--------------------------------------------------------------- II Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioengineering Curitiba, BRAZIL, 10-11 de junho de 1993 --------------------------------------------------------------- AIMS ---- The symposium will promote the discussion of recents advancements and activities carried out in Brazil in the area of health technology (Medical Informatics, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering). The city of Curitiba, capital of Parana state, is an important geographical and cultural center of the south/southeast region of Brazil, and the symposium will help to disseminate and to further technical, scientific and industrial progress in this sector in the state of Parana. The first meeting was carried out one year ago, with great success. PROGRAM ------- Thursday, 10 June 1993 9:30-10:45 h Inaugural Address Mariza K. Stumpf (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, e President, Brazilian Society for Health Informatics Introducing Informatics in the clinical organization: the human factor 11:00-12:30 h Round Table: Engineering in Medicine: Contribution and Perspectives Participants: Eduardo T. Costa (Vice-Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering/UNICAMP and Secretary, Brazilian Society for Biomedical Engineering) Percy Ohama (CEFET, Curitiba, PR) Umberto Tachinardi (Medical Informatics, Heart Institute, State University of Sao Paulo, SP) Carlos I. Zanchin (UFSC, Florianopolis, SC) 14:00-16:00 h Panel: Advanced Technologies in Health Participants: Umberto Tachinardi. (INCOR/HC/USP, Sao Paulo): Digital processing of medical images. Flavio Bortolozzi and Julio Cesar Nievola (PUC and CEFET, Curitiba, PR): Informatics and diagnosis by means of image processing Klaus De Geus (UFPr, Curitiba, PR): Using computers for radiotherapy planning Carlos Ignacio Zanchin (Biomedical Engineering, UFSC, Florianopolis): Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Jaime de Oliveira Ilha (Center for Biomedical Informatics UNICAMP, Campinas, SP): The medical record and intelligent databases in Health 16:15:-17:30 Round Table: Informatics in the Clinical Laboratory and Dentist's Office Participants: Victor Caldonazzo (Laboratorios Clinicos Frischmann- Eisengart, Curitiba, PR) Rita de Cassia Rocha Veiga de Melo (Dentist) Friday, 11 June 1992 9:00-11:30 h Panel: Hospital Informatics Participants: Ernesto Ordovaz (Hospital consultant, Porto Alegre, RS): Problems and solutions in hospital automation Carlos Silvado (Div.Informatics/HC/UFPr, Curitiba): Centralized systems in hospital automation Pedro L. Pizzato e A. Schmidt (Hospital Erasto Gaertner, Curitiba): The development of application programs for automating the private hospital Jose Felix Domakoski e Georgia Franco de Souza (Hospital Cajuru, Curitiba, PR): An experiment on hospital automation in Parana 12:00-12:30 h Informatics and Health in Small Enterprises 14:00-16:00 h Panel: Informatics in Health Education and Research Participants: Jose Machado de Assis Moura Jr. (Center for Health Informatics, Paulista School of Medicine, SP): Using Informatics to support medical teaching Renato M.E. Sabbatini (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP): Teaching Informatics for health science curricula Eduardo Massad (Chair of Medical Informatics, Medical School USP, Sao Paulo): Applications of Informatics to support clinical research Saide J. Calil (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP): Research and teaching on clinical engineering 16:30-17:30 h Closing Address Renato M.E. Sabbatini (Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics/UNICAMP, Campinas, SP) Informatics, Telematics and Local Networks in Medicine TECHNICAL EXHIBIT ----------------- A technical exhibit will display the newest products and services in the field of biomedical technology. PRE-CONGRESS TUTORIALS ---------------------- Wednesday, 9 June 1993 - 19:00-22:00 h Thursday, 10 June 1993 - 19:00-22:00 h - Introduction to Microcomputers for Health Professionals - Applications of Informatics in Health Care VENUE ----- Auditorium of the Parana Medical Association Rua Candido Xavier, 575 - Curitiba, PR, Brazil SPONSORS -------- Parana Medical Association Center for Biomedical Informatics of the State University of Campinas Brazilian Society for Health Informatics Brazilian Society for Biomedical Engineering ORGANIZATION ------------ LS Promotions and Events Ltd., Curitiba, Brazil OFFICIAL AIRLINE ---------------- Transbrasil Secretariat: Patricia de Moraes Soares R. Carlos de Carvalho, 1787 Tel. (0055 41) 233-9330 and 233-4121 807310-200 Curitiba, PR =\\=