21. MIE 2009: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Keynote Addresses

• Gjuro Dezelic:
  After Three Decades of Medical Informatics Europe Congresses. 3-7
  
• William Ed Hammond:
  Realizing the Potential of Healthcare Information Technology to Enhance Global Health. 8-13
  
• Reinhold Haux, Matthias Gietzelt, Nils Hellrung, Wolfram Ludwig, Michael Marschollek, Bianying Song, Klaus-Hendrik Wolf:
  Health-Enabling Technologies for Pervasive Health Care: A Pivotal Field for Future Medical Informatics Research Education? 14-16
  
• Mordechai Shani:
  The Use of ICT in the Delivery of Healthcare Services to the Chronic Patient. 17-18
  
• E. Andrew Balas, Ali Al Sanousi:
  Interoperable Electronic Patient Records for Health Care Improvement. 19-23
  
• Rolf Ewers, Kurt Schicho:
  Augmented Reality Telenavigation in Cranio Maxillofacial Oral Surgery. 24-25
  
• Blackford Middleton:
  The Clinical Decision Support Consortium. 26-30
  

National eHealth Roadmaps

• George I. Mihalas, Dan D. Farcas, Diana Lungeanu, Mircea Focsa:
  Building eHealth National Strategies - The Romanian Experience. 33-37
  
• Etienne De Clercq, Viviane Van Casteren, Pascale Jonckheer, Peter Burggraeve:
  Primary Healthcare Research Network: The Belgian ResoPrim Recommendations. 38-42
  
• Anka Bolka:
  The Second Generation Slovenian Health Insurance Card. 43-47
  
• Tomaz Marcun:
  On-Line Data Exchange in Slovenian Healthcare and Health Insurance. 48-52
  
• Lars-Åke Johansson, Rolf Wohed, Karin Kajbjer:
  The Development of a Swedish National Information Structure. 53-57
  

Health Information Systems

• Martin Dugas, Bernhard Breil, Volker Thiemann, Jens Lechtenbörger, Gottfried Vossen:
  Single Source Information Systems to Connect Patient Care and Clinical Research. 61-65
  
• Michael Rigby, Jan L. Talmon, Jytte Brender, Elske Ammenwerth, Nicolette de Keizer, Pirkko Nykänen:
  Linking Informaticians and End Users - Using the STARE-HI Evaluation Reporting Framework as a Unifying Design Approach. 66-70
  
• Pedro Gomes, Luís Velez Lapão:
  The Role of a Nation-Wide Information System in Improving the Access to Surgery in Portugal. 71-75
  
• Luís Velez Lapão, Álvaro Rebuge, Miguel M. Silva, Rui Gomes:
  ITIL Assessment in a Healthcare Environment: The Role of IT Governance at Hospital São Sebastião. 76-80
  
• Anze Droljc, Tomaz Grbec, Andrej Orel:
  The Importance of Timely Information in National Cancer Screening Programmes. 81-85
  
• Bernhard Breil, Martin Dugas:
  Transferring HIS Data to Population-Based Cancer Registries - Concept and First Implementations. 86-90
  
• Isabelle Fournel, Michaël Schwarzinger, Christine Binquet, Eric Benzenine, Catherine Hill, Catherine Quantin:
  Contribution of Record Linkage to Vital Status Determination in Cancer Patients. 91-95
  
• Anand Kumar, Jean Marie Rodrigues:
  Foreign Currency-Related Translation Complexities in Cross-Border Healthcare Applications. 96-100
  
• Silke Holzmüller-Laue, Bernd Göde, Regina Stoll, Kerstin Thurow:
  A Highly Scalable Information System as Extendable Framework Solution for Medical R&D Projects. 101-105
  
• Suad Sivic, Ljubisa Gojkovic, Senad Huseinagic:
  Evaluation of an Information System Model for Primary Health Care. 106-110
  

Electronic Health Records

• Haifeng Liu, Xueqiao Hou, Gang Hu, Jing Li, Yu Qi Ding:
  Development of an EHR System for Sharing - A Semantic Perspective. 113-117
  
• Christoph Rinner, Georg Duftschmid:
  Validation of Standardized and Structured EHR Data in the Dual Model Approach. 118
  
• Oliver Heinze, Antje Brandner, Björn Bergh:
  Establishing a Personal Electronic Health Record in the Rhine-Neckar Region. 119
  
• Gang Luo, Selena B. Thomas, Chunqiang Tang:
  Intelligent Consumer-Centric Electronic Medical Record. 120-124
  
• Heather Leslie, Sam Heard, Sebastian Garde, Ian McNicoll:
  Engaging Clinicians in Clinical Content: Herding Cats or Piece of Cake? 125-129
  
• Antonis Frigas, George M. Spyrou, Argyro Antaraki, Elisabeth Patiraki, Konstantinos Koufopoulos, John Mantas, Panos A. Ligomenides:
  Design of a 'Smart' Patient Record System for Mammography Patients. 130-134
  
• Georg Göbel, Karl Peter Pfeiffer, Thomas Schabetsberger, Claudius Kalozy, Heidi Fiegl, Karin Leitner:
  Relevance and Management of Methylation Data in Electronic Health Records. 135-139
  
• Werner Hackl, Alexander Hörbst, Elske Ammenwerth:
  The Electronic Health Record in Austria: Physicians' Acceptance Is Influenced by Negative Emotions. 140-144
  
• Patricia Breen, Louise McQuaid, Jane Grimson, Norman Delanty, Mary Dunne, Brendan Dunleavy, Charles Normand, Mary Fitzsimons:
  Integrating Clinical Theory and Practice in an Epilepsy-Specific Electronic Patient Record. 145
  
