9 - 11 April 2014, Luxembourg.Join Med-e-Tel 2014 - 12th edition - and actively participate in the educational and information program of seminars, workshops, demonstrations and interactive panel discussions on eHealth, Telemedicine and ICT applications in medicine, health and social care. Med-e-Tel is the official event of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth, the international federation of national associations who represent their country's Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders. Supported by a wide range of other national and international associations and institutions as well, this three day meeting and networking event brings together stakeholders and leading experts from around the world to present and share recent achievements and developments in the field.
You are encouraged to submit presentation proposals that focus on research outcomes showing clinical/medical benefits, cost benefits, quality of life benefits, or that focus on practical experiences from clinician, care provider, patient/user, payor, or public health perspectives.
The areas covered in the Med-e-Tel 2014 conference program include (but are not strictly limited to):
- Ageing well and ageing services technologies
- Benefits of open source software
- Bio-informatics and bio-medical technologies
- Disease management and patient compliance
- eHealth and telemedicine implementation in low resource settings
- eHealth economics
- eHealth integration into routine medical practice
- eHealth master plan development for developing countries
- eLearning, distance education
- Electronic health records, personal health records
- ePrescription
- Evidence based telemedicine/telehealth
- Facilitating collaboration among existing projects and applications
- Health and wellness promotion
- Legal and ethical aspects
- Market trends
- Medical informatics
- Mobile healthcare
- Opportunities for and barriers to eHealth and telemedicine implementation
- Reimbursement issues
- Remote patient monitoring, homecare applications
- Secure data transmission, privacy issues
- Smart homes and independent living
- Standardization and interoperability
- Strategies for the future
- Telecommunication and wireless technologies for eHealth
- Telemedicine applications in cardiology, dermatology, radiology, wound care, and other medical disciplines
- Telemental health
- Telenursing and nursing informatics
- Telepaediatrics
- Telepsychology, telepsychiatry
- Telerehabilitation, cybertherapy
- User needs, user centered design
- Venture capital and investment opportunities
- Women and eHealth
- and more...
Abstract submissions on the above and other relevant topics for inclusion into the Med-e-Tel conference program are welcome. As indicated, are especially encouraged contributions on practical experiences and research activities providing evidence for the efficiency, effectiveness and user acceptance of telemedicine and eHealth applications, as well as presentations of successful business cases and projects. Through the presentations, the expo and the extensive networking opportunities, attendees will have unmatched possibilities to gather the latest news from leaders in the field and to establish new professional relationships.
The conference program is spread over the three days of the event. Click here for a general schedule. A more detailed schedule will become available towards early 2014.
Abstract submission
Click here for the online abstract submission form and follow the guidelines (note: text of the abstract should be limited to max. 2200 characters (incl. spaces), plain text only, no images or tables, no bullets, etc.). All abstracts should be submitted using this online form. Abstract submission deadline is Sunday December 22, 2013.
Presentations
Presentations are only in English and can be done either orally or as posters. If you prefer to submit a poster presentation please indicate this at the end of the abstract submission form.
For oral presentations, each author will have 10 minutes to present plus 4 minutes for Q&A. A computer (running on Windows, with Microsoft PowerPoint) will be available in the conference rooms (if you are using other presentation software, please contact the organizers before March 10, 2014). Once your abstract has been accepted, your PowerPoint presentation should be submitted by the deadline of 31 March 2014 and will be uploaded in advance onto the conference room computers.
If you prefer to present your submission as a poster, click here for the poster preparation instructions. You can also download a poster template.
Publications
Accepted abstracts will be published on the Med-e-Tel website one month prior to the event.
Full papers of accepted abstracts will be published (if received by the deadline date of February 9, 2014 and if at least one of the co-authors has registered and paid the registration fee by the deadline of February 9, 2014) in the Med-e-Tel 2014 Proceedings (CD-ROM) that will be available by
the time of the event, and also in the book "Global Telemedicine and eHealth Updates: Knowledge Resources, Vol. 7" if approved anonymously by independent reviewers.
Click here for full paper submission guidelines.
In addition, PowerPoint presentations will also be published on the Med-e-Tel website after the event.
Important dates
- 9 September 2013 - Call for Abstracts opens
- 22 December 2013 - Abstract submission deadline
- 8 January 2014 - Notification of acceptance
- 9 February 2014 - Deadline for camera-ready submission of full text papers
- 9 February 2014 - Deadline for registration and payment for speakers. Click here for registration conditions
- 31 March 2014 - Deadline for submitting PowerPoint presentations
- 9-11 April 2014 - Med-e-Tel
There is a special registration fee for speakers. Maximum two presentations are allowed per one registration fee. Abstracts can only be accepted and included in the final program if at least one author has registered and paid by the indicated deadline date for participation at Med-e-Tel 2014. If a speaker has registered and paid but due to unforeseen circumstances is not able to actually participate in Med-e-Tel 2014, event materials can only be sent upon request and with additional shipping costs at charge of the speaker.
More information
For further information about Med-e-Tel, to register, for information about special hotel deals, and more, please browse the other sections of the Med-e-Tel 2014 website, www.medetel.eu
For questions regarding the submission of abstracts and the educational program, please feel free to contact Dr. Malina Jordanova, Educational Program Coordinator, tel: +359 2 979 32 02, or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For general information regarding Med-e-Tel and sponsorship/exhibition opportunities, please contact Frederic Lievens, International Coordinator, tel: +32 2 269 84 56, mobile: +32 478 59 36 99, fax: +32 2 269 79 53, or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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