Establishment of ACM special interest group on health informatics

Thanks to Bob Futrelle for forwarding this


> Subject: Establishment of ACM special interest group on health informatics
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> ACM's Special Interest Group on Health Informatics, SIGHIT, is concerned with the application of computer science principles, information science principles, information technology, and communication technology to address issues in healthcare and the delivery of healthcare services as well as the related social and ethical issues. SIGHIT emphasizes the computing and information science-related aspects of health informatics and provides a forum for the creation, sharing, and management of knowledge and techniques as a strategic resource for improving the field of health informatics and its impact on people's lives.
> You can join SIGHIT now at https://campus.acm.org/public/qj/GenSIGQJ/siglist/gensigqj_siglist.cfm by clicking into "SIGHIT Membership – Health Informatics". 
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--- Joanne

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> Subject: ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedicine
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> The ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedicine (ACM BCB) is the main conference of the newly formed ACM SIG Bioinformatics.
> This year's conference will take place in Chicago, Illinois on August 1-3, 2011 
> The conference website is at http://acmbcb.org/
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