6 - 8 April 2016, Luxembourg.Join Med-e-Tel 2016 - 14th 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.
The areas covered in the Med-e-Tel 2016 conference program will include (but are not strictly limited to):
- Ageing well and ageing services technologies
- Bio-informatics and biomedical technologies
- Disease management and treatment adherence
- eHealth and telemedicine implementation in low resource settings
- eHealth economics
- eHealth integration into routine medical practice
- eLearning, distance education
- Electronic health records
- ePrescription
- Evidence based telemedicine/telehealth
- Facilitating collaboration among existing projects and applications
- Health and wellness promotion
- Health professionals' (doctors, nurses, pharmacists) and patients' role and attitude in/towards eHealth
- Interoperability and interconnectivity
- Legal and ethical aspects
- Market trends
- Medical informatics
- mHealth
- Opportunities for and barriers to eHealth and telemedicine implementation
- Open source software in healthcare
- Pharmacy and pharmaceutical industry perspectives on eHealth
- Reimbursement issues
- Remote patient monitoring, homecare applications
- Secure data transmission, privacy issues
- Smart homes and independent living
- Social media in healthcare
- Standardization
- Strategies for future healthcare
- Telecommunication and technologies for eHealth
- Telemedicine applications in cardiology, dermatology, epidemiology, radiology, wound care, and other medical disciplines
- Telemental health, telepsychology, telepsychiatry
- Telenursing and nursing informatics
- Telepaediatrics
- Telerehabilitation, cybertherapy
- User needs, user centered design
- Venture capital and investment opportunities
- Women and eHealth
- and more...
Presentation proposals on the above and other relevant topics for inclusion into the Med-e-Tel conference program are welcome. As indicated, especially are 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. A detailed schedule will become available towards early 2016.
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, no references, etc.). All abstracts should be submitted using the online form. Abstract submission deadline is January 8, 2016.
For further information about Med-e-Tel, to register, for information about special hotel deals, and more, please visit:
http://www.medetel.eu
About Med-e-Tel
Med-e-Tel is an event of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH), THE international federation of national associations who represent their country's Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders.
The ISfTeH exists to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and eHealth, to provide access to recognized experts in the field worldwide, and to offer unprecedented networking opportunities. Med-e-Tel is one of the instruments that help the ISfTeH to realize this mission.
Med-e-Tel 2016 (6-8 April 2016) will feature, in collaboration with our partner organizations, international experts and users who will present their experiences with current telemedicine and eHealth applications and future developments (virtual consultation, remote monitoring, eLearning, mobile solutions, health information exchange, smart technologies, business models, health economics, user needs/satisfaction, and more).
On a local and regional level, Luxembourg's National eHealth Agency (Agence eSanté) will actively participate again in the event with a partner pavilion in the Med-e-Tel expo area to showcase current projects and eHealth technologies. And the Agency will also present several panel discussions and conference sessions on data exchange and security, and on interoperability.