The 24th European Medical Informatics Conference (MIE 2012) will be taking place at the Congress Palace of Pisa and the adjoining University of Pisa building between August 26th – 29th 2012.

Organised by the Italian Medical Informatics Association (AIIM), the e-health Italian Community and the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), the theme of the conference is Quality of Life through Quality of Information.

The focus of the event will be the role of e-health in pursuing benefits in terms of quality of life for patients, health-care personnel, citizens and the society.

The topic can be analyzed from many points of view, and MIE2012 will provide a unique platform for fruitful exchange of ideas and experiences among the actors and stakeholders of ICT supported healthcare.  Discussions will center around both methodologies applications of the above topics, with a focus on sharing experiences of both successes and failures within the field.

The opinions and experiences of both the designers and the users of e-health systems are of great importance when the target is the global improvement of the quality of life, at both personal and public level.  As such, health professionals, policy makers, and also patient/citizen associations are encouraged to take an active part in the conference and share their knowledge.

(Please note, the official language of MIE 2012 will be English)