Dear Friends,

These are exciting times in Medical Informatics. The Medical Computer Society of India (MCSI) is pleased to announce its Medical Informatics and Telemedicine Conference 2006 (MEDITEL 2006), to be hosted by the Centre for Digital Health, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi (Kerala) on November 24-26, 2006. The conference theme will be: “Healthcare, education and research: Building bridges through informatics”. 

The areas to be covered include: Telemedicine, Telesurgery, Hospital Management Information Systems (for Large and Small Hospitals), Electronic Medical Record; Smart Cards, Multimedia Tools in Education, Database and Audit Uniformity and Standardization, Mobile Computing, Image Solutions, Tele-education, Medical Transcription; Business Process Outsourcing, E-health Insurance; HIPAA, Drug Discovery; and Biomedical Informatics.

This conference will be of interest and use to practicing clinicians, healthcare educators and researchers, health administrators, health technologists and IT vendors. In addition, there will be the delightful ambience of Kerala, God’s Own Country, to experience. Come, join us!