program

Thursday 14 September 2000
19.00 - 21.00	Welcome Reception at the Sharon Hotel, Herzliya The Symposium will be opened by the Mayor of Herzliya, Mrs. Yael German. Light refreshments will be served, courtesy of the mayor of Herzliya.

Friday 15 September 2000
08.30 – 08.35	Welcome
08.35 – 09.15	Lecture Chairman: Co-chairman: Using Networks & Information Technology in Effective Diabetes Care S. Smith, Mayo Clinic Rochester
09.15 – 10.35	Session 1 – Medical Records – Oral Presentations Chairman: Co-chairman:
09.15	Electronic Patient Record in Diabetes-Care Facility: A 15-year Experience C. Norymberg^, H. Dekel ^, O. Kalter-Leibovici^** ^{Diabetes Unit for Treatment and Research, Kupat-Holim Klalit, Netanya, Israel, ^*Gertner Institute for Epidemiology & Health-Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel}
09.35	DPV: 10 Years successful implementation Of a Diabetes documentation System, Supporting external benchmarking and nation-wide scientific investigations M. Grabert^, F. Schweiggert^, R.W. Holl^* and the German Pediatric Quality Control Group on Diabetes* ^{Department of Applied Information Processing, University of Ulm, Germany, ^*Institute for Biomedical Technology, University of Ulm, Germany}
09.55	Automatic Analysis of Follow-up Data from Diabetic Patients in the PrositÒ Intervention Programme W. Piehlmeier^, R. Renner^, W. Schramm^, A. König^, M. Gottsmann^, R. Hardenberg^, J. von Hübbenet^**, R. Landgraf^ ^{Diabetes Centre „Innenstadt“, University of Munich, ^Diabetes Centre Hospital Munich-Bogenhausen, ^Bavarian section of the German Diabetes Association, ^Henriettenstift Hospital, Hannover, ^***Diabetologist, Hamburg}
10.15	On-line Centralized Monitoring of Diabetes Care in a Health Maintenance Organization using Computerised Laboratory, Pharmacy and Medical Data A.D. Heymann^, A. Karasik^, M. Bialik^ ^{Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel, ^*Tel Aviv University, Israel}
10.35 – 11.50	Session 2 – Medical Records and QA 1 – Poster Viewing and Coffee
*	Application of Interactive Multivariate Data Visualisation to Analysis a Large Data Base of Patients Findings in Metabolic Research C. Koehler, T. Temelkova-Kurktschiev, A. Koenig, M. Hanefeld* Institute for Clinical Metabolic Research, * Chair of Electronic Devices and Integrated Circuits, Technical University Dresden, Germany
*	SIAD: A System to Follow-up of Diabetes Patients R. G. Filizola^** , J.T.F. Leite^, D.C.F. Batista^, H.C. Barroso^, C.M.G. Sá^, M.F. Moreira^, M.C.R. Gonçalves^* ^{Núcleo de Estudos e Tecnologia em Engenharia Biomédica/UFPB – Brazil, ^Serviço de Diabetes/Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley/UFPB – Brazil, ^**Serviço de Nutrição/Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley/UFPB – Brazil}
*	A Web-based Quality Assurance System in Diabetes Care in Germany A. Brandt, V Gozzoli, AJ Palmer, Chr. Weiss IMIB, Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Basel-Riehen, Switzerland
*	Computerized Data Management – A Tool for Clinical Decision Making in Community Based Diabetes Clinics Ohad Cohen^, Clara Norymberg^, Mauricio Norymberg^* ^{Institute of Endocrinology ,Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, ^*Regional Diabetic Research and Treatment Unit, Kupat Cholim Cllalit, Nethanya, Israel.}
*	APRYD2: A Database System for Diabetes Study and Management A. Moya^, J. Díaz^, A. Vaamonde^, I. Alonso^ and L. Piñeiro^* ^{Centro de Salud de Lerez, Pontevedra, Spain, ^Universidad de Vigo, Spain, ^**Hospital Montecelo, Pontevedra, Spain}
*	Quality Assurance and Development By The Germanwide Implementation of the DiabCare Fax System by DiabCare Bavaria; Germany S. Eberl, M. Friske and R. Landgraf DiabCare Bavaria, Diabetes Centre, University of Munich, Germany
*	Quality Circles Using Computer Supported Benchmark Tools For Diabetes Care Ch. Slansek^, K. Battlogg^, P. Beck^, H. Eder^, R. Gfrerer^,, W. Habacher^, S. Seereiner^, P. Wach^, Th. Pieber^ ^{Forum for Quality Systems in Diabetes Care Austria (FQSD-OE) ^{*Institute of Biomedical Engineering Technical University Graz}}
