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Dear Colleagues,
please read carefully the information given below. I'll be pleased and
honored, if you'll distribute it among colleagues and partners.
Thank you, in advance.
All the best,
Ekaterina (Eka) Kldiashvili, Ph.D.
Georgian Telemedicine Union (Association)
75 Kostava str., 0171 Tbilisi , Georgia
Email: [log in to unmask]
Blog: www.gridtechnologiesfore-health.blogspot.com
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: October 31, 2008
Grid Technologies for eHealth: Applications for Telemedicine Services
and Delivery
A Manuscript edited by Dr. Ekaterina (Eka) Kldiashvili
Georgian Telemedicine Union (Association), Georgia
Introduction
“Grid” computing has emerged as an important new field,
distinguished from conventional distributed computing by its focus on
large-scale resource sharing, innovative applications, and, in some
cases, high-performance orientation. Grid computing is increasingly
being viewed as the next phase of distributed computing. Built on
pervasive Internet standards, Grid computing enables organizations to
share computing and information resources across department and
organizational boundaries in a secure, highly efficient manner.
Organizations around the world are utilizing Grid computing today for a
whole host of different applications such as collaborative scientific
research, drug discovery, financial risk analysis, product design, etc.
Grid computing enables, for example, research-oriented organizations to
solve problems that were infeasible to solve due to computing and
data-integration constraints. Grids also reduce costs through automation
and improved
IT resource utilization. Finally, Grid computing can increase an
organization’s agility enabling more efficient business processes and
greater responsiveness to change. Over time Grid computing will enable a
more flexible, efficient and utility-like global computing
infrastructure. From its inception, the goal of telemedicine has been to
overcome the time and distance barriers that separate the caregiver from
the patient. Widespread adoption of the technology has been hampered by
a number of technological, regulatory and other barriers. Innovations
such as computer-based patient records, remote consultations, clinical
information systems, computer-based decision support tools, mobile and
wireless terminals, community health information networks, and new ways
of distributing health information to professionals and consumers are
supported by, and in some cases reliant on, the widespread use of
networked telemedicine technologies. Grid technology
acquires more importance today. The main advantage of application of
Grid technology for eHealth is the new and effective opportunities for
establishment and creation of eHealth networks as well as of
implementation of clinical information systems and databases.
Objective of the Manuscript
The proposed publication will present a new model of Advanced Grid
Technologies, Systems and Services to implement a new model of Virtual
Organization for healthcare support. eHealth faces a growing need for
large computations, pre-operative planning, medical interventions
simulation, the building of anatomical and physiological models, surgery
support in real time, etc., all of which could be successfully
implemented through Grid technology. This publication aims to describe
completed and ongoing research eHealth projects and activities in this
field. It is planned to present Data/Information/Knowledge Grids as well
as Collaborative Grids. Special emphasis will be placed on the following
topics: clinical information system; distribution of computational
resou
rces; ensuring image processing algorithm’s accessibility;
combining image data with other medical data, facilitating data access;
bringing affordable solutions to respond to real problems in
healthcare. Special attention will be paid to the following areas:
ePharmacology, eImaging, eClinic and eLearning. Emphasis will be placed
on presentation of: organization of clinical information system; timely
and secure access of patient data; interoperability of medical databases
of heterogenous content; computing intensive applications and knowledge
discovery, eDiagnosis, Virtual Epidemiology.
Target Audience
The target audiences for the present publication are: healthcare
professionals, eHealth and telemedicine specialists and researchers, IT
specialists, healthcare authorities and managers.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following:
· Clinical information system
· Clinical diagnosis
· Medical databases
· eLearning
· Simulation
· eHealth networks
· Standardization
· Virtual Epidemiology
Submission Procedure
Researcher and practitioners are invited to submit on or before October
31, 2008 a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and
concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals
will be notified by November 30, 2008 about the status of their
proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be
submitted by February 28, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed
on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be published
by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the
“Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference)
and “Medical Information Science Reference” imprints. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word
document) to:
Ekaterina (Eka) Kldiashvili, Ph.D.
Georgian Telemedicine Union (Association)
75 Kostava str., 0171 Tbilisi , Georgia
Email: [log in to unmask]
Blog: www.gridtechnologiesfore-health.blogspot.com
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