Usability & HCI for Medicine and Health Care, Graz, Österreich

Today, in Medicine and Health Care, computers can found everywhere; they are both ubiquitous and pervasive&#046; Medical Information Systems and Decision Support Systems are extremely sophisticated and technological performance increases exponentially&#046; However, human cognitive evolution does not advance at the same speed&#046; Consequently, the focus on interaction and communication between human and computer is of increasing importance in Medicine & Health Care, since the daily actions of medical doctors are the central concern and must be supported by surrounding technology, in particular with new & emerging technologies&#046; <b>Keywords:</b> Medical Usability and New Research Methodologíes<br>Formal Methods and Methodologies (incl&#046; Agile Methods)<br>Human&#8211;Computer Interaction in Health Care<br>Usability of Medical Information Systems<br>Human Aspects of Future Technologies in Health Care<br>Semantic Usability in Medicine and Health Care<br>Human Language Analysis and Natural Language Processing<br>Usability of Ontologies in the Medical Domain<br>Usage and Utility of Medical Terminology<br>Incident Investigation and Safety Issues for Healthcare<br>Human Error and System Development<br>Usability and Human Aspects of Medical Informatics<br>Aspects of Usability in Information Visualization for Medicine and Health Care<br>Usability Aspects of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine<br>Usability in Ambient Assisted Living and Life Long Learning<br>Cognitive Performance Support (CPS) in medical workflows<br>Augmented Cognition (AugCog) in medical workflows<br>Cognitive Workload in medical tasks<br>Problem Solving Support<br>Adaptivitiy and Usability of Medical Decision Support Systems (DSS)<br>Usability of Mobile Computing in Medicine<br>Adaptive User Interfaces for Medical Information Systems<br>Simulations in Medicine<br>Log File Analysis in Health Care<br>User Centered Design & Development in Medicine and Health Care<br>Real&#8211;Life Usability Testing in the Hospital<br>Cognitive Task Analysis<br>Special Track: Cognitive Performance Support in Medicine and Health Care<br>