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Title: CFP: Open Source in Healthcare and Public
Health
Open Source in Healthcare and
Public Health
Call for Speakers and
Participation
(please forward to other interested parties)
Conference: Open Source for National and Local
eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU.
Date: March
17-19, 2003 (Full day Healthcare track scheduled for March 18)
Venue: The Marvin Center
Grand Ballroom
The George Washington University
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Organizers: The Cyber Security Policy and Research
Institute (CSPRI) of The George Washington University, United Nations
Development Program, World Bank InfoDev, GSA, DISA, NAVY Office of
the CIO, NIST, The Danish National IT and Telecom Agency
Website: http://www.eGovOS.org
Invitation
As part of the upcoming conference on "Open Source for
National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU"
organized by The Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute (CSPRI)
of The George Washington University, The Center for Open Source in
Healthcare and Public Health Preparedness is proud to present a
one-day session dedicated to exploring and discussing the role of
Open Source in Healthcare and Public Health Informatics and Emergency
Preparedness.
We are pleased to invite you to submit
speaking and demonstration proposals for this conference.
These sessions are designed to discuss
best practices, raise awareness and share experiences among policy
makers, government officials, users/consumers, universities,
and industry specialists in Open Source and Healthcare, Public Health
and Emergency Preparedness. The conference will
draw participants from local, national and international
organizations from the public, private and academic
sectors.
Submission of
Proposals
Please
submit your proposal no later than January 10,
2003.
To submit a proposal go to:
http://www.eGovOS.org/march-2003/cfp.cgi
Please check Health
Care and any other relevant fields in the submission form.
Submission and editorial
questions should be directed to Dr. Nick Guzman
(mailto:guzmann@gwu.edu).
Suggested
Topics
Suggested topics include, but
are not limited to, the following:
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Policy and Regulatory Issues
*
Open Source, the FDA and Software Validation Requirements of
21CFR11
*
Electronic (Computerized) Health/Medical Records
*
Open Source and HIPAA Compliance
*
Open Source and Open Standards
*
Open Source and the National Health Information
Infrastructure
*
State/Local Government Uses of OS for Healthcare and Public Health
*
The Role of Open Source in Homeland Security
*
Open Source in BioSurveillance and Disease
Tracking
*
Open Source in Public Health and Emergency
Preparedness
*
Open Source and Distributed Intelligence for Rapid Emergency
Responses
*
XML Web Services in Healthcare, Public Health and Emergency
Preparedness
*
Open Source XML Solutions
*
Open Source and Enterprise Architecture
*
Demonstrations of Open Source Projects in
Healthcare and Public
Health
*
Open Source in TeleHealth and TeleMedicine
*
Open Source Applications for Medical Imaging and
Pathology
*
Open Source for Medical Simulations and Training
*
Open Source for Distance Learning
*
Open Source in Medical and Health Sciences Education
and Training
*
Open Source in Training First Responders and Healthcare
Providers
*
Potential of Open Source in IT Training of Healthcare
Providers
*
Open Source in Biomedical Research
*
Open Source in Bioinformatics
*
Business Cases: OSS and Total Cost of Ownership in
Healthcare
* Open Source Empowering People with
Disabilities
* Open
Source and Section 508
*
Open Source Licenses and other Legal Issues in
Healthcare
Dates to Remember
Deadline for speaking
proposals:
January 10, 2003
Notification of
acceptance:
January 20, 2003
Final submissions
due:
January 31, 2003
Conference:
March 17-19, 2003
Healthcare sessions scheduled
for
March 18, 2003
We look forward to your participation.
--
Nicolas J. Guzman, M.D.
The George Washington University School of Medicine
2150 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, ACC 4-425
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 741-2283
Direct: (202) 741-2291
Fax: (202)
741-2285
E-mail: guzmann@gwu.edu
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