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EFMI joins organizing committee of WoHIT conference
Other topics:
Health
Information Summit
European Federation for Medical Informatics
March 19, 2008
The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition (WoHIT) is an
ermmerging event in Europe. EFMI the European Federation for
Medical Informatics has joined the Organizing Committee as a new
member for the 2008 Conference. The conference will be held in
Copenhagen, Denmark on Nov. 4-6, 2008.
The Organising Committee serves as the umbrella coordinating
body for the conference and exhibition. Together with the
Education Advisory Committee (EAC), the Organising Committee
provides the final recommendations for the educational sessions,
which will meet the needs of the target audience of end users,
governments, ministries of health, academics and industries.
The EFMI supports healthcare informatics and all disciplines
concerned with healthcare and informatics; 31 countries are now
members of the organisation. Jacob Hofdijk, who will take over
the EFMI presidency in May 2008, will represent the organisation
on the WoHIT Organizing Committee. |
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"I
am happy that EFMI will join other organisations in this
honourable position with recognition from the European
Commission and other leading organizations in our field,” said
George Mihalas, current EFMI president. “I look forward to EFMI
being part of this cooperative effort for the World of Health IT
and future joint events.”
Press contact: Prof. Rolf Engelbrecht
EFMI Press and Information Officer
c/o
Medis - Department Medical Informatics
Helmholtz-Centre-Munich
Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1
D 85764 Neuherberg
Tel.: +49/(0)89 / 3187 4138
Fax : +49/(0)89 / 3187 3008
e-Mail: Engelbrecht@EFMI.info
www.EFMI.org
The European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) was
conceived at a meeting, assisted by the Regional Office for
Europe of the World Health Organisation (WHO ), in Copenhagen in
September 1976. The representatives of national Health/Medical
Informatics societies from ten European countries signed a
declaration of intent stating:
"The Federation shall be constituted as a nonprofit organisation
concerned with the theory and practice of Information Science
and Technology within Health and Health Science in a European
context. We declare that the ten delegates here today from the
ten national societies shall constitute the preliminary Council
of the Federation which thus hereby exists."
Copenhagen, 11 September 1976.
Structure
The constitutional bodies of EFMI are
* The EFMI Council, a General Assembly of all members, officers
and working group chair persons.
* The Board of officers, treasurer, vice presidents and
president
* Working Groups organised by a chairperson (see also the EFMI
Working Groups Menu section)
Objectives
The objectives of the European Federation for Medical
Informatics (EFMI) founded in 1976 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;
* To function as the autonomous European Regional Council of
IMIA
Activities
All European countries are entitled to be represented in EFMI by
a suitable Medical Informatics Society. The term medical
informatics is used to include the whole spectrum of Healthcare
Informatics and all disciplines concerned with Healthcare and
Informatics.
The organisation operates with a minimum of bureaucratic
overhead and each national society supports the Federation by
sending and paying for a representative to participate in the
decisions of the Federation's Council. Also, and again to reduce
overhead, English has been adopted as the official language,
although simultaneous translation is often provided for
congresses in non-English speaking countries.
Countries
Currently, 31 countries have joined the Federation. |
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