11.50 – 12.30	Lecture Chairman: Co-chairman: Using Information Technology to Drive the Quality Agenda “From curates Egg to Omelette” Dr. Colin Johnston, Dept. of Diabetes, Hemel Hempstead Hospital, UK
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch
13.30 – 14.30	Session 3 – Medical Records and QA II – Oral Presentations Chairman: Co-chairman:
13.30	Outcome Prognoses and Optimisation of Diabetes Treatment Strategies in Germany A. Brandt, V. Gozzoli, AJ. Palmer, Chr. Weiss IMIB, Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Basel-Riehen, Switzerland
13.50	Is the electronic medical record a step towards optimal management of diabetic patients? E. Raptis^, G. Dimitriadis^, A. Yalouris^, A. Mitrakou^, K. Kantartzis^, C. Sotiropoulos^, P. Halvatsiotis^, U. Poulsen^, S.A.Raptis^ ^{2^nd Dept of Internal Medicine, Research Institute and Diabetes Center, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens University, Greece, ^*Novo Nordisk Copenhagen, Denmark}
14.10	True Outcomes in Diabetes Care in the Province of Styria R. Gfrerer^, K. Battlogg^, H. Eder^, T. Slansek^, P.Beck^, E. Goerzer^, P. Wach^*, A. Siebenhofer^, P. Mrak^, M. Groszschaedl^, Th. Pieber^* ^{* Forum for Quality Systems in Diabetes Care Austria, Diabetes and Metabolism, Medical University Clinic, Auenbruggerplatz 15 A- 8036 Graz Austria, ^** Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Graz, Austria}
14.30 – 15.10	Lecture Chairman: Co-chairman: Model-Based Advisory System in Diabetes Care and Management E. Salzsieder, Institute of Diabetes "Gerhardt Katsch" Karlsburg, Germany
15.10 – 15.50	Session 4 – Modelling – Oral Presentations Chairman: Co-chairman:
15.10	Modelling of Betahydroxybutyrate Forming During Weight Reduction T. Haas, S. Svacina, J. Hilgertova, M. Matoulek Internal Clinic 3, Medical Faculty 1, Charles University, Czech Republic
15.30	A Control Model for the Secretion and Peripheral Concentration of Insulin W. Renn, A. Fritsche, N. Stefan, A. Madaus, H.-U. Häring and M. Stumvoll Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Pathobiochemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany
15.50 – 16.20	Coffee Break
16.20 – 17.20	Session 5 – Modelling and DSS I – Oral Presentations Chairman: Co-chairman:
16.20	Insulin Dose Adjustment of type I Diabetics by the Dias Decision Support System M. Orsini Federici^, S. Andreassen^, T. Arleth^, O. Hejlesen^, S. Pocciati^*, A. Timi^ and M. Massi Benedetti^* ^{Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy, ^Department of Medical Informatics and Image Analysis, Aalborg University, Denmark, ^**Unit of Internal Medicine, Foligno General Hospital, Italy.}
16.40	Involving Users in the Design and Evaluation of a Decision Support System C. Carroll^, P. Marsden^, P. Soden^, P. Crook^, E. Naylor^, J.P. New^ and T. Dornan^* ^{Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Hope Hospital, Salford; U.K, ^Department of Computing Science, University of Huddersfield; U.K, ^**Department of Computing and Mathematics, University of Salford, U.K}
17.00	Controlled Multicenter Study on the Effect of Computer Assistance in Intensive Insulin Therapy of Type 1 Diabetics J. Schrezenmeir^{, }, K. Dirting^, P. Papasov^ ^{Federal Research Center, Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Kiel, Germany, ^*Medical School, Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany}

Saturday 16 September 2000
08.35 – 09.15	Lecture Chairman: Co-chairman: E-health Network for Diabetic Patient Care Francisco del Pozo, Grupo de Bioingenieria y Telemedicina, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
09.15 – 10.35	Session 7 – Telemedicine I – Oral Presentations Chairman: Co-chairman:
09.15	T-IDDM: Reports on the Results of a EU Funded Project R. Bellazzi, E. Brugués, C. Cobelli, G. d’Annunzio, A. de Leiva, S. Del Prato, E. Gómez, E. Hernando, E. Kilkki, R. Lorini, A. Maran, S. Montani, G. Nucci, K. Nyholm, J. Pajunen, M. Stefanelli, J. Tuominen T-IDDM project consortium – tiddm@aim.unipv.it
09.35	Putting Diabetes on the Internet: The International Diabetes Website Matthew Cohen, Louise Lyons and Stephen Russell International Diabetes Institute, 260 Kooyong Rd, Caulfield 3162 Melbourne, Australia