• Vasile Topac, Vasile Stoicu-Tivadar:
  Software Architecture for Improving Accessibility to Medical Text-Based Information. 146
  
• Knut Bernstein, Ida Tvede, Jan Petersen, Kirsten Bredegaard:
  Can openEHR Archetypes Be Used in a National Context? The Danish Archetype Proof-of-Concept Project. 147-151
  
• Hajar Kashfi, Olof Torgersson:
  A Migration to an openEHR-Based Clinical Application. 152-156
  
• Balázs Bánfai, Brandon Ulrich, Zsolt Török, Ravi Natarajan, Tim Ireland:
  Implementing an HL7 Version 3 Modeling Tool from an Ecore Model. 157-161
  
• Daniela Luzi, Fabrizio Pecoraro, Gregorio Mercurio, Fabrizio L. Ricci:
  A Medical Device Domain Analysis Model Based on HL7 RIM. 162-166
  
• Brian Armstrong, André Kushniruk, Elizabeth M. Borycki:
  Solutions for Deploying Multi-Architecture EHRs on a Single EHR Educational Portal. 167-171
  

Interoperability

• Douglas Teodoro, Rémy Choquet, Emilie Pasche, Julien Gobeill, Christel Daniel, Patrick Ruch, Christian Lovis:
  Biomedical Data Management: A Proposal Framework. 175-179
  
• Vassiliki Koufi, Flora Malamateniou, George Vassilacopoulos:
  Building Interoperable Health Information Systems Using Agent and Workflow Technologies. 180-184
  
• Andrzej A. Kononowicz, Jörn Heid, Jeroen Donkers, Inga Hege, Luke Woodham, Nabil Zary:
  Development and Validation of Strategies to Test for Interoperability of Virtual Patients. 185-189
  
• Paul Avillach, Fleur Mougin, Michel Joubert, Frantz Thiessard, Antoine Pariente, Jean-Charles Dufour, Gianluca Trifirò, Giovanni Polimeni, Maria Antonietta Catania, Carlo Giaquinto, Giampiero Mazzaglia, Gianluca Baio, Ron Herings, Rosa Gini, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Mariam Molokhia, Lars Pedersen, Annie Fourrier-Réglat, Miriam Sturkenboom, Marius Fieschi:
  A Semantic Approach for the Homogeneous Identification of Events in Eight Patient Databases: A Contribution to the European eu-ADR Project. 190-194
  
• Bernd Blobel, Frank Oemig:
  Ontology-Driven Health Information Systems Architectures. 195-199
  
• Frank Oemig, Bernd Blobel:
  Semantic Interoperability between Health Communication Standards through Formal Ontologies. 200-204
  
• Christel Daniel, Antoine Buemi, Laurent Mazuel, David Ouagne, Jean Charlet:
  Functional Requirements of Terminology Services for Coupling Interface Terminologies to Reference Terminologies. 205-209
  
• Henning Müller, Michael Schumacher, David Godel, Abu Khaled Omar, Francois Mooser, Sandrine Ding:
  MediCoordination: A Practical Approach to Interoperability in the Swiss Health System. 210-214
  
• Eric Dufour, Mohamed Ben Saïd, Jean Philippe Jais, Loïc Le Mignot, Jean-Baptiste Richard, Paul Landais:
  An XML Schema for Automated Data Integration in a Multi-Source Information System Dedicated to End-Stage Renal Disease. 215-219
  

Ontologies and Standards

• Ronald Cornet, Stefan Schulz:
  Relationship Groups in SNOMED CT. 223-227
  
• Holger Stenzhorn, Edson José Pacheco, Percy Nohama, Stefan Schulz:
  Automatic Mapping of Clinical Documentation to SNOMED CT. 228-232
  
• Tayeb Merabti, Catherine Letord, Hocine Abdoune, Thierry Lecroq, Michel Joubert, Stéfan Jacques Darmoni:
  Projection and Inheritance of SNOMED CT Relations between MeSH Terms. 233-237
  
• Benoît Thirion, Ioana Robu, Stéfan Jacques Darmoni:
  Optimization of the PubMed Automatic Term Mapping. 238-242
  
• Andrew G. James, Eugene Ng, Prakesh S. Shah:
  A Reference Set of SNOMED Terms for the Structured Representation of Respiratory Disorders of the Newborn Infant. 243-247
  
• Anne Randorff Rasmussen, Dorte Markussen:
  Methods for Testing SNOMED CT in a Defined Clinical Domain. 248
  
• Karl Bointner, Georg Duftschmid:
  HL7 Template Model and EN/ISO 13606 Archetype Object Model - A Comparison. 249
  
• Marc Cuggia, Sahar Bayat, Delphine Rossille, Patrice Poulain, Patrick Pladys, Hélène Robert, Régis Duvauferrier:
  Comparing the Apgar Score Representation in HL7 and OpenEHR Formalisms. 250-254
  
• Jean Marie Rodrigues, Anand Kumar, Cédric Bousquet, Béatrice Trombert:
  Using the CEN/ISO Standard for Categorial Structure to Harmonise the. 255-259
  
• Catalina Martínez-Costa, Marcos Menárguez Tortosa, Jesualdo Tomás Fernández-Breis:
  Towards ISO 13606 and openEHR Archetype-Based Semantic Interoperability. 260-264
  
• Françoise Pontet, Ulla Magdal Petersen, Xavier Fuentes-Arderiu, Gunnar Nordin, Ivan Bruunshuus, Jarkko Ihalainen, Daniel Karlsson, Urban Forsum, René Dybkaer, Gunther Schadow, Wolf Kuelpmann, Georges Férard, Dongchon Kang, Clement J. McDonald, Gilbert Hill:
  Clinical Laboratory Sciences Data Transmission: The NPU Coding System. 265-269
  
