- This mail is a HTML mail. Not all elements could be shown in plain text mode. - Call for Chapter Proposals: Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine http://bit.ly/1hMjfbr Editors Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha - Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal Isabel Miranda - Municipality of Guimarães, Portugal Call for Chapters Proposals Submission Deadline: May 18, 2014 Full Chapters Due: September 30, 2014 Use this link to Propose a chapter for this book Introduction Health and social care, e-Health, Telemedicine, are at the center of the research policies, on the research agenda of the world governments and are facing major developments. This publication intends to put together, in a comprehensive way, the problems of ageing, health, health care, social care, mobility, ageing well, quality of life of people with special needs, user needs analysis, and the recent approaches provided by ICT, such as e-Health and Telemedicine, new technologies, new applications, emerging trends, the ethical and legal implications (eg. clinical records) and case studies. It is an ambitious project of addressing the social, technological, organizational, ethical and legal aspects of the topic. Objective The mission of the Encyclopedia of e-Health and Telemedicine is to discuss the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to this new field of knowledge able to transform the way we live and deliver services, from the social, technological and organizational dimensions, in a very comprehensive way, and to disseminate current developments and practical solutions and applications. The overall objectives are: To discuss the importance of e-Health, Telemedicine, ICT-based healthcare and social care delivery, and the emerging technological developments and practical solutions. To introduce the state-of-the-art supporting technology. To introduce and discuss the challenges associated with e-Health developments, from the social, organizational and technological perspectives. To introduce recent technological developments and associated human, ethical and legal implications. Target Audience The encyclopedia intends to be a tool for researchers, academics, professionals of medicine, healthcare and social care, professionals of IT, providing some of the most advanced research, concepts, applications, developments, discussions and case studies on digital crime and digital threats from one side, and security, privacy, information assurance, law and regulation, and human aspects, on the other. Recommended Topics The Encyclopedia intends to collect the most recent contributions on the social and technological dimensions of the largely multidisciplinary field of e-Health and Telemedicine. It is intended to cover the following aspects: The technological dimension that enables and supports teleservices, telemedicine, teleoperation and telemonitoring. The technological dimension includes: Information systems and technologies Communication technologies Monitoring technologies Information and systems integration Electronic medical records Electronic devices The social and human dimensions, which explores motivations, benefits and emergent effects of e-Health project implementations, and which include, for example: Increased quality of life Increased life expectancy Trust and privacy issues Ethical aspects Legal aspects Training Organizational aspects and management of e-health services Business and entrepreneurial perspective focusing on the added value of specific applications Impact, implications and challenges (social and technological) of e-Health On individuals, families and communities On organizations and business On scientific knowledge and on research Ongoing developments, applications and case studies Emerging solutions Relevant R&D projects Integration between applications and solutions Current development trends Integration with other disciplines: Sociology Psychology Gerontology Distributed technologies and systems Knowledge management Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a chapter proposal (an extended abstract of around 300 to 500 words) clearly explaining the mission and concerns of a proposed chapter by May 18, 2014 .. Submissions should be made through the link at the bottom of this page. Please include all information about the author and co-authors, affiliations and email addresses when submitting your chapter proposals. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by May 25, 2014 about the status of their proposals. Full articles (at around 3,000 to 5,000 words) are expected to be submitted by September 30, 2014 .. All submitted articles will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com .. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2015. Important Dates Proposal Submission Deadline: May 18, 2014 Notification of Acceptance: May 25, 2014 Full chapter submission: September 30, 2014 Notification of acceptance: December 30, 2014 Revised version of accepted chapters: January 15, 2015 Submission of Final Chapters: February 15, 2015 Inquiries Isabel Maria Miranda, [log in to unmask] Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, [log in to unmask] Propose a chapter for this book http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/submit/1355 --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------