PAHCE 2015 - a brief overview 
Viña del Mar, Santiago, Chile, March 23-28, 2015

Details: PAHCE 2015: Conference CD Version: ISBN: 978-1-4673-6966-4; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1518G-DVD. Print Version: ISBN: 978-1-4673-6967-1; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1518G-PRT. Print ISSN 2327-8161. 

 Welcome  -  Bienvenidos  - Bem Vindo - 欢迎 -  Bienvenue - Willkommen - 歓迎  - 환영

 PAHCE Team

 

                                                           

 


   
           Welcome to

                                  Viña del Mar, Santiago, Chile

Welcome,  Bem-vindos, Bienvenidos

Welcome to the 10th Pan American Health Care Exchanges Conference- PAHCE 2015. This event reinforces the tradition of the PAHCE in our continent. The purpose of this event is to create cooperation, collaboration and knowledge sharing opportunities between professionals and researchers in the areas of health care, biomedical engineering and medical technology industries. The conference will cover various subjects ranging from engineering and medical research to industrial practices. It will examine the latest progress and developments in biomedicine, bioengineering, clinical engineering and the health industry.

We invite professionals to submit their work and sharing their research, its development and results. The selected abstracts and or papers will be published in the three official languages of PAHCE, English, Spanish and Portuguese.

PAHCE 2015 will be held at the internationally recognized cities of Santiago and Viña del Mar– Chile. Santiago is the capital of Chile, and historical city that it is known for its beautiful parks, museums and old buildings.  The variety of architectural styles combines elegantly with the modern structures reflecting a sign of progress. Santiago is near the mountain range of Los Andes, also near the beaches of the Pacific coast, vineyards with splendid courtyards, besides offering multiple attractions for daytrips.  Viña del Mar is known as “The Garden City” and is famous for its natural beauty and exuberant nature. Because of its privileged location, it has been the center of important conferences and events. It is close to well-known ski and sport fishing centers, famous wineries and beautiful beaches. Next to Viña del Mar you find its sister city Valparaíso, an architectonical and cultural center, for which it was recognized as a UN World Heritage City.  The largest universities and research centers in Chile are found within these two cities and Santiago which also offer a myriad of day and night attractions to the visitors.

We hope everyone will enjoy the PAHCE 2015 event and the wonderful landscapes, activities, entertainment and friendliness always present in Viña del Mar and Santiago de Chile.

Bem-vindos ao 10° Pan American Health Care Exchanges Conference- PAHCE 2015. Este será um evento que dará continuidade ao já tradicional encontro no nosso continente. Tem como propósito criar vínculos de cooperação, articulação e aprofundamento mútuo do conhecimento, tanto no âmbito profissional quanto no da pesquisa, entre profissionais da saúde, da tecnologia biomédica e em especial da Engenharia Biomédica. Aqui se darão a conhecer as últimas novidades na biomedicina, bioengenharia, engenharia clínica e da indústria da saúde.

Convidamos aos profissionais para que enviem seus trabalhos para que assim sejam divulgadas suas conquistas nos seus projetos de pesquisa, desenvolvimento e aplicação, procurando desta forma compartilha-los nos idiomas oficiais do PAHCE, inglês, espanhol e português.

PAHCE 2015 será realizada no as cidades internacionalmente reconhecidos de Santiago e Viña del Mar- Chile. Santiago é a capital do Chile, ea cidade histórica que se pergunta por seus belos parques, museus e edifícios antigos que tem uma variedade de arquiteturas que combinam elegância, com as estruturas modernas que mostra o progresso. Santiago está perto da raiva montanha de Los Andes, como também perto das praias do litoral. Quintais e pátios de vinho, além de apresentar várias atrações durante o dia e noite. Viña del Mar é conhecida como "A Cidade Jardim", é famosa por sua beleza natural, natureza exuberante. Devido à sua localização privilegiada, tem sido o centro de conferências e eventos importantes. É perto de ski bem conhecida e centros de pesca esportiva, vinícolas famosas e belas praias. Ao lado de Viña del Mar, encontramos sua cidade irmã Valparaíso, um centro arquitetônico e cultural, para o qual foi reconhecido como Património da Humanidade da ONU. Os maiores centros universitários e escolares no Chile são encontrados dentro dessas duas cidades e Santiago, e também oferecem uma infinidade de dia e de noite atrações para os visitantes.

Esperamos que todos aproveitem o evento PAHCE 2015 e as maravilhosas paisagens, panoramas e a cordialidade que estão sempre presentes em Viña del Mar.

