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SEPTEMBER 2003

September 7-9, 2003, On Par With Quality-National Association of Healthcare Quality 28th Annual Educational Conference, Phoenix, AZ. Sponsored by NAHQ, 4700 W. Lake Avenue, Glenview, IL 60025. FMI telephone: 800-966-9392; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.nahq.org/conference/.

 

September 18-20, 2003, Annual Meeting of the American Society for Automation in Pharmacy, Washington, DC. Sponsored by ASAP, 492 Norristown Road, Suite 160, Blue Bell, PA 19422. FMI telephone 610-825-7783; Web: http://www.asapnet.org.

 

September 22-24, 2003, 2003 Online Learning Conference and Expo, Los Angeles, CA. Sponsored by VNU Business Media, 50 South Ninth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402. FMI telephone 612-333-0471; toll-free: 800-328-4329; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.vnulearning.com/ourevents.htm.

 

September 30, 2003, Towards an Organizational Nursing Informatics Agenda, Newton, MA. Sponsored by Boston Area Nursing Informatics Consortium. FMI contact BANIC Chair Mary Kennedy, [email protected].

 

OCTOBER 2003

October 1-3, 2003, Eighth Annual International Perinatal Information Systems User Group Conference: High Tech Strategies for Today's Electronic Perinatal Record, Chicago, IL. Sponsored by PISUG, 1202 North 75th Street PMB 296, Downers Grove, IL 60516. FMI contact Cindy Bell, Conference Registration Coordinator, e-mail [email protected]; Web: http://www.PISUG.org.

 

October 7-9, 2003, ContentWorld 2003: Leveraging Content in the Organization, Los Angeles, CA. Sponsored by Content World LLC, 14510 Big Basin Way #264, Saratoga, CA 95070. FMI telephone 408-445-2646; Web: http://www.contentworld.com.

 

October 8-11, 2003, Fashioning the Future: Enhancing Care Through Nursing Health Services Research-National Nursing Administration Research Conference, Chapel Hill, NC. Sponsored by the University of North Carolina School of Nursing Continuing Education Program, CB 7460, Carrington Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460. FMI telephone: 919-966-3638; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://nursing.unc.edu/lifelong/narc/.

 

October 9-11, 2003, MedInf'2003, Craiova, Romania. Sponsored by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania, in cooperation with the International Medical Information Association, European Federation of Medical Informatics, and the Society for the Internet in Medicine. FMI e-mail: [email protected]; Web http://www.umfcv.ro/medinf2003.html.

 

October 12-15, 2003, HELINA (HEalth INformatics in Africa) 2003: Information and Communication Technology in the Fight Against HIV/AIDs, Johannesburg, South Africa. Sponsored by the International Medical Informatics Association, 5782 - 172 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6M 1B4, Canada. FMI telephone 780-489-4531; e-mail [email protected]; Web: http://www.imia.org. For conference information or registration, contact the Conference Secretariat, Ms. Debbie Leak, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg, SA 7505; telephone: +27 21 938 0554; e-mail: [email protected].

 

October 18-22, 2003, Ninth European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Protaras, Cyprus. Sponsored by Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Europe. FMI contact Conference Secretariat, Top Kinisis Travel Ltd, PO Box 27031, 1641, Nicosia, Cyprus. FMI telephone: +357 22 713716; e-mail: [email protected]; Web http://www.ucy.ac.cy/~aime03/.

 

October 18-23, 2003, AHIMA 75th Anniversary National Convention and Exhibit, Minneapolis, MN. Sponsored by American Health Information Management Association, 233 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2150, Chicago, IL 60601-5800. FMI telephone 312-233-1100; e-mail [email protected]; Web: http://www.ahima.org/convention/2003call.html.

 

October 26-29, 2003, Nursing Management Congress 2003, San Diego, CA. Sponsored by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 530 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. FMI contact K.Cousart, telephone: 800-346-7844, ext. 7798; e-mail: [email protected]; Web http://www.nmcongress.com.

 

NOVEMBER 2003

November 1, 2003, International Mobile Informatics Conference in Healthcare (IMICH 2003), Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sponsored by PDACortex, the Journal of Mobile Informatics, online at http://www.pdacortex.com; PDA Verticals Corporation, 11415 NE 128th Street Suite B, Kirkland, WA 98034. FMI contact Ken McGowan, e-mail: [email protected].

 

November 8-12, 2003, American Medical Informatics Association 2003 Symposium, Washington, DC. Sponsored by AMIA, 4915 St. Elmo Avenue, Suite 401, Bethesda, MD 20814; FMI telephone 301-657-1291; e-mail: [email protected]; Web http://www.amia.org/meetings/annual/f1.html.

 

November 12-15, 2003, National Conference for Nurse Practitioners, Baltimore, MD. Sponsored by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 530 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. FMI contact Kelly Landis, telephone: 800-346-7844, ext. 7798; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.ncnpconference.com/.

 

DECEMBER 2003

December 3-5, 2003, Online Educa Berlin: Ninth International Conference on Technology-Supported Learning and Training, Berlin, Germany. Sponsored by the European Commission, Directorates Generale Information Society and Culture and Education, with support from IBM, Microsoft, Promissor, Cisco Systems, Macromedia, WebCT, and Blackboard. FMI contact International Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions GmbH, Leibnizstrasse 32, 10625 Berlin, Germany; telephone: +49-30-327-61-40; fax: +49-30-324-98-33; e-mail: [email protected]; Web http://www.online-educa.com./en/.

 

December 4-6, 2003, MedNet 2003: Internet in Health for All, 8th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. Sponsored by Health on the Net Foundation and the Society for the Internet in Medicine. FMI visit the MedNet 2003 Web site, http://www.hon.ch/Mednet2003/. For accommodations and registration, contact Spectrum Events Ag, Rue du Mont Blanc 17, 1201 Geneva; Frederic Bron or Sabrina Migani, telephone: +41-22-908-69-80; fax: +41-22-908-69-89; e-mail: [email protected].

 

December 7-9, 2003, Open Source Health Care Alliance Fourth Annual Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, held in conjunction with MedNet 2003 and World Summit on the Information Society. FMI contact HON or visit the MedNet Web site: http://www.hon.ch/Mednet2003/.

 

December 10-12, 2003, The Society We Want: World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva, Switzerland. Sponsored by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations Committee on Information and Communication, the International Telecommunication Union, and endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly. FMI, contact Executive Secretariat - Civil Society Division, I.T.U. Headquarters, Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva 20 - Switzerland; tele: +41 22 - 730 63 04; e-mail [email protected]; Web: http://www.geneva2003.org.

 

2004

JANUARY 2004

January 22-24, 2004, American Society for Automation in Pharmacy Technology Conference, St. Pete Beach, FL. Sponsored by ASAP, 492 Norristown Road, Suite 160, Blue Bell, PA 19422. FMI telephone 610-825-7783; Web: http://www.asapnet.org.

 

MARCH 2004

March 22-24, Delivering Health Informatics at the Point of Care: 21st Annual British Computer Society Health Informatics Committee Conference and Exhibition, Harrogate, England. Sponsored by BCS HIC. Call for presentations closes October 13, 2003. FMI contact HC2004 Conference Secretariat, Amicus Conferences, PO Box 357, Malvern, Worcs. WR3 8WT, United Kingdom; telephone: +44(0) 1905 759560; e-mail: [email protected]; Web http://www.health-informatics.org/hc2004/index.htm.

 

March 24-27, 2004, Second Biennial Conference of the NANDA, NIC & NOC Alliance, Chicago, IL. Sponsored by NANDA-International, 1211 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. FMI telephone: 215-545-8105; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.nanda.org.

 

APRIL 2004

April 6-8, 2004, Medicare India, New Delhi, India. Sponsored by Kinex Log, 5 New Quebec Street, London W1H 7DD UK. FMI contact Rob Grant, telephone: 0207-723-8020; e-mail: [email protected]; Web http://www.medicare-expo.com.

 

SEPTEMBER 2004

September 7-11, 2004, MedInfo 2004: Triennial Meeting of the International Medical Informatics Association, San Francisco, CA. Sponsored by the American Medical Informatics Association, 4915 St. Elmo Avenue, Suite 401, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: 301-657-1291; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.amia.org/meetings/annual/f1.html. FMI or to join the conference mailing list, visit the Web site: http://www.medinfo2004.org/.

 

September 30-October 2, 2004, Annual Meeting of the American Society for Automation in Pharmacy, Carefree, AZ. Sponsored by ASAP, 492 Norristown Road, Suite 160, Blue Bell, PA 19422. FMI telephone: 610-825-7783; Web: http://www.asapnet.org.