Track 1: Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease

Infectious disease is the subspecialty of internal medicine dealing with diagnosis and the treatment of communicable diseases of all types, in all organs, and in patients of all ages. This specialty requires an understanding of the microbiology, prevention, and management of disorders caused by viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections, including appropriate use of antimicrobial agents, vaccines, and other immune biological agents; environmental, occupational, and host factors that predispose to infection; and basic principles of epidemiology and transmission of infection. The emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, and  AIDS epidemic have significantly affected this specialty. 

Track 2: Internal Medicine and Adolescent Medicine

Adolescent medicine (Hebiatrics) is the medical subspecialty that focuses on care of  the patients who are in  adolescent period of development, generally ranging from last years of elementary school until graduation from the high school (some doctors in this subspecialty treat young adults attending college at area clinics, in the subfield of college health). Main health issues related to adolescent medicine will be discussed in our scientific sessions.

Track 3: Internal Medicine and Adult Immunization

Immunization is a process whereby the person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Vaccines stimulate body’s own immune system to protect the person against subsequent infection or disease. Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to stimulate the individual's immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen. Critical Care in Internal Medicine

Intensive care medicine or the critical care medicine is a branch of medicine concerned with diagnosis and management of life-threatening conditions requiring sophisticated organ support and the invasive monitoring. 

Track 4: Internal Medicine and Critical Care

Intensive care medicine or the critical care medicine is a branch of medicine concerned with diagnosis and management of life-threatening conditions requiring sophisticated organ support and the invasive monitoring.

Track 5: Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Geriatrics is the speciality in internal medicine. Geriatrics differs from the standard adult medicine because it focuses on unique needs of elderly person. Aged body is different physiologically from the younger adult body, and during old age, the decline of various organ systems becomes manifest. Previous health issues and lifestyle choices produce a different constellation of the disease and symptoms in different people. The appearance of symptoms depends on remaining healthy reserves in the organs. Smokers, for example, consume their respiratory system reserve early and rapidly. 

Track 6: Internal Medicine and Sleep Medicine

Sleep medicine is the medical specialty or subspecialty devoted to diagnosis and therapy of sleep disturbances and disorders. Disorders and disturbances of sleep are widespread and can have significant consequences for affected individuals as well as the economic and other consequences for society research studies have shown that, the leading cause (31%) of fatal-to-the-driver heavy truck crashes is fatigue related with drugs and alcohol as the number two cause (29%). Sleep deprivation. The lack of quality of sleep can have a negative impact on your energy, emotional balance, and the health. Whereas those who are suffering from regular sleeping problems often have an underlying medical or mental health problem, be it is minor or serious. 

Track 7: Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical pharmacy is a branch of Pharmacy where pharmacists provide patient care that optimizes the use of medication and promotes health, wellness, and disease prevention. Clinical pharmacists care for patients in all the health care settings but the clinical pharmacy movement initially began inside hospitals and clinics. Clinical pharmacists often collaborate with the physicians and other healthcare professionals. Clinical Pharmacist optimizes the outcomes of internal medicine patients by providing evidence-based, patient- centred medication therapy. This scientific session will focus on Research in Health & Medicine, Radiopharmaceuticals, Nanotechnology, Hospital Pharmacy, Drugs and Regulations, Genetics, Genetic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacological Sciences, Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Phytochemistry, Bio-Pharmaceutics and Pre-formulation Studies.

Track 8: Internal Medicine and Primary Care

Primary care is a healthcare given by the healthcare provider. This provider acts as first contact, principal point of continuing care for the patient within a health care system, and coordinates with other specialist care that the patient may need. Patients commonly get primary care from the primary care physician. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internist.

Track 9: Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine

Hospital medicine is a type of practice within internal medicine in which the clinical focus is caring for hospitalized patients. Physicians whose primary professional focus is hospital medicine are called hospitalists.

Practitioners of hospital medicine include physicians (“hospitalists”) and non-physician providers who engage in clinical care, teaching, research, or leadership in the field of general hospital medicine. In addition to their core expertise managing the clinical problems of acutely ill, hospitalized patients, hospital medicine practitioners work to enhance the performance of hospitals and healthcare systems.

Track 10: Internal Medicine and Patient Care

Track 11: Hospital Medicine and Nursing

Nurse Professionals who are engaged in Clinical care, Teaching, Research, in the field of Hospital medicine and Nursing like Nurse Practitioners, Academic and Healthcare professionals can share their research.

Track 12: Internal Medicine and Healthcare

Healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings. The quantity and quality of many health care interventions are improved through the results of science, such as advanced through the medical model of health which focuses on the eradication of illness through diagnosis and effective treatment. Many important advances have been made through health research, including biomedical research and pharmaceutical research, which form the basis for evidence-based medicine and evidence-based practice in health care delivery.