Bienvenidos al 10º Pan American Health Care Exchanges Conference - PAHCE 2015. Este será un evento continuador de esta ya tradicional actividad en nuestro continente, destinado a crear vínculos de cooperación, articulación y crecimiento mutuo en conocimiento entre profesionales de la salud, de la tecnología biomédica, en especial de la Ingeniería biomédica, tanto del ámbito profesional como en el de la investigación. Aquí se darán a conocer las últimas novedades en la biomedicina, bioingeniería, ingeniería clínica e industria de la salud.

Se invita a los expositores hacer llegar sus trabajos con el propósito de divulgar ampliamente los logros presentes en sus proyectos de investigación, desarrollo y aplicación, buscando de esta manera compartirlos en los idiomas oficiales de PAHCE, inglés, español y portugués.

PAHCE 2015 se realizará en las famosas ciudades de Santiago y Viña Del Mar – Chile. Santiago es la capital de Chile, histórica ciudad que encanta tanto por sus parques, sus museos y antiguos edificios de variada arquitectura, que se combinan elegantemente con las modernas edificaciones de la urbe. Su ubicación le permite al turista estar cerca de la cordillera nevada como de las playas de la costa, cerca de viñedos y campos, ciudad y cerros, además de presentar múltiples panoramas tanto de día como de noche. Viña del Mar es conocida como “La ciudad jardín”, debido a lo cálido y florido de su ambiente natural y por ser una mundialmente conocida e importante sede de numerosos eventos y actividades junto al mar pacífico. Viña Del Mar está situada en la costa, a una hora y media de la capital Santiago y cerca de centros de Ski, pesca deportiva, de famosas viñas productoras de vinos, y conocidas playas a lo largo de toda su costa. Además, esta ciudad está prácticamente unida a la ciudad portuaria de Valparaíso, ciudad hermana poseedora de atractivos arquitectónicos y culturales de gran interés, nombrada por esto (entre otros) patrimonio de la humanidad, ambas ciudades constituyen uno de los centros universitarios más grandes de Chile y ofertan al visitante todo tipo de atractivos durante el día y la noche. 

Esperamos que todos disfruten del evento PAHCE 2015 y de los maravillosos paisajes, panoramas y cordialidad siempre presentes en Santiago y Viña del Mar.

 

MSc. Guillermo Avendaño, PAHCE 2015,  President
MSc. 
César Galindo, PAHCE 2015, Executive Vice President
Ing. Germán Blanchard, PAHCE 2015, Communication Vice President

General PAHCE management:
Dr. Lorenzo Leija Salas, PAHCE  Co-Editor 
Dr. Ron Leder, PAHCE Publications and Publicity Chair

Dr. Fabiano Peruzzo Schwartz, PAHCE Content Coordinator
Dr. Ivonne Bazan-Trujillo, PAHCE Content Coordinator

and other members of the PAHCE Team

PAHCE 2015: Conference CD Version: ISBN: 978-1-4673-6966-4; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1518G-DVD. Print Version: ISBN: 978-1-4673-6967-1; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1518G-PRT. Print ISSN 2327-8161. 


THE PAHCE

An independent forum for emerging medical technologies and innovations in procedures and techniques, equipment and appliances, which brings health care industries together with medical personnel, engineering and technical professionals, and those engaged in medical information technologies in the academia, hospital and clinical settings, and related sectors.


CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
PAHCE 2015 CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

 

MSc. Guillermo Avendaño, PAHCE 2015,  President
MSc. 
César Galindo, PAHCE 2015, Executive Vice President
Ing. Germán Blanchard, PAHCE 2015, Communication Vice President

General PAHCE management:
Dr. Lorenzo Leija Salas, PAHCE Co-Editor
Dr. Ron Leder, PAHCE Publications and Publicity Chair
Dr. Fabiano Peruzzo Schwartz, PAHCE Content Coordinator
Dr. Ivonne Bazan-Trujillo, PAHCE Content Coordinator

and other members of the PAHCE Team

Technical Support:  Alisson Pirola, Rubén Pérez Valladares, Antonio Rienzo Renato,  and other members of the PAHCE Team

