May be of interest Sherri Sherrilynne Fuller, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biomedical Informatics School of Medicine and Department of Health Services (Adj) School of Public Health and Information School Co-Director, Center for Public Health Informatics University of Washington SLU - BIME BOX 35-8047 Seattle, Washington, 98195-4985 206-616-4575 SKYPE: sherrilynne_fuller From: Conference-list [mailto:conference-list-bounces@wahifp.org] On Behalf Of Achoribo elikplim via Conference-list Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 6:18 AM To: conference-list@wahifp.org Subject: HELINA CONFERENCE HELINA 2014 Conference Information 9th Health Informatics in Africa Conference Date: 11 - 15 October 2014 Accra, Ghana http://conf.helina-online.org/index.php/2014/index/ CONFERENCE THEME: Informatics for Universal Health Coverage in Africa: From Point of Care Systems to National Strategies The 9th Health Informatics in Africa Conference - HELINA 2014 will take place in Accra, Ghana from the 11th to 15th of October 2014. This year conference is hosted by the Ghana Health Informatics Association (GHIA). HELINA, the Pan African Health Informatics Association, is the African Region of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA). The conference will be organized around the following major tracks and as such all submissions should relate to one of these tracks: 1. National e-health strategies, policies and architectures 2. Point of Care Health Information Systems 3. Integrated healthcare and in Universal Health Coverage 4. Health Insurance and Electronic Claims Processing 5. Clinical Decisions Support Systems 6. Health Information Systems and Integration of Vertical Health Programmes, specialized care (maternal and child health, mental health, HIV/AIDS, etc.) 7. Data Mining, Big data analytics, and National Health Data Reporting Platforms 8. Health Information Systems analysis, development, implementation and assessment 9. Software architectures interoperability, Health Data Standards and controlled Vocabularies 10. Informatics in the Implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems 11. Health Informatics education, research methods and capacity development 12. Empowering communities and community participation For further details visit: http://conf.helina-online.org/index.php/2014/index/ IMPORTANT DATE: Conference: 11 - 15 October 2014 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: General Chair of the Conference: Ghislain Kouematchoua, hcs@helina-online.org Local organizing Committee Chair: Nutefe E. Achoribo, hcs@helina-online.org Scientific Programme Committee Chair: Nicky Mostert-Phipps, spc@helina-online.org Scientific Programme Committee Co-Chair: Samuel Bosomprah, spc@helina-online.org Scientific Programme Committee Co-Chair: Frank Verbeke, spc@helina-online.org -- Elikplim N. Achoribo, MSc National Identification Authority (NIA), Head Office Accra Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Unit P.O.Box KW 365 Kwabenya Tel: +233-243618553 / +233-261867225 Skype: eli.achoribo mail: neachoribo@gmail.com -- Elikplim N. Achoribo, MSc National Identification Authority (NIA), Head Office Accra Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Unit P.O.Box KW 365 Kwabenya Tel: +233-243618553 / +233-261867225 Skype: eli.achoribo mail: neachoribo@gmail.com