• Haris Pandza, Izet Masic, Reuf Karabeg, Braco Hajdarevic, Zekerijah Sabanovic, Zoran Hadziahmetovic:
  The Role of International Classification of Diseases in Assessment of Patients with Biliary Tract Disease. 270-274
  

Social Networks and the Web

• Michael Rigby, Penny Hill, Sabine Koch, Jarmo Kärki:
  Social Care Informatics - The Missing Partner in eHealth. 277-281
  
• Ugur Bilge, Utku Senol, Osman Saka:
  Informal Social Networks amongst Administrative Staff at a University Hospital. 282-286
  
• Syed Sibte Raza Abidi, Salah Hussini, Wimorat Sriraj, Somboon Thienthong, G. Allen Finley:
  Knowledge Sharing for Pediatric Pain Management via a Web 2.0 Framework. 287-291
  
• Luis Fernández-Luque, Najeed Elahi, Francisco J. Grajales III:
  An Analysis of Personal Medical Information Disclosed in YouTube Videos Created by Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. 292-296
  
• Gunnar O. Klein, Karin Kajbjer:
  eHealth Tools for Patients and Professionals in a Multicultural World. 297-301
  
• Anne Moen, Ole Smørdal, Idunn Sem:
  Web-Based Resources for Peer Support - Opportunities and Challenges. 302-306
  
• Sylvia Pelayo, Françoise Anceaux, Janine Rogalski, Marie-Catherine Beuscart-Zéphir:
  Organizational vs. Technical Variables: Impact on the Collective Aspects of Healthcare Work Situations. 307-311
  
• Jean-François Gehanno, Gaétan Kerdelhué, Saoussen Sakji, Philippe Massari, Michel Joubert, Stéfan Jacques Darmoni:
  Relevance of Google-Customized Search Engine vs. CISMeF Quality-Controlled Health Gateway. 312-316
  
• Matthias Samwald, Ernest Lim, Peter Masiar, Luis N. Marenco, Huajun Chen, Thomas M. Morse, Pradeep Mutalik, Gordon M. Shepherd, Perry L. Miller, Kei-Hoi Cheung:
  Entrez Neuron RDFa: A Pragmatic Semantic Web Application for Data Integration in Neuroscience Research. 317-321
  
• Charalampos Bratsas, Christos A. Frantzidis, Manousos A. Klados, Christos L. Papadelis, Costas Pappas, Panagiotis D. Bamidis:
  Towards a Semantic Framework for an Integrative Description of Neuroscience Patterns and Studies: A Case for Emotion-Related Data. 322-326
  
• Vigdis Heimly:
  Electronic Referrals in Healthcare: A Review. 327-331
  
• Juha A. Mykkänen, Mika P. Tuomainen, Pirkko Kortekangas, Anne Niska:
  Task Analysis and Application Services for Cross-Organizational Scheduling and Citizen eBooking. 332-336
  
• Tobias Hartz, Hendrik Verst, Frank Ueckert:
  KernPaeP - A Web-Based Pediatric Palliative Documentation System for Home Care. 337-341
  
• Sebastiaan L. Knijnenburg, Leontien C. Kremer, A. Birgitta Versluys, Jaldert R. J. Van Der Beek, Monique W. M. Jaspers:
  Development and Evaluation of a Patient Information Website for Childhood Cancer Survivors. 342-346
  
• Francesca Calligaro, Ines Giorgi, Raffaella Butera, Bibiana Bellotti, M. Cristina Mazzoleni:
  Screen Complexity of Italian Institutional Cancer Web Sites. 347
  
• Hajar Kashfi:
  An openEHR-Based Clinical Decision Support System: A Case Study. 348
  
• Inmaculada Grau, Joan Gene-Badia, Miquel Bernardo, Marc de Semir, Francisco J. Grajales III:
  New Patient Interaction Formulas in Spanish and Catalan: A Case for Forumclinic. 349-353
  
• Stathis Th. Konstantinidis, Evdokimos I. Konstantinidis, Maria M. Nikolaidou, Afroditi K. Boutou, Nikos Havouzis, Paraskevi Argyropoulou, Panagiotis D. Bamidis:
  The Use of Open Source and Web2.0 in Developing an Integrated EHR and E-learning System for the Greek Smoking Cessation Network. 354-358
  
• Jolanta Chmielik, Natalia Grabar:
  Comparative Study between Expert and Non-Expert Biomedical Writings: Their Morphology and Semantics. 359-363
  
• Anita Das:
  Designing an E-Health Application in Collaboration with Obesity Patients. 364
  
• Romina Pintea, Lacramioara Stoicu-Tivadar:
  Improving Cardiology Workflow in a Hospital Using a Mobile Software Solution. 365
  
• Marius Mikalsen, Sten Hanke, Thomas Fuxreiter, Ståle Walderhaug, Leendert W. M. Wienhofen:
  Interoperability Services in the MPOWER Ambient Assisted Living Platform. 366-370
  
• Michael Spitzer, Hendrik Verst, Christian Juhra, Frank Ueckert:
  Trauma Network North-West - Improving Holistic Care for Trauma Patients by Means of Internet and Mobile Technologies. 371-375
  

Quality Assurance and Usability

• Peter Beck, Thomas Truskaller, Ivo Rakovac, Fritz Bruner, Dominik Zanettin, Thomas R. Pieber:
  Information Systems for Administration, Clinical Documentation and Quality Assurance in an Austrian Disease Management Programme. 379-383
  
