The International Conference on Health Informatics ICHI 2013, Vilamo
This volume presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics (ICHI). The conference was a new special topic conference initiative by the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), held in Vilamour
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The International Conference on Health Informatics ICHI 2013, Vilamoura, Portugal on 7–9 November, 2013
IFMBE Proceedings Volume 42
Series Editor Ratko Magjarevi´c Deputy Editors Fatimah Binti Ibrahim Igor Lackovi´c Piotr Ładyz˙ y´nski Emilio Sacristan Rock
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The International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, IFMBE, is a federation of national and transnational organizations representing internationally the interests of medical and biological engineering and sciences. The IFMBE is a non-profit organization fostering the creation, dissemination and application of medical and biological engineering knowledge and the management of technology for improved health and quality of life. Its activities include participation in the formulation of public policy and the dissemination of information through publications and forums. Within the field of medical, clinical, and biological engineering, IFMBE’s aims are to encourage research and the application of knowledge, and to disseminate information and promote collaboration. The objectives of the IFMBE are scientific, technological, literary, and educational. The IFMBE is a WHO accredited NGO covering the full range of biomedical and clinical engineering, healthcare, healthcare technology and management. It is representing through its 60 member societies some 120.000 professionals involved in the various issues of improved health and health care delivery. IFMBE Officers President: Ratko Magjarevi´c, Vice-President: James Goh Past-President: Herbert Voigt Treasurer: Marc Nyssen, Secretary-General: Shankhar M. Krishnan http://www.ifmbe.org
Igor Lackovi´c · Paulo de Carvalho Yuan-Ting Zhang · Ratko Magjarevi´c Editors
The International Conference on Health Informatics ICHI 2013, Vilamoura, Portugal on 7–9 November, 2013
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Editors Igor Lackovi´c Department of Electronic Systems and Information Processing University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Zagreb, Croatia Paulo de Carvalho Informatics Engineering Department University of Coimbra, Faculty of Science and Technology Coimbra, Portugal
Yuan-Ting Zhang The Chinese University of Hong Kong People’s Republic of China Ratko Magjarevi´c Department of Electronic Systems and Information Processing University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Zagreb, Croatia
ISSN 1680-0737 ISSN 1433-9277 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-03004-3 ISBN 978-3-319-03005-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-03005-0 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013953493 c Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptati
