The progress in society and technology regarding the application of systems approaches information and data processing principles, modeling and information technology, computation and communications solutions led to a substantial improvement of problems in assistive healthcare, public health, and the everyday wellbeing. While achievements are tangible, open issues related to global acceptance, costs models, personalized services, record privacy, and real-time medical actions for citizens’ wellbeing are still under scrutiny.

HEALTHINFO 2023, The Eighth International Conference on Informatics and Assistive Technologies for Healthcare, Medical Support and Wellbeing tackles particular aspects belonging to health informatics systems, health information, health informatics data, health informatics technologies, clinical practice and training, and wellbeing informatics in terms of existing and needed solutions.

We solicit both academic, research, and industrial contributions. We welcome technical papers presenting research and practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, such as those being discussed in the standard fora or in industry consortia, survey papers addressing the key problems and solutions on any of the above topics short papers on work in progress, and panel proposals.

Industrial presentations are not subject to the format and content constraints of regular submissions. We expect short and long presentations that express industrial position and status.

Tutorials on specific related topics and panels on challenging areas are encouraged.

The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.

All topics and submission formats are open to both research and industry contributions.

HEALTHINFO 2023 conference tracks:

Trends and achievements

Globalizing health informatics; eHealth Web science; Nursing-oriented healthinfo; Home monitoring on chronic diseases; Big Data and Smart Health; eHealth and education via visual analytics; Health and medication-related services; Resource and demands for health-oriented systems; Health systems in critical situations (heart failure, kidney blockage, mental health, etc.); health services and chronic diseases; User satisfaction with health applications and services; Patient acceptance of health systems; Health and pharmaceutical systems; eHealth and nurse practitioners; eHealth Apps (1st aid, locating a hospital, etc.); Health and online-prescribing systems; Online eHealth communities; Context-aware eHealth systems; eHealth portals; Usability of health data to benefit patient and public health safety, privacy and security; Integrating heterogeneous clinical data into central data warehouses; Patient safety at transitions of care; Patient safety in critical care units; Health care processes in the intensive care units; Nursing quality indicator systems; Patient safety event reporting systems; Patient online access to their electronic health records; Patient safety risks associated with electronic health records; Patient generated clinical data and associated implications for electronic health records; Electronic dental records systems; Model-driven for standardized electronic health records; Semantic interoperable electronic patient records; Ontological knowledge base for managing patient safety events

New Approaches and Dedicated Informatics

Machine learning and neuronal networks for detections; Deep transfer learning; Deep learning prediction; Semantic segmentation; Digital distortions; Computer tools for tumor detections; MRI with/without segmentation; Coherence tomographies; Anomaly detection techniques; Breast informatics; Brain informatics; Heart informatics; Lung informatics; Pneumonia detection; Abdomen informatics; Liver informatics; Kidney informatics; Colon informatics; Vascular informatics; Eyes informatics; Oncology informatics; Bone informatics; Skin informatics; Thorax informatics; Special diseases (Dementia, Parkinson, Alzeimer, Epilepsy) informatics; Strokes; Paralysis; Biomarkers; Radiomics

Rehabilitation robotics

Wearable robotic; Balance assessment robots; Robotically-assisted joints rehabilitation; Robotic hands; Post-traumatic robotics; Assistive robots for motion training; Pneumatic robotic assistance; Robot-assisted drinking and eating; Human-assistive robotic platforms; Exoskeleton-assisted walking; Massaging robots; Model predictive controllers; Cognitve interactions with assistive robots; Patient-assitance robotic-centered design; Accuracy and safety; Caregivers interaction with robotics

Health Informatics Systems

Architectures and Frameworks for Health Informatics Systems; Medical Informatics and Medical Records; Knowledge Bases and Health Data Mining; Data Mining and Bioinformatics; Ambient Assisted Living Systems; Enhanced Living Environments; Disease Surveillance and Patient Monitoring Systems; Prevention and Detection Systems; Personalized Apps for Healthcare and Wellbeing; Population Health and Public Health Informatics; Telemedicine and Mobile Telemedicine; Decision Support Systems in Healthcare; Computer-aided Detection and Diagnosis; Analysis and Evaluation of Healthcare Systems

Health Information

Health Information Technologies; Evidence-based Medical Practice; Medical Imaging Informatics; Electronic health/medical Record Applications; Personal Health Record Applications; Healthcare Data Warehouses; Health Information Modeling and sharing; Data Computational Models and Telemedicine Treatment Effects; Biomedical/Health Database Integration and Management; Health Information Retrieval and Extraction

Health Informatics Data

Health Services Data Analytics; Databases and Integration of Biomedical Data; Bioinformatics and Healthcare Infrastructure; Integrative Analysis of Biological and Clinical Data; HIPAA Compliance Data Mining Approaches; Pharmacogenomics Data Mining; Epidemic Intelligence; Drug Information Systems; Health Data Storage and Management; Privacy, Authentication, Trust, Security in Data Processing; Medical Image Data Mining and Processing; Computational Genetics, Genomics and Proteomics; Population, Evolution, and Comparative Genomics

Health Informatics Technologies

Interoperability and Scalability of Systems and Platforms; IT Standards and Profiles for Interoperability; Software and Devices for Healthcare; Programming Paradigms and Tools for Health Applications; Human-computer Interaction and Usability in Healthcare; Technologies for Dynamic Data Integration (ontologies, noSQL, RDF, SPARQL, etc.); Cross-Computational Methods; Medical Cyber Physical Systems; Mobile Health and Sensor Applications; Internet of Things for Healthcare; RFID and Sensor-enabled Healthcare Technologies; Intelligent Technologies for Healthcare (Smart Homes, Cloud-based, etc.); Computational Drug Discovery; On/In-Body Medical Sensors Communications; Ubiquitous Health Applications; Health Portals and Big Data Visualization; Food Control and Recommendation Systems

Clinical Practice and Training

Medical Practice-driven Models and Requirements; Patient-centered Health and Experience Studies; Mobile Health Consultation; Remote Monitoring of Patients with Chronic Diseases; Dietary Assessment via Smartphones and Wearable Devices; Children Healthcare Systems; Nursing Informatics; Clinical Workflow and Human Factors; Health Social Media Analytics; Treatment Facilities; Clinical Informatics; Evidence-based Medicine; Clinical Safety; Clinical Epigenetics; Clinical Data and Knowledge Management; Risk and Responsibility Management in Healthcare; Regional Cooperation for Healthcare; Lessons Learned

Wellbeing Informatics

Physical Therapy Instrumentation; Assistive and Sentient Environments; User-adaptive Gerontechnologies; Telehealth and Telemedicine Services; Mobile Technology for Wellbeing; Mobility and Rehabilitation Technologies; Household Accident Detection ad Reaction; Personalized Ambient Adaptation; Communication Devices for the Elderly; Social Networks for the Elderly; Lifelong Learning for Mental Healthcare; Assistive Technologies and Devices; Medication and Nutrition Control Services; Social-care Robots and Agents fro the Elderly; Entertainment Technologies for the Elderly; Fitness and Sports for the Elderly