• Alexander Hörbst, Thomas Schabetsberger, Werner Hackl, Elske Ammenwerth:
  Requirements Regarding Quality Certification of Electronic Health Records. 384-388
  
• Anne Thilde Andersen, Nikolaj Børty Nielsen, Michael Trudslev, Behamin Bakhshaie, Shona Pedersen, Ole K. Hejlesen:
  Clinical and Statistical Evaluation of 1st Automatic: A Pilot Study. 389-393
  
• Özkan Yildiz, Onur Demirörs:
  Adopting Software Quality Measures for Healthcare Processes. 394-398
  
• Mu-Hsing Kuo, André Kushniruk, Elizabeth M. Borycki:
  An RDF-Based Mediator for Health Data Interoperability. 399-403
  
• Gry Seland, Inger Dybdahl Sørby:
  Usability Laboratory as the Last Outpost before Implementation - Lessons Learnt from Testing New Patient Record Functionality. 404-408
  
• Jürgen Stausberg, Matthias Löbe, Philippe Verplancke, Johannes Drepper, Heinrich Herre, Markus Löffler:
  Foundations of a Metadata Repository for Databases of Registers and Trials. 409-413
  
• Berit Brattheim:
  Inter-Institutional Care Process: Scenarios to Capture Demands for Workflow Support. 414
  
• Kei Teramoto, Shigeki Kuwata, André Kushniruk, Elizabeth M. Borycki, Hiroshi Kondoh:
  Issues on Evaluating the Usability of a Pen-Tablet System Using Server-Based Computing. 415
  
• Mu-Hsing Kuo, Elizabeth M. Borycki, André Kushniruk, Te-Shu Lee:
  Integrating A3 Reports and the House of Quality: Improving Workflow in the Recovery Room Using Information Technology. 416-420
  

Disease Management

• Monika Alise Johansen, Jan-Are K. Johnsen, Gunnar Hartvigsen, Gunnar Ellingsen, Johan Gustav Bellika:
  Bridging the Gap between Patients' Expectations and General Practitioners' Knowledge through Disease Surveillance. 423-427
  
• Marike Hettinga, Johannes De Boer, Eli Goldberg, Ferial Moelaert:
  Navigation for People with Mild Dementia. 428-432
  
• Braco Hajdarevic, Jasmina Slaku, Haris Pandza, Nizama Salihefendic, Zoran Hadziahmetovic:
  Application of Simple Digital Methods in the Treatment of Hemorrhoid Disease. 433-437
  
• Thusitha De Silva Mabotuwana, Jim Warren:
  Towards a Framework for Better Management of Patients with Hypertension. 438
  
• Tomás Teijeiro, Miguel Tarascó, Paulo Félix, Jesús María Rodríguez Presedo:
  A Home-Care PDA-Based Program for the Management of COPD Patients. 439
  

Telemedicine

• Ebrahim Nageba, Jocelyne Fayn, Paul Rubel:
  A Knowledge Model Driven Solution for Web-Based Telemedicine Applications. 443-447
  
• Jeremiah Scholl, Lambros Lambrinos, Anders Lindgren:
  Rural Telemedicine Networks Using Store-and-Forward Voice-over-IP. 448-452
  
• Silvana Quaglini, Toni Giorgino, Lina Maria Rojas-Barahona, Ezio Caffi, Mauro De Vito, Alessandra Persico, Anna Cavallini:
  An Automated Voice Response System for Anticoagulant Therapy Management. 453-457
  
• Rui Amável, Ricardo João Cruz Correia, José Frias-Bulhosa:
  Remote Diagnosis of Children Dental Problems Based on Non-Invasive Photographs - A Valid Proceeding? 458-462
  
• Janusz Sierdzinski, Piotr Bala, Robert Rudowski, Marcin Grabowski, Grzegorz Karpinski, Bartosz Kaczynski:
  KARDIONET: Telecardiology Based on GRID Technology. 463-467
  
• Dieter Hayn, Silvia Koller, Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof, Wolfgang Salmhofer, Peter Kastner, Günter Schreier:
  Mobile Phone-Based Teledermatologic Compliance Management - Preliminary Results of the TELECOMP Study. 468-472
  

Devices and Sensors

• André Dias, Bernhard Fisterer, Gregor Lamla, Klaus A. Kuhn, Gunnar Hartvigsen, Alexander Horsch:
  Measuring Physical Activity with Sensors: A Qualitative Study. 475-479
  
• Klaus-Hendrik Wolf, Stephan Schirmer, Michael Marschollek, Reinhold Haux:
  Representing Sensor Data Using the HL7 CDA Personal Healthcare Monitoring Report Draft. 480-484
  
• Christos L. Papadelis, Chrysa D. Lithari, Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli, Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Evangelia Portouli, Evangelos Bekiaris:
  Monitoring Driver's Sleepiness On-Board for Preventing Road Accidents. 485-489
  
• Ole K. Hejlesen, Simon Lebech Cichosz, Steffen Vangsgaard, Mikkel Frank Andresen, Lars Peter Madsen:
  Clinical Implications of a Quality Assessment of Transcutaneous CO. 490-494
  

Patient Safety and Adverse Events

• Saoussen Sakji, Catherine Letord, Suzanne Pereira, Badisse Dahamna, Michel Joubert, Stéfan Jacques Darmoni:
  Drug Information Portal in Europe: Information Retrieval with Multiple Health Terminologies. 497-501
  
• Stefan Schulz, Daniel Karlsson, Christel Daniel, Hans Cools, Christian Lovis:
  Is the "International Classification for Patient Safety" a Classification? 502-506
  
