The impact and potential of disruptive technologies in healthcare management
International Healthcare Week 2020 will be a forum for professionals and researchers in the areas of management, engineering and healthcare to exchange knowledge and discuss cutting-edge developments in health systems management and engineering of health. The event will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 3rd-8th, 2020.
International Healthcare Week 2020 will kick-off with an Academic Day on July 3rd, 2020, which will be reserved for presentations of academic research related to the impact and potential of disruptive technologies in healthcare management. The Academic Day aims to provide researchers from different fields (managers, engineers, clinicians) with an opportunity to exchange information and new ideas, and to discuss new developments in technology and their impact in healthcare management. It will be a constructive environment to leverage ongoing research, in addition to representing an opportunity to unite and consolidate an international research network.
Those interested in participating in the Academic Day must submit an extended abstract in advance, according to the instructions in this call. Following peer review, accepted abstracts will be eligible for presentation to a panel of Brazilian and foreign professors at the Academic Day. Presenters will receive feedback to assist the development of their research. The Latin American Business Review supports International Healthcare Week 2020 and offers the opportunity of fast track for the two best presentations in the Academic Day. Selected abstracts will be asked to submit an academic article (following LABR’s guidelines) by October, 30th 2020. Please direct any inquiries about the academic day to: cess@coppead.ufrj.br.
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The Academic Day will cover all topics related to state-of-the-art technological developments and their application in healthcare management, including (but not limited to) the following:
- Disruptive technologies in healthcare and their impacts in business management (strategies and practices); operations management (modeling and simulation of patient flows, healthcare resource scheduling, planning and optimization); and disease management.
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- Machine Learning
- Data Analytics for Healthcare
- Digital Twins
- Personalized Medicine and Genomic Data Analysis
- Telemedicine
- IoT
- Blockchain
International Healthcare Week 2020 will be co-hosted by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and COPPEAD / UFRJ.
- Academic Day will be held at PUC-Rio on July 3rd, 2020. It will be focused on academic research presentations.
- Workshop Days will take place at COPPEAD/UFRJ from July 6th-8th, 2020. They will encompass lectures and round-table activities.
Instructions for authors:
- Word limit: 1000 (min) to 2000 (max) words.
- Font:Times New Roman, 12-point, double-line spaced. Use margins of at least 2.5 cm.
- Title:Use bold for your abstract title, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
- Keywords:Please provide keywords to help readers find your work.
- Email: Abstracts should be sent to cess@coppead.ufrj.br. Please include a standard subject tag in the email: [International Healthcare Week] AUTHOR LAST NAME.
- Idiom: English (authors should be able to present orally in English in the Academic Day, if the work is selected).
- More details on layout guidelines, please check: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/tf_quick_guide/
Important Dates:
- Abstract Submission Deadline: May 4th, 2020
- Decision Notification: June 1st, 2020
- Registration Site Opens: May 9th, 2020
- International Healthcare Week 2020 – Academic Day: July 3rd, 2020
- International Healthcare Week 2020 – Workshop Days: July 6th-8th, 2020
Organizing Committee:
- Benjamin Dalmas (École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France)
- Catia Moreira (COPPEAD Institute of Administration, Brazil)
- Carlos Franco (Universidad del Rosario, Colombia)
- Claudia Araujo (COPPEAD Institute of Administration, Brazil)
- Julia Fleck (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Silvio Hamacher (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Review Committee:
- Ana Maria Malik (FGV/SP, Brazil)
- Edgar Alfonso (Université Jean Monnet, France)
- Fernando Bozza (IDOR, Brazil)
- Fernando Cyrino (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Javier Gonzalez (Universidad del Rosario, Colombia)
- Vincent Augusto (École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France)
