2nd International Conference on Health Medical Systems and Services (HMSS 2026)

Dear Colleague,

🚨 Last Chance to Submit – Deadline: August 05, 2026

Are you shaping the future of smart, secure healthcare? Join global pioneers at the

The 2nd International Conference on

Health Medical Systems and Services (HMSS 2026)

📍 When & Where? 17–20 November 2026 | Barcelona, Spain

🌐 Explore More: https://hmss-conference.org

📝 Submission Portal: https://hmss-conference.org/authors.php

💡 From AI to cybersecurity, health and medical informatics, and digital health breakthroughs—HMSS 2026 is where innovation meets real-world impact.

🎓 IEEE-indexed (https://conferences.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/71742)

🚀 Submit your paper today and take part in redefining healthcare technology!
📧 Questions? Reach us at: info AT hmss-conference.org

Warm regards,
HMSS 2026 Organizing Committee

My source: SOCIOTECH List at JISCMAIL.AC.UK

Diagnostic Overshadowing

Diagnostic overshadowing

People with mental health problems experience diagnostic overshadowing. This is reports of physical ill health being viewed as part of the mental health problem or learning disability and therefore not investigated or treated.  Undertaking a full physical health check for patients with SMI helps identify opportunities for evidence-based interventions which can reduce people’s risk of death, avoidable ill health and reduce health inequalities.

Source: https://primarycare.lancashireandsouthcumbria.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250527-A-practical-guide-to-delivering-physical-health-checks-for-people-with-SMI.pdf?x23654

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MIND	Surely, it's the mind -
	not the body?

Hollowed out - aka 'No science here' ... 'Limited vision' ...

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	Policy. Public Protection. Vigilance. Monitoring: Public (mental) health is being (has been) hollowed out? Discuss.

Image: https://sotamedialab.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/adjusting-perspective/

The Role of Generative AI Use in 2024 Elections Worldwide

A high-level précis of the Technical Paper can be found in the Summary for Policymakers report, Generative AI in Electoral Campaigns: Mapping Global Patterns.

IPIE 

GenAI is being deployed in many ways during elections, ranging from the creation of deepfake video and audio messages, to sophisticated voter targeting. What are the implications of GenAI for election administration and voter participation around the world? This assessment delivers the first global, data-driven analysis of its kind, designed to inform policy recommendations that enhance election administration, foster trust in electoral processes, and boost voter turnout.

Based on an analysis of an original data set of 215 incidents, covering all 50 countries holding competitive national elections in 2024, we find that:

• Fully four-fifths (80%) of the countries holding elections in 2024 had GenAI incidents.  
• The vast majority (90%) of incidents involved content creation, such as audio messages, images, videos, and social media posts.
• Almost half of the incidents have no known source (46%), a quarter were produced by political candidates and parties (25%), a fifth were produced by foreign actors (20%), and the remainder came from other sources (9%).
• More than two-thirds (69%) of the incidents were described as having a harmful role in the election.

We encourage you to check out the full report, Summary for Policymakers, and press release announcement on our website.

My source: IPIE email.

A Breath of Fresh Air - published

Report: A Breath of Fresh Air 

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Mental Pollution advertising truth-values ethics mental health anxiety  depression  fear psychological effects of  noise, vibration, foul air awareness understanding education literacy Vulnerable individuals: Child Older Adult Person with Chronic Health Problems	Air Pollution Definition - Measurement - Monitoring particulates Image: http://www.cleantheair.org/air-quality-information/particulate-matter Transport & Fuels: Diesel, Coal Power Stations Coal Powered Vulnerable Population Density Climate
Public Health Information Giving Public amenities Quality of Life Housing - Parks Health Professionals Intervention Socio-	Change[?] Policy  Standards  Law  Accountability Retain Standards from EU regulations Clean Air Zones          Clean Energy Providers NHS Carbon Emissions Accessibility Transport Modalities Economics

ERCIM News No. 107 Special theme: "Machine Learning"

Dear ERCIM News Reader,

ERCIM News No. 107 has just been published at http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en107

This issue features :

- A Special Theme presenting a selection of articles about current trends and new paradigms in Machine Learning, coordinated by the guest editors Sander Bohte (CWI ) and Hung Son Nguyen (University of Warsaw).

- A Research and Society section dedicated to Open Access - Open Science, coordinated by Laurent Romary (Inria).

- A "Research and Innovation" section with news about research activities and innovative developments from European research institutions

This issue is also available for download in pdf and ePUB

Thank you for your interest in ERCIM News. Feel free to forward this message to others who might be interested.

Next issue: No. 108, January 2017 - Special Theme: "Computational Imaging"

Best regards,
Peter Kunz
ERCIM News editor in chief

'Monitor Me' BBC 2 Horizon

This is an excellent TV program:

Dr Kevin Fong explores a medical revolution that promises to help us live longer, healthier lives. Inspired by the boom in health-related apps and gadgets, it's all about novel ways we can monitor ourselves around the clock. How we exercise, how we sleep, even how we sit.

Some doctors are now prescribing apps the way they once prescribed pills. Kevin meets the pioneers of this revolution. From the England Rugby 7s team, whose coach knows more about his players' health than a doctor would, to the most monitored man in the world who diagnosed a life threatening disease from his own data, without going to the doctor. (BBC 2 website)

Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Health Information Products and Services

How can publishers, knowledge managers, program managers, M&E specialists, and health information communicators measure the reach, usefulness, and use of their products and services? One way is to use the 29 indicators in the just published Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Health Information Products and Services from the Health Information and Publications Network (HIPNET).

Download a free copy [745kb]:

https://www.msh.org/resources/guide-to-monitoring-and-evaluating-health-information-products-and-services

Source: CLICK4HP