• Cédric Bousquet, Philippe Gasperina, Béatrice Trombert, Lucienne Clavel, Anand Kumar, Jean Marie Rodrigues:
  Ontological Representation of Adverse Drug Reactions Using the Fundational Model of Anatomy. 507-511
  
• Suzanne Pereira, Blandine Plaisantin, Michelle Korchia, Nicolas Rozanes, Elisabeth Serrot, Michel Joubert, Stéfan Jacques Darmoni:
  Automatic Construction of Dictionaries, Application to Product Characteristics Indexing. 512-516
  
• Florence Amardeilh, Cédric Bousquet, Sylvie Guillemin-Lanne, Mathilde Wiss-Thebault, Laetitia Guillot, Denis Delamarre, Agnès Lillo-Le Louët, Anita Burgun:
  A Knowledge Management Platform for Documentation of Case Reports in Pharmacovigilance. 517-521
  
• Marie-Christine Jaulent, Iulian Alecu:
  Evaluation of an Ontological Resource for Pharmacovigilance. 522-526
  
• Johanna I. Westbrook, Andrew Georgiou, Mary Lam:
  Does Computerised Provider Order Entry Reduce Test Turnaround Times? A Before-and-After Study at Four Hospitals. 527-531
  
• Reza Khajouei, Dennis de Jongh, Monique W. M. Jaspers:
  Usability Evaluation of a Computerized Physician Order Entry for Medication Ordering. 532-536
  
• Werner Ceusters, Maria Capolupo, Barry Smith, Georges De Moor:
  An Evolutionary Approach to the Representation of Adverse Events. 537-541
  
• Nicolas Leroy, Brian Bjørn, Adrian Baceanu, Marie-Catherine Beuscart-Zéphir:
  Human Factors Methods to Support the Experts' Review of Automatically Detected Adverse Drug Events. 542-546
  
• Thusitha De Silva Mabotuwana, Jim Warren:
  A Framework for Assessing Adherence and Persistence to Long-Term Medication. 547-551
  
• Emmanuel Chazard, Cristian Preda, Béatrice Merlin, Grégoire Ficheur, Régis Beuscart:
  Data-Mining-Based Detection of Adverse Drug Events. 552-556
  
• Pirkko Nykänen, Joonas Mäkinen, Pirkko Kortekangas, Antti Toivanen:
  Approaching Harmonised Medication Information Management through Process and Information Modelling. 557-561
  
• Vincenzo Della Mea, Ivan De Momi, Giuseppe Aprile, Fabio Puglisi, Jessica Menis, Anica Casetta, Silvia Bolzonello, Gianpiero Fasola:
  Feasibility Study of a Web Application for Self-Report of Anticancer Treatment Toxicities. 562-566
  

Decision Support and Expert Systems

• Emilie Pasche, Douglas Teodoro, Julien Gobeill, Patrick Ruch, Christian Lovis:
  Automatic Medical Knowledge Acquisition Using Question-Answering. 569-573
  
• Stefano Concaro, Lucia Sacchi, Carlo Cerra, Riccardo Bellazzi:
  Mining Administrative and Clinical Diabetes Data with Temporal Association Rules. 574-578
  
• Karina Gibert, Alejandro García-Rudolph, Lluïsa Curcoll, Dolors Soler, Laura Pla, José María Tormos:
  Knowledge Discovery about Quality of Life Changes of Spinal Cord Injury Patients: Clustering Based on Rules by States. 579-583
  
• Wolfgang Orthuber, Thorsten Sommer:
  A Searchable Patient Record Database for Decision Support. 584-588
  
• Bartlomiej Wilkowski:
  Knowledge Discovery in Neuroinformatics. 589
  
• Kristien Van Loon, Fabián Güiza, Geert Meyfroidt, Jean-Marie Aerts, Jan Ramon, Hendrik Blockeel, Maurice Bruynooghe, Greet Vanden Berghe, Daniel Berckmans:
  Dynamic Data Analysis and Data Mining for Prediction of Clinical Stability. 590-594
  
• Simona Dalle Carbonare, Fulvia Folli, Emanuele Patrini, Riccardo Bellazzi:
  A Methodology for the Extraction of Quantitative Risk Indexes from Medical Injuries Compensation Claims. 595-599
  
• Sahar Bayat, Marc Cuggia, Delphine Rossille, Michèle Kessler, Luc Frimat:
  Comparison of Bayesian Network and Decision Tree Methods for Predicting Access to the Renal Transplant Waiting List. 600-604
  
• Philip J. Scott, James S. Briggs:
  Developing a Theoretical Model of Clinician Information Usage Propensity. 605-609
  
• Adrian Pearl, David Bar-Or:
  Using Artificial Neural Networks to Predict Potential Complications during Trauma Patients' Hospitalization Period. 610-614
  
• Zikrija Avdagic, Lejla Begic Fazlic, Samim Konjicija:
  Optimized Detection of Tar Content in the Manufacturing Process Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems. 615-619
  
• Jyrki Rasku, Martti Juhola, Ilmari Pyykkö, Esko Toppila, Kirsi Varpa:
  The Effect of Removing the Force Feedback during the Quiet Stance. 620-624
  
• Dusanka Boskovic, Ingmar Besic, Zikrija Avdagic:
  Object-Oriented Integrated Approach for the Design of Scalable ECG Systems. 625-629
  

Clinical Guidelines and Protocols

• Andreas Seyfang, Katharina Kaiser, Silvia Miksch:
  Modelling Clinical Guidelines and Protocols for the Prevention of Risks Against Patient Safety. 633-637
  
• Zafar Hashmi, Tatjana Zrimec, Andrew Hopkins:
  Computerization Framework for Clinical Practice Guidelines by Extending the XML Guidelines Element Model (GEM). 638-642
  
