[DBWorld] HOPE21 - 4nd International Workshop on Health Informatics - Disruptive Approaches

Call for paper HOPE2021
4th International Workshop on Health Informatics: Disruptive Approaches in =
Health Informatics for Digital Health Transformation (HOPE=E2=80=9921) (htt=
ps://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2021/ )

Important Information: =

=E2=80=A2 Submission deadline: July 15th, 2021
=E2=80=A2 Notification of acceptance: August, 15th , 2021
=E2=80=A2 Camera-ready papers due: 1st September 2021
Submission system:  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Daiccsa2021   =
(submission for the workshop opens within the next days!)

The workshop is part of the 18th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Compu=
ter Systems and Applications AICCSA 2021 =

November 8th  to November 11th, 2021 in Tangier, Morocco =


4th International Workshop on Health Informatics: Disruptive Approaches in =
Health Informatics for Digital Health Transformation (HOPE=E2=80=9921)
Scope
The quality and expenditure control of the health sector have become, in bo=
th developed and developing countries alike, the main objectives pursued by=
 public authorities. The digital transformation of the sector has shown pro=
mise to provide answers to these objectives and to overcome health systems =
challenges, particularly those linked to the aging of the population, the i=
ncreasing rates of chronic diseases and the personalization of medicine. In=
deed, the rapid spread of mobile devices and of the Internet of Things, the=
 presence of the digital network anywhere and anytime, allow to improve qua=
lity of, often in the short term, services which provide personalized patie=
nt care, reduce the number and duration of hospital stays, enable continuou=
s patient monitoring and conceive efficient and safe home care.
The recent development and employment of artificial intelligence and analys=
is techniques to exploit big data in healthcare to develop new improved dis=
ease surveillance methods, improve diagnosis and early disease detection, d=
iscover novel treatments, uncover new drug side effects or interactions, an=
d design and study deployment of decision-making methods and IT solutions i=
n order to improve the performance and the security of the patient pathway =
management in and out the hospital. The recent challenges presented by COVI=
D-19 are examples for the need to bringing the optimization of healthcare f=
unctions and services to the maximum. Digital transformation including deve=
loping novel IT innovations and disruptive approaches and employing ehealth=
 services provide one key solution to meeting these challenges.
This digital transformation, already underway in many countries, is defined=
, for a health organization, as a process that consists of fully integrated=
 digital technologies into all of its activities in order to improve its pe=
rformance. It characterizes not only a technical development, but also a ne=
w way of working, an attitude, and a commitment for networked, global think=
ing, to improve health care by using ICT. Hence, it deeply transforms, at a=
 rattling pace, the rules and ways of managing the health system and thus s=
eeks to develop new innovative informatics solutions to enable, support as =
well as utilize this transformation.
As the digital transformation of the health sector brings significant progr=
ess to the care system, it consequently requires major changes in the behav=
ior of the actors of the health system. Like any major change in norms and =
practices, this transition faces reluctance, barriers and fears it can gene=
rate. As such, it imposes on hospital organizations a real problem in drivi=
ng the change of their staff. Many employees may feel disoriented and overw=
helmed by new the ways and practices. They may consider digital transformat=
ion as a risk and not an opportunity. In order for them to become engaged a=
ctors of this process, instead of being subjected to it, it is essential th=
at health institutions integrate its collaborators and give them the means =
to master and be the drivers of this change.
To that purpose, both development of IT innovations and disruptive approach=
es, and introduction and deployment of IT solutions in healthcare environme=
nts, associated with education and training on digital health are fundament=
al prerequisites not just to the wide- scale adoption but also the effectiv=
e use of e-health solutions and major keys to the success of digital transf=
ormation in the health sector. These digital health education and training =
which the underlying body of knowledge is health informatics, should be add=
ressed to all kind of stakeholders involved in the health ecosystem and sho=
uld be based on innovative educational methods and adapted to the profiles =
of these stakeholders. The workshop will provide a research-rich environmen=
t to address these challenges and support the development of new novel and =
disruptive approaches paving the way towards improved public health and per=
sonalized medicine. Recent spread of COVID-19 in many countries, causing di=
sastrous human!
 -impactin
 g events, and as one of the most challenging communicable and infectious d=
iseases, research related to developing innovative solutions to improve ear=
ly surveillance, detection, diagnosis or treatments are particularly encour=
aged.
It=E2=80=99s within the above scope that this workshop has been conceived t=
o bring together researchers and practitioners to share research results, a=
dvancements and practical related experiences in this field.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to : =

=E2=80=A2	eHealth patient-centered solutions
=E2=80=A2	Disruptive approaches to development of healthcare informatics so=
lutions
=E2=80=A2	Use of artificial Intelligence and analysis techniques to exploit=
 big data in healthcare
=E2=80=A2	IT Innovations for novel solutions in healthcare improved diagnos=
is and treatments.
=E2=80=A2	Development and study of design and deployment of decision-making=
 methods in healthcare
=E2=80=A2	Techniques, methods and systems for Pathways or careflows develop=
ment or management.
=E2=80=A2	Process simulations and virtual reality in health care: Tools and=
 Challenges
=E2=80=A2	Digital transformation methods and training challenges.
=E2=80=A2	Human Factors in Digital Health
=E2=80=A2	Application of Health Informatics in Clinical Cases
=E2=80=A2	Analysis of eHealth trends, issues and development constraints
=E2=80=A2	Emergent concepts, models and technologies to promote the effecti=
veness and efficiency of Healthcare services
=E2=80=A2	Open Source technologies to leverage the sustainability and quali=
ty of healthcare
=E2=80=A2	Semantic Intelligence and Big data for healthcare uses vis-=C3=A0=
-vis health 4.0
=E2=80=A2	Geocoding health data
=E2=80=A2	Practice-based Research Methods for Healthcare IT
=E2=80=A2	Design and Development of Methodologies for Healthcare IT
=E2=80=A2	Software Engineering in health care
=E2=80=A2	Data Management and Analytics for healthcare/eHealth
=E2=80=A2	Privacy and Ethical issues in health care/eHealth
=E2=80=A2	Model-Based Design of Trustworthy Health Information Systems
=E2=80=A2	Privacy preserving or enhancing techniques for secondary uses and=
 sharing of clinical data
=E2=80=A2	Research methods and techniques for electronic clinical records a=
nd data

