Workshops

[Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care] [Prognostic Models in Medicine]

Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - Sunday, June 20th 1999

The care of critically ill patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and during Anaesthesia is becoming increasingly complex. Clinicians are required to rapidly interpret and respond to a large number of clinical parameters, selecting appropriate treatment for the patient among many different options. New measurement technology has increased the demand for improved information management, as has the need to monitor and assess the quality of care provided. This workshop presents "State of the art" applications of information technology for clinicians, researchers and industry working in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care.

• Decision support systems: clinical guidelines and protocols; model based advisory systems; monitoring and intelligent alarming; and the application of Artificial Intelligence methodology in Anaesthesia and Intensive care.
• Computer systems for control and assessment of quality of care.
• Information management: visualization and interpretation of clinical data; planning and scheduling of critical care resources.

In addition Patient Data Management systems will be presented by representatives from industry.

The workshop invites submission of structured abstracts or full papers (see instruction for authors for AIMDM'99) to the workshop chair, Silvia Miksch, (see Conference addresses) preferably in electronic format (word, pdf or postscript) no later than March 1st 1999. Authors will be notified of acceptance by April 15th 1999. Authors are requested to state their preference for oral presentation or poster. Abstracts and papers will appear as separate workshop notes. In addition a special issue of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) dedicated to Knowledge-Based Information Management in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia is planned, and will include a selection of the best papers from the workshop.

For further details on the workshop, please follow this link: Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Scientific committee: Silvia Miksch (Chair) (A), Steen Andreassen (DK), Michel Dojat (F), Jim Hunter (UK), Christian Popow (A), Steve Rees (DK), Per Thorgaard (DK). Registration fee: Workshop only 750 DKK, for participants of AIMDM'99 500 DKK. The fee includes light refreshments and lunch.

Prognostic Models in Medicine

Prognostic Models in Medicine - Sunday, June 20th 1999

Prognostic models are increasingly used in medicine to predict the natural course of diseases, or the expected outcome after treatment. Prognosis forms an integral part of systems for treatment selection and treatment planning. In evaluating quality of care, prognostic models are used for predicting outcome, such as mortality, which is compared with the actual measured outcome. Furthermore, prognostic models may play an important role in guiding diagnostic problem solving, e.g. by only requesting information concerning tests, of which the outcome affects knowledge of the prognosis.

• Modelling and Reasoning
• Knowledge Acquisition
• Formalisation
• Medical Applications

This workshop aims at bringing together various theoretical and practical approaches to computational prognosis that comprise the state of the art in this field.

Registration fee: Workshop only 750 DKK, for participants of AIMDM'99 500 DKK. The fee includes light refreshments and lunch.

For further details on submission deadlines etc., please follow this link: Prognostic Models in Medicine or contact one of the co-chairs.

Workshop organization:
Ameen Abu-Hanna (Co-Chair)
Dept. of Medical Informatics
Academic Medical Center
University of Amsterdam
Meibergdreef 15
1105 AZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 20 5664511
Fax: +31 20 6912432
Email: A.Abu-Hanna@amc.uva.nl

Peter Lucas (Co-Chair)
Dept. of Computer Science
Utrecht University
Padualaan 14
3584 CH Utrecht
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 30 2534094
Fax: +31 30 2513791
Email: lucas@cs.uu.nl