• Ali Daniyal, Samina Raza Abidi, Syed Sibte Raza Abidi:
  Computerizing Clinical Pathways: Ontology-Based Modeling and Execution. 643-647
  
• Agata Ciabattoni, Thomas Vetterlein, Klaus-Peter Adlassnig:
  A Formal Logical Framework for Cadiag-2. 648-652
  
• Rong Chen, Patrick Georgii-Hemming, Hans Åhlfeldt:
  Representing a Chemotherapy Guideline Using openEHR and Rules. 653-657
  
• Leila Ahmadian, Nicolette de Keizer, Ronald Cornet:
  The Use of SNOMED CT for Representing Concepts Used in Preoperative Guidelines. 658-662
  
• Claudio Eccher, Andreas Seyfang, Antonella Ferro, Silvia Miksch:
  Embedding Oncologic Protocols into the Provision of Care: The Oncocure Project. 663-667
  
• Brigitte Séroussi, Jacques Bouaud, Denké L. Denké, Hector Falcoff, Jacques Julien:
  Using Knowledge Modelling to Measure How Clinical Practice Could Actually Be Evidence-Based: A Preliminary Analysis with Arterial Hypertension Management. 668-672
  
• Mathias Tschopp, Magali Despond, Damien Grauser, Jean-Christophe Staub, Christian Lovis:
  Computer-Based Physician Order Entry: Implementation of Clinical Pathways. 673-677
  
• Andrew Georgiou, Johanna I. Westbrook:
  Clinician Reports of the Impact of Electronic Ordering on an Emergency Department. 678-682
  
• Jana Zvárová, Helena Heroutová, Hana Grünfeldová, Karel Zvára, David Buchtela:
  Empowering Clinicians by eHealth Technologies in Decision-Making Tasks. 683-687
  
• Christiaan J. Brandhorst, Danielle Sent, Robert A. Stegwee, Betsy M. A. G. van Dijk:
  Medintel: Decision Support for General Practitioners: A Case Study. 688-692
  

Privacy and Security

• Hanene Boussi Rahmouni, Tony Solomonides, Marco Casassa Mont, Simon Shiu:
  Modelling and Enforcing Privacy for Medical Data Disclosure across Europe. 695-699
  
• Catherine Quantin, Gouenou Coatrieux, Maniane Fassa, Vincent Breton, David-Olivier Jaquet-Chiffelle:
  Centralised versus Decentralised Management of Patients' Medical Records. 700-704
  
• Julien Künzi, Paul Koster, Milan Petkovic:
  Emergency Access to Protected Health Records. 705-709
  
• Eva Henriksen, Monika Alise Johansen, Anders Baardsgaard, Johan Gustav Bellika:
  Threats to Information Security of Real-Time Disease Surveillance Systems. 710-714
  
• Arild Faxvaag, Lillian Røstad, Inger Anne Tøndel, Andreas R. Seim, Pieter J. Toussaint:
  Visualizing Patient Trajectories on Wall-Mounted Boards - Information Security Challenges. 715-719
  
• Antti Lahtela, Marko Hassinen:
  Requirements for Radio Frequency Identification in Healthcare. 720-724
  
• Johan Gustav Bellika, Lars Ilebrekke, Per Atle Bakkevoll, Håvard D. Johansen, Jeremiah Scholl, Monika Alise Johansen:
  Authentication and Encryption in the Snow Disease Surveillance Network. 725-729
  
• Michael Spitzer, Tobias Ullrich, Frank Ueckert:
  Securing a Web-Based Teleradiology Platform According to German Law and "Best Practices". 730-734
  
• Cyril Grouin, Arnaud Rosier, Olivier Dameron, Pierre Zweigenbaum:
  Testing Tactics to Localize De-Identification. 735-739
  
• Péter Kárpáti, Pieter Jelle Toussaint, Øystein Nytrø:
  Computer-Mediated Mobile Messaging as Collaboration Support for Nurses. 740-744
  
• Dimitrios Zikos, Joseph Liaskos, Marianna Diomidous, John Mantas:
  Collection and Sharing of Information on Patient Safety Education and Training in Europe. 745-749
  
• Tatjana Welzer, Marko Hölbl, Marjan Druzovec, Aida Kamisalic, Ana Habjanic:
  Patient Education on Safety and Privacy. 750-754
  

Bioinformatics

• Stefano Chiesa, Diana de la Iglesia, José Crespo, Fernando Martín-Sánchez, Josipa Kern, George Potamias, Victor Maojo:
  European Efforts in Nanoinformatics Research Applied to Nanomedicine. 757-761
  
• Kristina Fister, Ozren Polasek, Silvije Vuletic, Josipa Kern:
  Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Health Behaviours Related to Obesity - Trawling the Evidence in the Prospect of Personalised Prevention. 762-766
  
• Paola Salle, Sandra Bringay, Maguelonne Teisseire, Feirouz Chakkour, Mathieu Roche, Ronza Abdel Rassoul, Jean-Michel Verdier, Gina Devau:
  GeneMining: Identification, Visualization, and Interpretation of Brain Ageing Signatures. 767-771
  
• Dmitry Devetyarov:
  Machine Learning Analysis of Proteomics Data for Early Diagnosis. 772
  
• Pavel Rusnok, Thomas Vetterlein, Klaus-Peter Adlassnig:
  Cadiag-2 and Fuzzy Probability Logics. 773
  

Modeling and Simulation

• Jean-Baptiste Richard, Jean-Claude Aldigier, Loïc Le Mignot, Florence Glaudet, Mohamed Ben Saïd, Paul Landais:
  Equity of Accessibility to Dialysis Facilities. 777-781
  
• Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Esben Haldrup Eriksen, Rasmus Thoft Milthers, Ole K. Hejlesen:
  Assessing Importance of Dietary Data in Anticoagulation Treatment. 782-786
  
• Christos A. Frantzidis, Evdokimos I. Konstantinidis, Costas Pappas, Panagiotis D. Bamidis:
  An Automated System for Processing Electrodermal Activity. 787
  
• Andreea Robu, Lacramioara Stoicu-Tivadar:
  Tissue Engineering in Fractured Mandible Reconstruction. 788
  
• David Bregman, Arik Korman, Ana Shetach, Nira Shalom:
  An Internet-Based Simulation System for Training and Development of Regional-Healthcare-Centers Managers. 789-793
  
• Gianni D'Addio, Graziamaria Corbi, P. Agostino Accardo, Giovanna Russo, Nicola Ferrara, M. Cristina Mazzoleni, Tanja Princi:
  Fractal Behaviour of Heart Rate Variability Reflects Severity in Stroke Patients. 794-798
  
• Marek Kurzynski, Andrzej Wolczowski:
  Control of Dexterous Bio-Prosthetic Hand via Sequential Recognition of EMG Signals Using Fuzzy Relations. 799-803
  
• Malgorzata Plechawska, Joanna Polanska:
  Simulation of the Usage of Gaussian Mixture Models for the Purpose of Modelling Virtual Mass Spectrometry Data. 804-808
  

Imaging and Visualization

• Lucio Tommaso De Paolis, Alessandro De Mauro, Jörg Raczkowsky, Giovanni Aloisio:
  Virtual Model of the Human Brain for Neurosurgical Simulation. 811-815
  
• Nils Daniel Forkert, Dennis Säring, Karolin Wenzel, Till Illies, Jens Fiehler, Heinz Handels:
  Fuzzy-Based Extraction of Vascular Structures from Time-of-Flight MR Images. 816-820
  
• Shijuan Li, Stephen Kay, Stuart Porter:
  A Visualisation Tool for Augmenting Assessment of Ankylosing Spondylitis. 821-825
  
• Nabil Zary, Inga Hege, Jörn Heid, Luke Woodham, Jeroen Donkers, Andrzej A. Kononowicz:
  Enabling Interoperability, Accessibility and Reusability of Virtual Patients across Europe - Design and Implementation. 826-830
  
• Markus Wagner, Christopher Duwenkamp, Klaus Dresing, Oliver J. Bott:
  An Approach to Calculate and Visualize Intraoperative Scattered Radiation Exposure. 831-835
  
• Zdenko Sonicki, Ante Cvitkovic, Karen L. Edwards, Marica Miletic-Medved, Dubravka CvorisCec, Vladimir BabuS, Bojan Jelakovic:
  Visual Assessment of Endemic Nephropathy Markers Relationship. 836-840
  
• Ivan Eggel, Henning Müller:
  Combination of Visual and Textual Similarity Retrieval from Medical Documents. 841-845
  
• Martti Juhola, Heikki Aalto, Timo Hirvonen:
  On Signal Analysis of Three-Dimensional Nystagmus. 846-850
  
• Horst Perner, Petra Perner:
  Similarity-Based Motion Tracking of Cells in Microscopic Images. 851-855
  
• Vytenis Punys, Arvydas Laurinavicius, Jurate Puniene:
  A Data Model for Handling Whole Slide Microscopy Images in Picture Archiving and Communications Systems. 856-860
  
• Michael Onken, Jörg Riesmeier, Marcel Engel, Adem Yabanci, Bernhard Zabel, Stefan Després:
  Reversible Anonymization of DICOM Images Using Automatically Generated Policies. 861-865
  
• Thais Russomano, Ricardo B. Cardoso, Jefferson Fernandes, Paulizan G. Cardoso, Jarcedy M. Alves, Christina D. Pianta, Hamilton P. Souza, Maria Helena I. Lopes:
  Tele-Surgery: A New Virtual Tool for Medical Education. 866-870
  
• Tarik Masic:
  Digital Techniques in Experimental Medicine. 871-875
  
• Rainer Thiel, Karl Stroetmann, Veli N. Stroetmann, Marco Viceconti:
  Designing a Socio-Economic Assessment Method for Integrative Biomedical Research: The Osteoporotic Virtual Physiological Human Project. 876-880
  

Learning and Education

• André Kushniruk, Elizabeth M. Borycki, Brian Armstrong, Ronald S. Joe, Tony Otto:
  Bringing Electronic Patient Records into Health Professional Education: Towards an Integrative Framework. 883-887
  
• Ronald S. Joe, André Kushniruk, Elizabeth M. Borycki, Brian Armstrong, Tony Otto, Kendall Ho:
  Bringing Electronic Patient Records into Health Professional Education: Software Architecture and Implementation. 888-892
  
• Marius Mikalsen, Ståle Walderhaug:
  An Investigation of Factors Influencing Healthcare Workers' Use and Acceptance of E-Learning in Post-School Healthcare Education. 893-897
  
• Izet Masic, Damir Ciric, Artan Pulja, Igor Kulasin, Haris Pandza:
  Quality Assessment of Medical Education and Use of Information Technology. 898-902
  
• Luis Fernández-Luque, Randi Karlsen, Lars Kristian Vognild:
  Challenges and Opportunities of Using Recommender Systems for Personalized Health Education. 903-907
  
• Ann Bygholm:
  E-Learning to Train Staff in Danish Hospitals - Three Genres of E-Learning. 908-912
  
