Advances in informatics have led to new opportunities and challenges in healthcare research and applications. There is an increased effort to leverage information systems and data analytics to transform reactive care to proactive and preventive care, clinic-centric practice to patient-centered practice, training-based interventions to globally aggregated evidence, and episodic response to continuous well-being monitoring and maintenance.

International Conference for Smart Health (ICSH), originated in 2013, intends to provide a forum for the growing international smart health research community to discuss the technical, practical, economic, behavioral, and social issues associated with smart health. The 6th International Conference for Smart Health (ICSH 2018) will be hosted by Wuhan University in Wuhan, China on July 2-3, 2018. ICSH 2018 welcomes studies on the principles, approaches, models, frameworks, new applications, and effects of using novel information technology to address healthcare problems and improve social welfare.

Highlights:

The conference proceedings will be published by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication by IEEE Intelligent Systems (IEEE IS), Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (ECRA), ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS), Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems (PAJAIS), Global Health Research and Policy (GHRP) and Data and Information Management (DIM).

Topics of Interest:

I. Information Systems for Clinical Practice and Training

EHR Application & Integration
Computer-aided Diagnosis
Visual Analytics for Healthcare
Telehealth Applications
IS for Mental Healthcare
IS for Patient-centered & Evidence-based Care
Virtual Patient Modeling for Training
Innovative Design of New Health Information Systems and Clinical Decision Support Tools

II. Clinical and Medical Data Modeling & Analytics

Disease Profiling and Precision Medicine
Healthcare Predictive Modeling & Patient Support
Text Mining for EHR and Clinical Unstructured Data
Information Retrieval for Healthcare Applications
Pharmacy Informatics Systems & Drug Discovery
Side-effect & Drug Interaction
Medical Data Management
Data Standards (FHIR, inter-operability, etc.) & Healthcare IT
Disease Surveillance & Epidemics Forecasting/Intervention
Prediction of Emergent Events with Healthcare Impacts

III. Community, Social Media, and Knowledge Management

Online Patient Communities
Online/offline Support Groups
IS for Patient Education, Learning and Involvement
Role of IS in Patient Data Generation/Collection
Healthcare Knowledge Classification and Summarization
Health Information Needs, Seeking, Sharing, & Use
Social media applications

IV. Smart/Mobile Devices for Healthcare

Assistive Devices for Individuals with Special Needs
Mobile / Wearable Devices in Wellness
Intelligent Medical Devices & Sensors
Continuous Monitoring & Streaming Technologies for Healthcare
Virtual & Augmented Reality for Healthcare
Computer Support for Surgical Intervention
Localized Data for Improving Emergency Care
Smart Devices for Healthy Life Styles and Better Self-care

V. Management of Smart Health Systems

Adoption and Use of Clinical Decision Support
Adoption and Management of Smart Health Devices
Healthcare Workflow Management
Real-time Analytics & Optimization in Healthcare Operations
Managing the Use of Health IT by Care Providers
Privacy, Security & Trust Issues in Health System Use
Data Quality of Clinical & Patient-generated Data

VI. Smart Health Business, Social, and Economic Issues

ICT & Health
Patient & Physician Engagement & Relationships under IT
Impact of Health IT on Small & Rural Communities
Impact & Management of IT on Healthcare Access, Costs, Delivery, & Outcomes
Accountable Smart Health, Reporting, Pricing, & Auditing
Value-based Care & Care Pricing Models
New Business Models for Healthcare IT
Population Health Management – Clinical & Financial impact
Impact of New HIPAA Guidelines on Privacy and Security
Meta-studies of Community, National & International Programs