last update : April 2011

Objectives:

• Support of research, developmental work and education/information in the field through a systematic progressive collection of the relevant literature and the promotion of a discussion forum
• To promote a multidisciplinary collaboration among the healthcare and informatics professionals on one hand, and the consumer associations on the other hand in order to pursue, and also spread the culture of, accessibility and usability .
• To involve researchers belonging to different disciplines and users through the organization of workshops

Recent and Future Activities:
The WG is at its very beginning.

• A list of interested people has been collected. On March 7th 2007, a work meeting, with Italian participants of the most representative research institution in the field of rehabilitation, has been organized in Pavia.
• A questionnaire will be circulated to gather consensus on the most relevant and “popular” fields of interest.Moreover , we are designing a database to collect and catalog papers published on both medical informatics and medical literature about the informatics topics related to rehabilitation and disabilities.

Chair:
Cristina Mazzoleni
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Smiljana Slavec
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