2-4 June 2010, Reykjavik, Iceland.EFMI Special Topic Conference 2010 (STC 2010) will explore the challenges facing electronic exchange of health information, particularly interoperability of systems and it's implication for patient safety and continuity of care. It will reflect on the levels laid out by the EU recommendation of 2008 on interoperability of electronic health record systems, namely the political, organisational, technical and semantic levels and of education and awareness raising.
Furthermore the issue of traceability will be highlighted in the conference by a special workshop jointly organised by HL7 and GS1, who are co-sponsoring the event.
This is a unique opportunity to attend an exciting conference and at the same time experience Iceland. A special post conference trip around Iceland with combined sightseeing and visits to health care institutions has been organised.
For further information and registration, please visit:
http://www.sky.is/stc2010
About STC 2010
The conference is the 10th EFMI STC conference and is organized by EFMI and Fókus (a special interest group of health informatics within the Icelandic Society of Information Processing) and Ský (The Icelandic Society of Information Processing).
About EFMI
The European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) was formed in 1976 with assistance from the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Orgnisation (WHO). Formed as a nonprofit organization, the EFMI is concerned with the theory and practice of information science and technology within health and health science in a European context. The objectives of the EFMI are to advance international co-operation and dissemination of information in medical informatics on a European basis; to promote high standards in the application of medical informatics; to promote research and development in medical informatics; to encourage high standards in education in medical informatics; and to function as the autonomous European Regional Council of IMIA. For more information, visit www.efmi.org.