PAHCE Review Board:  Dr. Fabiano Schwartz and Dr. Ivonne Bazan-Trujillo, (Coordinators and Reviewers), Dr. Adeline Zbrzeski, Dr. Alberto Rosales,  Dr. Alfredo Ramirez-Garcia,   Dr. Ana Leiria, Dr. Anthony McGoron, Dr. Antonio Ramos, Arturo Sotelo M.Sc., Dr. Arturo Vera, Dr. Belkys Amador, Dr. Carmen Muller-Karger, Dr. Christiano Machado,  Dr. Christopher Druzgalski, Diana Escobar  M.S., Dr. Diego Suarez-Bagnasco, Dr. Edwar Romero, Dr. Emin Sunbuloglu, Dr. Enrique Chong, Dr. Fabiano Schwartz, Dr. Fernando Coelli, Dr. Fernando S. Schlindwein, Guillermo Avendaño Ing., Dr. Hanna Hussain, Ibrahim Duhaini M.Sc., Dr. Isaac Chairez, Dr. Ivonne Bazan-Trujillo, Dr. Joan Campbell-Tofte, Dr. Joao Manuel Tavares, Dr. John Collins, Dr. José de la Rosa, Dr. Josefina Gutierrez, Dr. Juan Carlos Cruz, Dr. Juliana Uribe, Dr. Julio Hernandez-Pavon, Dr. Karla Bustamante Valles, Dr. Katia Neles da Silva, Dr. Lorenzo Leija,  Dr. Lourdes Brasil, Dr. Luay Fraiwan, Dr. Manuel Morales-Paliza, Dr. Maira Froes, Dr. Marco Reyna-Carranza, Dr. Maria Ruano, Mário Fabrício Fleury M.Sc.,  Dr. Mauricio Hernández Valdivieso, Dr. Miguel Bravo-Zanoguera, Dr. Mohamad Diab,  Dr. Pedro Mayorga, Dr. Pedro Melo, Dr. Roberto Hornero, Dr. Róbinson Torres, Dr. Ron Leder, Dr. Ruben Medina, Dr. Sebastian Graf, Dr. Sofia Espinoza, Dr. Suren Stolik Isakina, Dr. Tiago Franklin Rodrigues, Dr. Vera Regina Fernandes, Dr. Vesna Zeljkovic, Dr. Wagner Pereira, Dr. Walid Zgallai, Dr. Wilson Henrique Veneziano, Dr. Xabier Basogain Olabe

Acknowledgement: Facilities for the technical sessions and social events courtesy of Municipal Theater / Teatro Municipal Viña del Mar – Viña del Mar   (click for details) "visite .....teatro"  (click); Castillo Wulff  (Wulff Castle); Center of Simulation for Didactics in Health of Universidad de  Valparaíso, and visit to Clínic; Escuela de Tecnologia Medica; Edificio Jackson Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Valparaiso, Avenida Alvarez  2228; Fac. de Ingeniería - Universidad Central - Santiago.

Organizational assistance: Special thanks to Hugo Rueda, Teresa Ramirez, Togo Arredondo.

PAHCE 2015 technically cosponsored by IEEE Chile SectionIEEE Morelos/Mexico EMB Chapter, IEEE Mexico Section, and IEEE LA EMB Chapter

 

 

SPECIAL SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS

 

Feature presentation/course: Video Surveillance Techniques and Technologies Applicable in Medical Area; Presenter: Vesna Zeljkovic.

 

Instalation of Complex Equipment in Hospitals; Coordinator: Guillermo Avendaño.

Innovative Applications in Telemedicine
;  Coordinator: César Galindo.

Experimental Psychophysics;  Coordinator: Togo Arredondo

Strategic Planning in Clinical Engineering by the use of Board Score Coordinator: Luis Danyau 

Interoperability in Health Systems, and IHE; Coordinator: César Galindo.

Strategies and tools of Clinical Engineering for the use in Public Health, Coordinator: Viviana Silva.

Institutional Visits (Center of Simulation for Didactics in Health of Universidad de  Valparaíso, and visit to Clínic ) 

Institutional visit (Clínica del Instituto de Salud de los Trabajadores IST)

 


PAHCE PROFESIONAL INITIATIVE AWARD 2015*

Dr. Josefina Gutierrez, Mexico
Rocio
Ortega, Mexico
Luz María Rivera, Colombia

*Recognition of the earliest formal registration, submission of recognized work, and conference contribution.


PAHCE INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD 2015*

Universidad de Antioquia,Medellin, Colombia. (Dr. Alher Mauricio Hernández Valdivieso (coordinator), Jenny Aristizabal, Juan Guillermo Barreneche, Javier Garcia Ramos, Isabel Cristina Muñoz, Maria Bernarda Salazar Sanchez, Carlos Andres Sarmiento, Julian Uribe Perez)
 

* institutional recognition of an  exceptional participation and  substantial range of scientific/ clinical contributions.


 

 

TRACK – C0 CHAIRS

Alher Mauricio Hernández, Marco Reyna, Pedro Mayorga, César Galindo, Vesna Zeljkovic, Leandro Cymberknop, Josefina Gutierrez-Martinez, Arturo Vera, Guillermo Avendaño,  Antonio Rienzo                                    

  


THE PAHCE

An independent forum for emerging medical technologies and innovations in procedures and techniques, equipment and appliances, which brings health care industries together with medical personnel, engineering and technical professionals, and those engaged in medical information technologies in the academia, hospital and clinical settings, and related sectors.

