as I did last year, like to share with you my message, below, to Med-e-Tel participants.

It is again my distinct pleasure to welcome you to this edition of Med-e-Tel, the eleventh in the life of the event. Last year, as we celebrated the landmark tenth edition, I implored you that despite the progress and consistent performance of Med-e-Tel, we still needed to grow the two key aspects of the event - attendance and the number of exhibitors. I indicated that "the vision of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH), which took over ownership of Med-e-Tel in 2010, is to increase attendance to around 1,000 participants - to improve the chances of your making that networking connection which takes your business or personal eHealth work to another level." I recommended that we could get there by each of us bringing five "connections". I trust that you are attending this year with your five "connections".

We will again have the stimulating content, filtered by our ever vigilant expert scientific program committee, to bring you the best of original research, reviews, hot off-the press findings, as well as practical, hands-on experiences (lessons from the field) - a priceless feature that the top journals in the world, such as the WHO Bulletin, have incorporated, in our case to bring you papers that capture experiences and practices gained in solving specific Telemedicine and eHealth problems around the globe.

A special feature of this Med-e-Tel will be the session on Women and eHealth, scheduled for the entire afternoon of Wednesday April 10. It will highlight the crucial role of women in Telemedicine and eHealth and their unrecognized capacity as builders of alternative futures, based on characteristics such as an innate future orientation, capacity to mediate and to network at all levels, capacity to be social actors, to face natural catastrophes and human conflicts by creating solidarity among women. We know that eHealth is used to better reach women in rural and isolated areas, due to the remarkable ability of ICT to connect people. We also know that women are involved in all levels of health throughout their entire life, as mothers, healthcare professionals, community leaders and decision makers.

The two-part session, in collaboration with Millennia 2015, will cover two broad perspectives of women in eHealth and Telemedicine: their place and roles in this arena; and highlights of local and global initiatives in which women are fully involved. At the end of the session, a ceremony will launch yet another chapter in the history of the ISfTeH, with the creation of the Working Group on Women (WoW).

I very much look forward to seeing you all in Luxembourg as we start this second decade of the event - together with your "connections".

Sincerely,

Prof. S. Yunkap Kwankam

Executive Director

International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth

ISfTeH Meetings and Conferences

18th ISfTeH International Conference

Takamatsu, Japan
October 18 - 19, 2013

The annual ISfTeH Conference is held each Fall.

Visit ISfTeH's Events webpage for more information. 

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 Med-e-Tel 2013

Luxembourg

April 10 - 12, 2013

The Med-e-Tel conference, our (...your!) annual ISfTeH meeting, is taking place next week! If you have not yet made arrangements to be there, we strongly encourage you to do so. Med-e-Tel is an excellent opportunity to strengthen the ISfTeH network and to establish contacts and partnerships that will drive your activities throughout the next year! Med-e-Tel = an extensive conference program, an exhibition showing practical solutions and products, and plenty of discussion and networking opportunities!

Register now for the event, and meet with your peers in Luxembourg from April 10th till April 12th: 

For more information on Med-e-Tel 2013, please visit www.medetel.eu 

National Member Spotlight

Slovenian Medical Infomatics Association (SIMIA)

 

SIMIA Contact Information:

Dr. Ivan Erzen, MD - President of SIMIA ([email protected])

Andrej Orel M.SC. - SIMIA representative to EFMI, IMIA ([email protected])

Dr. Drago Rudel - SIMIA representative to ISfTeH ([email protected])

Website: www.sdmi.si

National Member News

"School of Telemedicine & Biomedical Informatics"

Prof. Saroj MISHRA, President of the T.S.I. (Telemedicine Society of India)

School of Telemedicine & Biomedical Informatics was established in 2006 at the campus of Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India as an integral part of this tertiary care super-specialty medical university. This is the first of it's kind of institution in South Asia devoted exclusively for education, training and research in the field of Healthcare ICT. Currently it runs One year full time residential Diploma Course in five disciplines namely Telemedicine, Hospital Information Management System, Public Health Informatics, Nursing Informatics & Digital Medical Library besides undertaking Training for In-service health professionals sponsored by various organizations from India and overseas. The school has excellent facilities for carrying out hands-on practice besides exposure to routine healthcare ICT activities of the hospital and tele-health & tele-education network covering whole of India, South Asia and Africa. Ministries of Communication & IT and Ministry of health & Family Welfare, Government of India have recognized it as the National Resource Center for Telemedicine & Biomedical Informatics.  