• Elizabeth M. Borycki, Louise Lemieux-Charles, Lynn Nagle, Gunther Eysenbach:
  Novice Nurse Information Needs in Paper and Hybrid Electronic-Paper Environments: A Qualitative Analysis. 913-917
  
• Maria Franchi, Ines Giorgi, Carla Rognoni, Edda Capodaglio, Giacomo Bazzini, Christine Broughton, M. Cristina Mazzoleni:
  E-Learning for Nurse Continuous Education. 918
  
• Boris Bodelle, Andreas Sziegoleit:
  Improvement of Knowledge and Practical Skills in Venipuncture through Web-Based Training. 919-920
  
• M. Cristina Mazzoleni, Carla Rognoni, Enrico Finozzi, Ines Giorgi, Franco Pugliese, Mauro Landro, Marcello Imbriani:
  Usage and Effectiveness of E-Learning Courses for Continuous Medical Education. 921-925
  
• Mira Hercigonja-Szekeres, Darko Marinovic, Josipa Kern:
  Computer Laboratory in Medical Education for Medical Students. 926-930
  
• Yvon Lessard, Jean-Paul Sinteff, Pridi Siregar, Nathalie Julen, Frédéric Hannouche, Stéphane Rio, Pierre Le Beux:
  An ECG Analysis Interactive Training System for Understanding Arrhythmias. 931-935
  
• Diana Lungeanu, Rochelle E. Tractenberg, Otilia S. Bersan, George I. Mihalas:
  Towards the Integration of Medical Informatics Education for Clinicians into the Medical Curriculum. 936-940
  
• Francesco Di Cerbo, Gabriella Dodero, Paolo Lorenzi:
  Open Source Technologies for Dyslexic Pupils. 941-945
  
• Izet Masic, Josipa Kern, Jana Zvárová, Simon de Lusignan:
  Task Force of the EFMI Journals: Background, Rationale and Purpose. 946-950
  

Workshops

• Bernd Blobel, Dipak Kalra, Marc Koehn, Ken Lunn, Peter Pharow, Pekka Ruotsalainen, Stefan Schulz, Barry Smith:
  The Role of Ontologies for Sustainable, Semantically Interoperable and Trustworthy EHR Solutions. 953-957
  
• Pirkko Nykänen, Jytte Brender, Elske Ammenwerth, Jan L. Talmon, Nicolette de Keizer, Michael Rigby:
  Introducing Guidelines for Good Evaluation Practice in Health Informatics. 958-962
  
• Peter J. Murray, Graham Wright, Thomas Karopka, Helen J. Betts, Andrej Orel:
  Open Source and Healthcare in Europe - Time to Put Leading Edge Ideas into Practice. 963-967
  
• Régis Beuscart, Peter McNair, Stéfan Jacques Darmoni, Vassilis Koutkias, Nicos Maglaveras, Marie-Catherine Beuscart-Zéphir, Christian Nøhr:
  Patient Safety: Detection and Prevention of Adverse Drug Events. 968-971
  
• Hannele Hyppönen, Persephone Doupi, Päivi Hämäläinen, Jorma Komulainen, Pirkko NykÄnen, Reima Suomi:
  Planning for National Health Information System Evaluation. 972-976
  
• François Mennerat, Karl-Henrik Lundell, Magnus Fogelberg, Jacob Hofdijk, Silviu Braga:
  Health Care Process and Workflow in Continuity of Care. 977-981
  
• Bernd Blobel, Catherine E. Chronaki, Robert A. Stegwee, Heather Grain, William E. Hammond, Charles Jaffe, Dipak Kalra, Marc Koehn, Francois Macary, Stefan Sabutsch, Edward Sheetham, Stefan Schulz, Michael Tan:
  HL7's Comprehensive Standards Set and Its International Collaboration for Enabling Semantically Interoperable eHealth and pHealth Solutions. 982-986
  
• Diana de la Iglesia, Stefano Chiesa, Josipa Kern, Victor Maojo, Fernando Martín-Sánchez, George Potamias, Vassilis Moustakis, Joyce A. Mitchell:
  Nanoinformatics: New Challenges for Biomedical Informatics at the Nano Level. 987-991
  
• Erica Frank, Kshamica Nimalasuriya, Kate Tairyan, Francisco J. Grajales III, Carolina Segura, Michelle Wruck:
  A Transformation in Health Sciences Education: A Description of Health Sciences Online. 992-996
  
• Marcial Garcia-Rojo, Vytenis Punys, Janina Slodkowska, Thomas Schrader, Christel Daniel, Bernd Blobel:
  Digital Pathology in Europe: Coordinating Patient Care and Research Efforts. 997-1001
  
• Lacramioara Stoicu-Tivadar, Bernd Blobel, Josipa Kern, Izet Masic, Gheorghe Mihalas, Andrej Orel, György Surján, Vesna Urosevic:
  Is There a Common Background to Support Better Healthcare in Central and South East Europe? 1002-1006
  
• Sebastian Garde, Rong Chen, Heather Leslie, Thomas Beale, Ian McNicoll, Sam Heard:
  Archetype-Based Knowledge Management for Semantic Interoperability of Electronic Health Records. 1007-1011
  
• Peter Pharow, Bernd Blobel, Pekka Ruotsalainen, Françoise Petersen, Asbjorn Hovsto:
  Portable Devices, Sensors and Networks: Wireless Personalized eHealth Services. 1012-1016
  
• Simon de Lusignan, Pushpa Kumarapeli, Safia Debar, André Kushniruk, Chris Pearce:
  Using an Open Source Observational Tool to Measure the Influence of the Doctor's Consulting Style and the Computer System on the Outcomes of the Clinical Consultation. 1017-1021