************ EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 10, 2012 ************

NEWS: Best submissions will be considered for possible publication in a special issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems.

The current technology and communication developments, and the increasing willingness of people to be involved in making decisions about their health or disease, have been paving the way for advances in the area of personalised healthcare.

The uncertainty and complexity within this area require smart solutions and systems, which are capable to interpret context-specific information concerning the patient and his/her environment.

In this special track, we seek high quality contributions and innovations in the interdisciplinary area of smart healthcare technologies covering but not limited to the topics of interest listed below:

TOPICS OF INTEREST (Non-exhaustive list)

* Intelligent care assistants
* Patient-device interaction and personalised user interfaces
* Context-aware monitoring devices, sensors and networking
* Home-based diagnosis and treatment support
* Remote chronic disease management
* Advanced healthcare services
* Smart mobile health
* Intelligent approaches to healthcare delivery process
* Preventive and health screening services at distance
* User interfaces and interaction models
* Quality evaluation criteria and frameworks

The track is an integral part of the 25th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2012), held at the Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy, on 20-22 June 2012.