How far can new technologies in communication determine medicine? Which are the health-political consequences? Can the internet replace the physician? Will insurance premium sink? Valuable, fascinating and new information will be presented to a broad public on September, 20th 2001.
On September, 21st, scientists from Swiss and abroad will start the topic information-management and knowledge-transfer in medicine. The latest research-results, different views and technological attempts will give a stimulus for physicians, representatives of health service and informationists.

PD Dr. Johann Steurer, Horten-Center for practical-oriented research and knowledge-transfer

Location

Universitätsspital Zürich
Rämistrasse 100
CH-8091 Zürich

September, 20th 2001
Great Lecture Hall, East

September, 21st, 2001
University of Zurich

Organizer

PD Dr. Johann Steurer
Horten-Zentrum
Universitätsspital Zürich
Bolleystrasse 40
CH-8091 Zürich

Organizational Questions

wave@five.ch
+41 1 972 12 14

www.evimed.ch

Thursday, 20th September, 5.00 pm - 7.30 pm

Dr. Georges Streichenberg
President of Helmut Horten Stiftung
Vetter: Director of Medizinische Poliklinik
Piller: Director of the Federal Office for Social Insurances, Bern/CH
Brenner: Economical Informatics...University of St. Gallen
Batzer: Director Pharma Affairs
Adam: Editor Cultural Affairs "Die Welt", Berlin/D

Friday, 21st September,
9.00 am

9.00 Welcoming
Verena Diener, Senior Civil Servant

9.10 Valerie Florance, Ph.D. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda/USA
The informationist and beyond: strategies for bringing published information into clinical decisions

9.50 Dr. Priptal S. Tamber BioMed Central, London/UK
Authors and publishers: sleeping with the enemy?

10.30 Coffee Break

10.45 Nancy L. Bennett, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School, Boston/USA
Learning from experience: how physicians understand their work

11.20 Prof. Ulrich Hoffrage Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin/D
From statistical information to insight

12.00 Lunch

13.30 Prof. Robert H. Logie University of Aberdeen/UK
Medical expertise and computer supported decision making in the neo-natal intensive care unit

14.15 Dr. Christof Schmitz Corporate Pragmatics, Zurich/CH
Wissen und Lernen in Organisationen: Lösungen für welche Probleme?

15.00 Coffee Break

15.20 Prof. Antoine Geissbühler, MD University Hospital, Geneva/CH
Improving the clinical use of information: towards «man-man-machine» synergies

16.00 Dr. Rolf Grütter, DVM, MSc University of St. Gallen/CH
Knowledge media in healthcare: opportunities and challenges

16.45 Dr. Peter Tschudi
Specialist for Internal Medicine, Basel/CH
Internet-Kommunikation zwischen Hausärzten und dem Universitätsspital Basel

17.00 Dr. Epaminondas Kapetanios ETH Zurich/CH
Challenges for the web as a domain knowledge transfer medium

17.45 APÉRO