Workshop Chair and Co-Chairs:
=E2=80=A2 Prof. Dr. Thomas Lux, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences,=
 Germany (Chair)
=E2=80=A2 Prof. Adel Taweel, Birzeit University, Palestine/ Kings College L=
ondon, UK (Co-Chair)
=E2=80=A2 Dr. Elyes Lamine, CGI, IMT Mines Albi - ISIS, INU Champollion, Ca=
stres, France (Co-Chair)
=E2=80=A2 Prof. Yousef Khader, Jordan University of Science and Technology,=
 Jordan (Co-Chair)
Workshop local Chair:
=E2=80=A2 Prof. Sara Ibn El Ahrache, Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliqu=
=C3=A9es de Tanger, Universit=C3=A9 Abdelmalek Essaadi, Tangier, Morocco

PAPER SUBMISSION DETAILS
Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research and applicatio=
n papers that are not being considered in other forums. Manuscripts will be=
 limited to a maximum of 6 two- column pages (IEEE Proceeding style) includ=
ing figures and references. Please follow the IEEE Conference Publishing Se=
rvice (CPS) guidelines to prepare your papers. =

Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" t=
wo-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electro=
nically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated l=
ength (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must=
 present original unpublished research that is not currently under review f=
or any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines m=
ay be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date=
, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be c=
onsidered. Authors may contact the workshop Chair for further information o=
r clarification.
All submissions are blind peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accept=
ed papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings and be published by the=
 IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to I=
EEE Xplore for inclusion.
Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consider=
ation for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers must =
not exceed 6 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include up=
 to 7 keywords, complete postal and e- mail address, and fax and phone numb=
ers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are expected to=
 present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are deemed of =
good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers will be accep=
ted as short papers.
Authors of accepted papers are requested to sign the IEEE copyright form. T=
he guidelines for authors can be found at IEEE Conference Publishing Servic=
es - Proceedings Author Forms.
Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF, postscript, or word format) i=
s required. For any questions please contact [email protected]  =
or adel.taweel-3vygKqVCdQxaa/[email protected] . At least one author of each accepted paper is re=
quired to attend the workshop and present the paper. =

Publication
Papers accepted for presentation will be published by IEEE Computer Society=
 Press as proceedings of the AICCSA Conference Publishing Services and be s=
ubmitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. In addition, proposals for a special=
 issue at relevant eHealth Journal are being sought to publish selected acc=
epted papers.

WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
=E2=80=A2	Hassan Badir, Universit=C3=A9 Abdelmalek Essaadi, Tangier, Morocc=
o =

=E2=80=A2	Mohamed Jmaiel, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathem=
atics, ENIS, Tunisie =

=E2=80=A2	Salma Chahed, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Univers=
ity of Westminster, UK =

=E2=80=A2	Bernhard Breil, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germa=
ny =

=E2=80=A2	Rym Ben Bachouch, PRISME, universit=C3=A9 d'Orl=C3=A9ans, Bourges=
, France  =

=E2=80=A2	Sara Ibn El Ahrache, Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliqu=C3=A9es=
 de Tanger, Morrocco =

=E2=80=A2	Malek Masmoudi, LASPI, IUT de Roanne  =

=E2=80=A2	Rafika Thabet, INP Grenoble, France =

=E2=80=A2	Mounir Moktari, Institut Mines T=C3=A9l=C3=A9com, Paris, France
=E2=80=A2	Conrad Attard,University of Malta, Malta
=E2=80=A2	Mario Macedo, Atlantica University, Portugal =

=E2=80=A2	Faux Francis, school engineers ISIS, France
=E2=80=A2	Nader Mohamed, California University of Pennsylvania,USA =

=E2=80=A2	Giorgio Leonardi, University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro,=
 Italy =

=E2=80=A2	Saeed Seyyedi, University of California Berkeley and San Francisc=
o, USA =

=E2=80=A2	Osama El Hassan, Emirates Health Informatics Society, UAE
=E2=80=A2	Jameela M. Al-Jaroodi, Robert Morris University, Pennsylvanie, US=
A  =

=E2=80=A2	Abdulalam Yassine, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada  =

=E2=80=A2	Hannes Schlieter, Technical University Dresden, Germany =

=E2=80=A2	Lisanne Kremer, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germa=
ny =





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Prof. Dr. Thomas Lux
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Director of the Competence Center eHealth (CCeHealth)
Professur for Process Management in Health Care
Faculty of Health Care
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Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
Reinarzstra=C3=9Fe 49
47805 Krefeld
fon: +49 (0) 2151 822-6624
email: [email protected] =

internet: https://web.hs-niederrhein.de/gesundheitswesen/wir-als-fachbereic=
h/prof-dr-rer-oec-thomas-lux/ =

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