 

For more information; Contact [email protected] / [email protected]  

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Individual Member News

"New Bulgarian University - Healthcare and Social Sciences Department"

(P. Mihova, J.Vinarova, Individual members from Bulgaria

A. Vladzymyrskyy, President AUTeHD, National Member for Ukraine)

For the first time in the NBU, a live online videoconference of 30 hours course in the field of telemedicine will be conducted. The course will be presented by the leading Ukrainian professor in Telemedicine - Prof.Dr. Anton Vladzymyrskyy, MD, PhD for students in the fourth course of the Medical cybernetics bachelors degree program and first course students in the Masters Program "Regulations and standards in medicine." The lectures will be delivered to the students through the MOODLE platform, adopted for NBU needs.

For training purposes we have prepared and issued on behalf of the NBU a Bilingual digital textbook entitled "Information Technologies in Medicine and Healthcare", by A.Vladzymyrskyy, P.Mihova. I.Pendzhurov, ISBN 978-954-535-755-8, NBU, 2012.  The online meetings will take place between 1 and 5 April 2013 in the NBU, Bulgaria, realized with the help of e-Works software platform.

 

This is a new kind of e-learning for Bulgaria that overcomes grants and time constraints. The introduction of this innovative approach will contribute to the development of quality students as future professionals in the field, and will give them a real chance to communicate with world-class speakers. The training will enhance their skills and enrich their terminological apparatus. A number of sites around the world now offer free lectures by renowned speakers from the most prestigious universities, but the NBU - in the persons of P.Mihova, J.Vinarova and I.Pendzhurov - in partnership with AUTeHD will be the innovator in enabling students of the Department "Health and social work" for free listening and acquiring a certificate in Telemedicine.

 

New Bulgarian University (NBU)

Association for Ukrainian Telemedicine and eHealth Development(AUTeHD)

 

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  Nurse Member News  

  

"Call for Papers in the Field of Home Care"
on behalf of Ekezie Ralueke O., Director
(Nurse member from Nigeria) 

 

Blue Torch Home Care Limited is pleased to announce a call for Papers for it's first ever Conference/Seminar on Home Care delivery in Nigeria, scheduled to take place on 20th and 21st June, 2013. The event will draw a wide range of experts from different fields of Health Care Delivery to discuss the possible components and workability of Home Care Delivery in the African Health Care System.

 

Theme: Home Care Delivery - The Pathway to a Healthier Nation!

 

Subthemes:

• Home Care Nursing in Nigeria- Possible or Not?
• Tele-Health
• Policies Issues in Home Care Delivery
• Equipments used in Home Care
• M Health Practices in the Homes
• Support Infrastructure necessary for the success of Home Care Delivery
• Challenges in Home Care
• Home Care Delivery Variables/Mechanisms
• Palliative Care
• Ethical issues in Home Care Management
• Home Care Funding
• Data Management in Home Care Delivery
• Advocacy for Home Care Delivery (Home Health Information)
• Medical Tourism

Our goal for this conference is to bring together major stakeholders in our Health Care Delivery System ranging from the Policy Makers, Health Care Professionals, Pharmaceuticals Professionals, Health Care Institutions and Health Care Consumers. Also there will be networking opportunities with the participants and major players in the field of Home health care delivery.

 

Accepted abstracts/papers will be notified by 17th May 2013

Please email the organizing committee at [email protected] OR

[email protected] , [email protected]

Phone: +2347035774494

 

Note: We are aiming at making the conference free for every participant except for speakers, but it all still depends on the level of sponsorship we get. Though we have subsidized the fee at the moment, we are still working on organizing it free of charge.

 

Visit www.bluetorchhomecare.org for more details

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The ISfTeH Telenursing Working Group continues to add members who are committed to the advancement of nurses in telehealth. There will be a Telenursing session at the 2013 Med-e-Tel. The TWG has 44 members representing 18 countries. Members represent NGOs, National Nurses Associations, Universities, Business, and care delivery from acute care to home care. Members receive periodic email notifications regarding upcoming conferences, professional announcements and related publications. We receive periodic requests for professional conference speakers and these are disseminated to the membership. Members were invited to the International Counsel of Nurses Telenursing Network meeting which will be held at the ICN Congress in Melbourne Australia 18-23 May 2013.

For more information on the Telenursing Working Group, please contact: 

Claudia C. Bartz PhD,RN,FAAN

ISfTeH Discussion Forum  

A new communication platform has been created on the ISfTeH website, accessible to all duly registered members.

Login to www.isfteh.org with your username and password and you will see the "Discussion Forum" appearing on the top menu toolbar. In the Discussion Forum you will find the list of ongoing discussions or messages.

We encourage you to start up new discussions (via "create new discussion") or to participate in any discussion that will be of interest to you.

In addition to the ISfTeH events, newsletters, and member announcements, this new discussion forum is meant to enhance the sharing of information and practical experience and to lead towards new collaborations and partnerships among members.

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