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WORLD HEALTHCARE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY CONGRESS is now accepting poster session submissions for 2006.
How to submit an abstract or poster session abstract:
ONLINE SUBMISSION (please make sure to select poster session option) is available at www.worldcongress.com/submitAbstract.cfm?confCode=NW610
 FAX this form to 646.742.9610 c/o Julia Douthart, Program Director, World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress
 E-MAIL this form to [email protected]
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MAIL this form to:
Julia Douthart
World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress
16 East 40th Street, Floor 5
New York, NY 10016
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Who Can Submit?
World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress welcomes submissions from employers, providers, health plans, public purchasers, pharmaceutical companies, researchers, analysts, technology providers and consultants.
Example Topics:
You are encouraged to submit abstracts on current and emerging issues related to and case studies concerning the use of technology integration in healthcare. Example topics may include, but are by no means not limited to*: The Electronic Health Record, RHIO Adoption, Bar Coding, CPOE, RFID Technologies, Emerging Technologies, Remote Monitoring Systems, Web Enabled Technologies, Patient Monitoring, Clinical Decision Support, PACS, Imaging Informatics, Reporting Medical Errors, Interoperability/Integration, Security/Privacy, Online Community Building, Disease Management Systems, Outsourcing, and Financial Management.
* Respondents to call for proposals are encouraged to recommend additional technology categories and emerging topics.
Review Process:
Abstract Review for 2006 submissions will be via a committee comprised of health care professionals serving on the World Congress advisory board. Conference managers will also review all abstracts. Content will be evaluated based on quality and relevance of topic, educational value, timeliness, and clearly identified objectives. World Congress will determine final decisions as to acceptance of abstracts for sessions or poster presentation.
Deadlines:
- Poster presentation submission final deadline: October 13, 2006.
- For each abstract or poster abstract submitted, you will automatically receive notification that your abstract has been received. However, due to the number of submissions, you may not receive additional acknowledgement unless or submission has been accepted.
- World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress will send notice of accepted proposals and poster sessions by October 16, 2006.
Accepted Poster Presentation Submissions and Congress fees:
Those who have posters that have been accepted for presentation may attend the entire congress for a flat fee of $195. Once you poster has been accepted, you will be given information on how to register for the congress as a poster presenter.
Preparation of Posters:
Posters must conform to the following guidelines:
- We halve our 4x8 poster boards, so your poster must not be larger than 4 feet high x 3.5 feet wide (in order to provide at least 6 inches between poster presenters). You may present a series of eight (8) to twelve (12) 8 1/2" by 11" pages instead of a single large poster.
- Use a font size that is easily readable from a distance of up to 6 feet.
Poster Mantling and Display Times:
- Posters must be mounted on the first day, Wednesday, November 1, between 4:00 and 6:00pm. They must remain displayed until Friday, November 3, 2006 at 4:00pm.
- Poster sessions authors must be attendance in the networking hall on November 1, 2006 between 7:00 and 9:00 pm during the opening reception and November 2, 2006 during the gala reception.
- Materials will be provided by the Congress Organizers to mount your poster.
- Please ensure that your poster is displayed on the correct poster board. Do not write or paint on the poster boards.
If poster is selected, authors agree to:
- Submit PowerPoint presentations to World Congress at least 30 days prior to the conference.
- Present information in an objective manner without bias to a particular company, program or product.
- Information in the abstract submission can reproduced for use in conference materials including the electronic presentations (PDF only), documentation book and marketing materials.
- Permission will be given for presentations to be reproduced and made publicly available on World Congress' conference website. General Suggestions.
Note:
World Congress is committed to providing quality continuing education (CE) activities to its conference attendees. As such, World Congress must adhere to the requirements of various accrediting bodies and professional organizations with which it collaborates. As World Congress strives to make as many of its educational activities as possible eligible for CE, we require the cooperation of all presenters (authors, faculty, etc.) in meeting CE requirements and following discipline-specific regulations.
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