Conference name: International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF 2012)Venue: Algarve, PortugalConference date: 1-4 February, 2012The purpose of the International Conference on Health Informatics is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to healthcare and medicine in general and to the specialized support to persons with special needs in particular.Conference Topics    * e-Health    * Telemedicine    * Medical and Nursing Informatics    * Design and Development Methodologies for Healthcare IT    * Interoperability    * Semantic Interoperability    * Confidentiality and Data Security    * Knowledge Management    * Databases and Datawarehousing    * Datamining    * Decision Support Systems    * Wearable Health Informatics    * Mobile Technologies for Healthcare Applications    * Evaluation and Use of Healthcare IT    * Physiological Modeling    * Cognitive Informatics    * Affective Computing    * Therapeutic Systems and Technologies    * Healthcare Management Systems    * Human-Machine Interfaces for Disabled Persons    * Development of Assistive Technology    * ICT, Ageing and Disability    * Practice-based Research Methods for Healthcare IT    * Electronic Health Records and Standards    * Software Systems in Medicine    * Pervasive Health Systems and Services    * e-Health for Public Health    * Clinical Problems and Applications    * Data Visualization    * Pattern Recognition and Machine LearningIMPORTANT DATESConference date: 1-4 February, 2012Regular Paper Submission: July 25, 2011Authors Notification (regular papers): September 29, 2011Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: October 20, 2011Contacts:HEALTHINF SecretariatAddress: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.         2910-595 Setúbal - PortugalTel.: +351 265 100 033Fax: +44 203 014 5436