Brazilian Congress on Health Informatics
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The Brazilian Congress on Health Informatics (In Portuguese language: Congresso Brasileiro de Informática em Saúde) is a scientific conference organized by the Brazilian Society of Health Informatics since 1986. The conference takes place in different cities every two years and has as its main subjects the applications of information technology and telematics to medicine, nursing, dentistry and allied health care sciences, from the point of view of the expert scientific and technical worker in these areas.
[edit] History
The first conference was organized in November 1986, in the city of Campinas by Dr. Renato M.E. Sabbatini, who at the time was the director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics of the State University of Campinas. The vice-president was Dr. Hugo Sabatino, and the editor-in-chief of the Conference's proceedings was Dr. Renato G.G. Terzi, both also with the Medical School at the same university. During this conference, the Brazilian Society of Health Informatics was launched, as well as the Brazilian Journal of Health Informatics.
The conference was then repeated in 1988 (São Paulo), 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 (Natal) and 2006 (Florianópolis. The next conference (2008) will be held in Brasília, Federal District.