References: ISBN 970–94677–0–0(2006), ISBN 970–94677–2–7 (2007), ISBN 978-1-60585-006-1 (2008), ISBN (2009) (978-1-4244-3669-9) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™; CMA Certification in CME ; PAHCE 2009: ISBN 978-1-4244-3669-9; Library of Congress: 2008911781; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP0918G; Proceedings (Print) (Prod #: CFP0918G-PRT ISBN: 9781424436682). Digital Library. PAHCE 2010: Conference CD-ROM Version: ISBN: 978-1-4244-6293-3; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1018G-CDR.  Print Version: ISBN: 978-1-4244-6292-6; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1018G-PRT. PAHCE 2011: Conference CD  Version: ISBN: 978-1-61284-917-1; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1118G-CDR.  Print Version: ISBN: 978-1-61284-916-4; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1118G-PRT. PAHCE 2012: Conference CD  Version: ISBN: 978-1-4673-1133-5 ; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1218G-CDR. Print Version: ISBN: 978-1-4673-1132-8; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1218G-PRT; PAHCE 2013: Conference CD Version: ISBN: 978-1-4673-6256-6; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1318G-CDR. Print Version: ISBN: 978-1-4673-6255-9; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1318G-PRT. PAHCE 2014: Conference CD Version: ISBN: 978-1-4799-3553-6; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1418G-DVD. Print Version: ISBN: 978-1-4799-3554-3; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1418G-PRT. Print ISSN 2327-8161.  PAHCE 2015: Conference CD Version: ISBN: 978-1-4673-6966-4; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1518G-DVD. Print Version: ISBN: 978-1-4673-6967-1; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1518G-PRT. Print ISSN 2327-8161. 

PAHCE LIAISONS and COUNTRY PROFILE EDITORS

PAHCE LIAISONS: Andrei Issakov (Europe/Switzerland); Antonio Ramos (Europe/Spain); Arturo Vera (Mexico); Baset Khalaf (South Africa); Carmen Müller-Karger (South America/Venezuela); Carola Yucra (South America/Bolivia);  Ernesto Suaste (Mexico); Esther Rodriguez-Villegas (Europe/England); Fabiano Schwartz (South America/Central Brazil); Guillermo Avendaño (South America/Chile); Hana Husain (Middle East/Kuwait); Honren Liao (Asia/Japan); Ibrahim Duhaini (Middle East/Lebanon); Jackrit Suthakorn (Asia/Thailand); João Tavares (Europe/Portugal); Juan Carlos (Central America/El Salvador); Kátia Neles (South America/Coastal Brazil);  Kim Kyeong (Asia/Korea); Luay Fraiwan (Middle East/Jordan); Marco A. Reyna (Northern Mexico); Mario Castaneda (Northern California); Miguel Gutierrez (Asia/the Philippines); Monique Frize (Canada); Nazeeh Alothmany  (Middle East/Saudi Arabia); Nelson Escobar (South America/Colombia); Ricardo Armentano (South America/Argentina/ Uruguay); Rocio Callupe (South America/Peru); Tobey Clark (Eastern US); Toh Siew-Lok (Asia/Singapore); Tom Judd (Central US); Yousef  Al-Assaf  (Middle  East/UAE); PAHCE Team (Southern California and all other regions) 

COUNTRY PROFILE EDITORS: Dr. Alvarez Joaquin Ernesto; Dr. Alvarado Rosa Isabel; Dr. Arriola Héctor Gerardo; Avendaño Cervantes Guillermo E., BME Eng.; Batista Ricardo, MD. MSc.; Calil Saide Jorge, Ph. D; Callupe Rocío, M. en IB; Castro Luis, M.Sc.; Carola Yucra, Eng.; Ciani José L.; Druzgalski Christopher, Ph.D.; Dr. Escobar Juan Dario Ortigoza; Flores José Maria, Eng.; Dr. Gonzalez Gaston; Dr. José María Maya; Dra. Gonzalez de Karina Navarro; Guerreiro da Silva Walter, M.Sc.; Lara Alvarado Carlos, M. en Ing.;  Ortigoza Juan Nicolas, Est. de Ing.;  Pino Alea José Raúl Ponce;  Ponce Juan Carlos, BSCSE; Dr. Reyna Marco Antonio; Dra. Raphael Zurich Thelma; Dr. Snyder Richard; Dr. Juan Esteban Valencia.