INFOMEDICA 93
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       National Congress on Applications of Computers and Informatics
                              in Health Care
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                    Guadalajara, Mexico, March 29-April 3

                                Sponsored by:
                 MEXICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS


Congress Theme:  "Meeting and Collaboration"

Topics:         - Research in Administration in Health Care
                - Health Care in Rural and Urban Areas
                - Basic Research in Medical Informatics
                - Medical Informatics in Education
                - Imaging and Signal Processing
                - Health Care in Hospitals and Institutions
                - Medical Library as a Center of Medical Information


INTRODUCTION

The Mexican Association of Medical Informatics, AC (AMIM) welcomes you to
its first official congress INFOMEDICA'93, which intends to be the most
important in the area of Medical Informatics in Mexico. This time the
congress will be combined with an event supported by IMIA-LAC (Latin
American Federation of the International Medical Informatics Association).

INFOMEDICA'93 main objective is to provide the proper platform for all
professions involved in Medical Informatics, so they can present their
results and experiences in planning, organizing and implementing information
systems, presenting software developed in their institutions, to participate
in tutorials, to discuss with information technology providers, and to have
the opportunity to listen to the most distinguished academical experts,
at a national and international level in different areas of Medical
Informatics, discussing their points of view and analyzing the development
of technology in this area.

INFOMEDICA'93 intends to be the the academical bridge between the experts
in this technology and the new users.

The congress will host a wide variety of activities, including: conferences
oriented to emphasize the importance of team work, presentations of scientific
papers, workshops, meetings with experts, information about hardware and
software as well as themes of special interest to educators, system
developers and investigators in Informatics and Computer Science in Health
Care.


SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

Autonomous University of Guadalajara
National Autonomous University of Mexico
International Medical Informatics Association - Latin American Federation
Mexican Ministry of Health
Mexican Health Foundation
Mexican Academy of Informatics
National Academy of Medicine
Mexican Council for Science and Technology


REGISTRATION

Non-Member              US$ 100
Member of AMIM               60
Student/Resident             40
Single Day Registration      30


Lodging for all participants is reserved at special rates at
the Fiesta Americana Hotel (singles US$ 110 and double US$ 120).


INFORMATION:

Dr. Amado Spinosa L.
Ing. Claudia Alcaraz M.
Medical Informatics Institute
Autonomous University of Guadalajara
Apartado 1440
45200 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico

Tel. (52-3) 633-4242 Ext. 1539
Fax. (52-3) 633-4504

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