09.55	Internet Based Client Server Application for Diabetes Management P. Beck^, K. G. Battlogg^, R. Gfrerer^, Z. Trajanoski^, P. Wach^, Th. Pieber^ ^{Forum for Quality Systems in Diabetes Care (FQSD), Graz, Austria ^{* Institute for Biomedical Engineering, TU Graz, Austria}}
10.15	CroDiab NET - Computer Network of Diabetes Centers in Croatia I Renar^, Z Metelko^, J Dumicic^, B Markov ^, AT Bratanic^ ^{* University Clinic For Diabetes, Endocrinology And Metabolic Diseases, Vuk Vrhovac Institute, ^General Hospital Varazdin, Department For Endocrinology and Diabetes, ^General Hospital Zadar, Department For Endocrinology and Diabetes, ^***Novo Nordisk, Representative Office Croatia}
10.35 – 12.05	*Session 6 () + 8 () – Modelling and DSS II/Telemedicine II – Poster Viewing and Coffee
*	Model of Glycemy Regulation for Education M. Pejtová, B. Nejedly, L. Lhotská, V. Bek Dept. of Cybernetics, Czech Technical University of Prague
*	Hierachical Multi-Attribute Models for Decision Support in the Management of Diabetic Foot Syndrome Milivoj Piletic^, Marko Bohanec ^, Vladislav Rajkovic^,^*, Bozo Urh^** General Hospital Novo mesto, Slovenia, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia, **Infonet d.o.o. Kranj, Slovenia
*	Verification of a Model of Carbohydrate Absorption from Mixed Meals T. Arleth^, S. Andreassen^, M. Orsini Federici^, A. Timi^ and M. Massi Benedetti^** ^{Department of Medical Informatics, Aalborg University, Denmark ^{*Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, Perugia University, Italy}}
*	Model Development and Controller Design for Artificial Pancreas G. Shainer, G. Inbar Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
*	Managing IDDM Patients through a Multi-Modal Reasoning Methodology Stefania Montani^, Riccardo Bellazzi^, Luigi Portinale^** ^{Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Pavia, Via Ferrata 1 I-27100 Pavia, Italy, ^*Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria, Italy}
*	Multimedia Simulators of Glycoregulatory Mechanisms as an Efficient Teaching Tool Jirí Kofránek, Štepán Svacina Department of Pathological Physiology and 3^rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1^st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
*	Cluster Distance Analysis of Metanbolic Syndrome Constituents before and after Weight Reduction S. Svacina, T. Haas, K. Nedelnikova, M. Matoulek Internal Clinic 3, Medical Faculty 1, Charles University, Katerinska 32, 12108 Prague 2, Czech Republic
*	A Minimal Model for the Insulin-Mediated Regulation of Lipolysis W. Renn, J. Robinson, B. Hauer, R. Becker, S. Artzner, M. Nielsen H.G.Wahl, H.-U. Häring and S. Jacob Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Pathobiochemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany
*	Parametric L-System Description of the Retina with Combined Evolutionary Operators G. Kókai^, R. Ványi^, Z. Tóth^and T. Petö^** ^{* Department of Programming Languages, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, ^ Department of Informatics, University of Szeged, Hungary, ^* Department of Opthalmology, University of Szeged, Hungary}
*	Using Fuzzy Arithmetic to Simulate the Human Glucose Uptake with Uncertain Model Parameters Oliver Nehls and Michael Hanss Institut A für Mechanik, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
*	May Urine Glucose Values Predict Blood Glucose Levels in the Therapeutically Relevant Range? J. Schrezenmeir^{, }, S. Scholz^, P. Papasov^, M. Hoffmann^, U. Cordes^ and J. Beyer^** ^{Federal Research Center, Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Kiel, Germany, ^*Medical School, Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany}
*	A Model of the Effects of Exercise on Intramuscular Glycogen and on Blood Glucose S. Andreassen and T. Arleth Department of Medical Informatics, Aalborg University, Denmark
*	Algorithms for Dose Adjustment during Conventional Insulin Therapy J. Schrezenmeir^{, }, U. Dahlke^, P. Papasov^ ^{Federal Research Center, Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Kiel, Germany, ^*Medical School, Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany}
*	EduDIABNET: Educational Tool based on Causal Probabilistic Networks M.E. Hernando, E. J. Gómez, O. Pérez y F. Del Pozo Grupo de Bioingenieria y Telemedicina, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
*	The Trilingual Release of the Simulator Diablog For Windows for Training of Type-1-Diabetic Patients E. Biermann, E. Standl Munich City Academic Hospital and Institute for Diabetes, Munich, Germany
**	Experiences of a Web-Based Regional Diabetes Management System (ProWellness) J.T. Lahtela (kljola@uta.fi)^, H. Oksa, T. Saaristo^, T Koivula^, T. Valli^, M. Salo^, M. Madetoja^*, R. Siurua^* ^{Tampere University Hospital, ^Tampere Health Centre, Tampere, Finland, ^**ProWellness Ltd, Oulu, Finland}
**	The Black Sea Tele-Diab System: Development-Implementation-Clinical Evaluation S. Pruna¹, M. Georgescu¹, E. Stanciu¹, C. Ionescu-Tirgovist², N Khalango³t, V. Anestiad⁴i, Z. Anestiadi⁴, A. Raptis⁵, S. Raptis⁵, R.M. Dixon⁶, P.A. Grubb⁶ and N.D.Harris⁷ ^{1Romanian Society for Clinical Engineering and Medical Computing, Telemedicine Centre, Bucharest, RO, ²Dept. of Diabetes and Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Hospital 'I Paulescu', Bucharest, Romania, ³Endocrinology Department, Donetsk State Medical University, Ukraine, ⁴Centre for Pathology, Chisina, Moldova, ⁵2^nd Department of Internal Medicine,Research Institute and Diabetes Center, University of Athens, Greece, ⁶Medical Informatics Group, University of Hull, UK, ⁷Department of Medical Physics, University of Sheffield, UK}
**	The Features of Internet Medical Information - An Example of “Diabetes and Simulation“ and “Diabetes and Foot“ P-Kasal^, S. Svacina^* ^{Dept. of Medical Informatics, 2^nd Medical Faculty Charles University Prague, Czech Republic, ^*3rd Dept. of Internal Medicine, 1^st Medical Faculty Charles University Prague, Czech Republic}
**	Hellenic National Diabetes Network and Diabetes Healthcare Medical Record P. Halvatsiotis, A.E. Raptis, E. Anastasiou, P. Tsapogas, E. Boutati and S.A. Raptis on behalf of the Board Members of the Hellenic National Diabetes Center, Athens, Greece
**	New Developments in Instrumentation for Retinal Leakage Analysis Rui Bernardes^, BSc, Conceição Lobo^, MD, MSc, José Cunha-Vaz^, MD, PhD* ^{Center of New Technologies for Medicine, Association for the Institute of Biomedical Research on Light and Image, Coimbra, Portugal, ^*Center of Ophthalmology, University Hospital and Institute of Biomedical Research on Light and Image, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.}
**	Telemedical Care for Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Reduces HbA1c and Hypoglycemias B. Liesenfeld^, T. Groth, R. Renner^, M. Neese^*, K.D. Hepp^ ^{Diabetes Centre Munich-Bogenhausen, ^*AOK Rhineland-Palatinate}
**	Multi-Access Services for Diabetes Mellitus Management: The M²DM Project R. Bellazzi, E. Brugués, E. Carson, C. Cobelli, G. d’Annunzio, P. De Cata, A. de Leiva, S. Del Prato, T. Deutsch, P. Fratino, C. Gazzaruso, T. Gergely, R. Giacchero, E.J. Gómez, F. Harvey, C. Harras Friederich, E. Hernando, H. Ludekke, B. Liesenfeld, M. Luebker, A. Maran, S. Montani, G. Nucci, F. Ortiz Garcia, T. Rendschmidt, A. Roudsari, M. Stefanelli The M²DM project consortium
12.05 – 12.45	Session 9 – Telemedicine III – Oral Presentations Chairman: Co-chairman:
12.05	Are There Time and Cost Savings by Using Telemanagement for Patients on Intensified Insulin Therapy? E. Biermann, W. Dietrich, E. Standl Institute for Diabetes Research, Munich, Germany
12.25	Evaluation of the DIABTel Telemedicine System E. J. Gómez^, M. E. Hernando^, A. García^, R. Corcoy^, J. Cermeño^, E. Brugués^, A. de Leiva^and F. del Pozo^ ^{Grupo de Bioingenieria y Telemedicina, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, ^*Servicio Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.}
12.45 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.30	Commercial Session
15.30 – 15.50	Coffee Break
15.50– 16.30	Lecture Chairman: Co-chairman: From Quality Management to Evidence-Based Medicine: The Use of Information Technology in Diabetes Treatment T.R. Pieber, Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Graz, Austria
16.30 – 16.45	Closing
20.00	Tel-Aviv – Jaffa Night Tour and Dinner (Optional)