Track 13: e Health and Internal Medicine:

The reach of technological innovation continues to grow, changing all the industries as it evolves. In healthcare, the technology is increasingly playing a role in almost all processes, from the patient registration to data monitoring, from lab tests to the self-care tools. Devices like smartphones and tablets are starting to replace the conventional monitoring and recording systems, and people are now given option for undergoing a full consultation in the privacy of their own homes. Technological advancements in healthcare have contributed to services being taken out of the confines of hospital walls and integrating them with user-friendly, accessible devices. Topics of discussions are Biotechnology in Health Care, Telemedicine, M Health and Portal technology, Bioinformatics in Health Care System, EMR and Health Informatics and Clinical Patient Management System.

Track 14: Internal Medicine and Telemedicine

Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve the patient’s clinical health status. Telemedicine includes a growing variety of applications and the services using two-wa video, email, smart phones, wireless tools and the other forms of telecommunications technology. Starting out over 40 years ago with demonstrations of hospitals extending care to the patients in remote areas, use of telemedicine has spread rapidly and is now becoming integrated into the on-going operations of hospitals, specialty departments, home health agencies, private physician offices as well as consumer’s homes and workplaces.  Products and services that are related to telemedicine are often part of a larger investment done by healthcare institutions in either information technology or the delivery of clinical care.

Track 15: Case Reports in Internal Medicine

In medicine, a case report is a detailed report of the patient’s symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Case reports may contain a demographic profile of the patient, but usually describe an unusual or novel occurrence. Some case reports also contain a literature review of others reported. Case reports do have genuinely useful roles in medical research and evidence-based medicine. In particular, they have facilitated recognition of new diseases, adverse effects of treatments.( example: recognition of the link. They can also help understand the clinical spectrum of the rare disease, as well as unusual presentations of common disease. The case report can detail many different aspects of patient’s medical situation (e.g. patient history, physical examination, diagnosis, psychosocial aspects, follow up).

Track 16: Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Children are vital to the nation all the time. Parents and other family members are usually committed to providing every advantage possible to the children in their families, and to ensuring that they are healthy and have the opportunities that they need to fulfill their potential. Highlights of this session are Pediatric Mental Health and Psychology, Pediatric Emergencies and Trauma Treatment, Gastrointestinal and Urogenital Complications in Pediatrics, Pediatric Neurology and Research, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Preterm-birth Complications and Neonatal Intensive Care, General Pediatrics and Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases.

Track 17: Internal Medicine and Gynecology

Internal Medicine physicians encounter female patients with disease processes which may be directly related to female reproductive system, or caused by the female reproductive system and its endocrinology. Education in evaluation, examination, diagnosis and, management of basic gynaecological conditions will significantly enhance the internist’s ability to diagnose, treat a broader scope of patients.

Track 18: Internal Medicine and Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of the patterns and causes, effects of health and disease conditions in defined populations. Epidemiology is the cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidence based practice by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive healthcare. Epidemiologists help with study design, collection, and statistical analysis of data, and interpretation and dissemination of results (including peer review and occasional systematic review). Epidemiology has helped develop methodology used in clinical research, public health studies, and, to a lesser extent, basic research in the biological sciences

Track 19: Internal Medicine and Diagnosis

Medical diagnosis is a process of determining the disease or condition. Explain the signs and symptoms. It is most often referred to as diagnosis with medical context being implicit. Information required for diagnosis is typically collected from the history and physical examination of the person seeking medical care. Often, one or more diagnostic procedures, such as diagnostic tests, are also done during this process.

Diagnosis is often challenging, because many signs and the symptoms are nonspecific.

Track 20: Internal Medicine and Clinical trails

Internal Medicine Market Analysis:

 

As per WHO report, Number of countries with Primary Physician shortage in 2015

WHO region	Needs-based model	Demand-based model
African	32	15
Americas	1	3
Eastern Mediterranean	3	2
European	0	10
South-East Asia	3	0
Western Pacific	6	7
World	45	37

Shortage is defined as having a projected supply of physicians that meets less than 80% of the forecasted demand or need, calculated at estimated means.

Revenue of physicians' offices (NAICS 621111) in the United States from 2008 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars)

This forecast statistic shows the revenue of physicians' offices in the United States from 2008 to 2012, with forecasts up until 2020. By 2015, revenues of physicians' offices in the United States are projected to reach approximately 463.33 billion U.S. dollars.

Global Telemedicine Market Outlook 2020

The shortage of physicians in rural and remote areas provides opportunity for telemedicine to spread its reach to millions of patients and this widespread deployment of services will continue at a rapid pace in the future as well. In the latest research study, “Global Telemedicine Market Outlook 2020”, the analysts have studied the complete telemedicine industry with focus on market segmentation, government initiatives and competitive landscape. According to our analysis, the market for telemedicine technologies, including hardware, software & services, stood at US$ 17.8 Billion in 2014, and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 18.4% during 2014-2020.

Telemedicine applications are surging due to high prevalence of chronic diseases, rising smartphone users, consistent need for improved quality services and rising the elderly population across countries which thereby urge telemedicine to deliver improved products with the higher patient satisfaction. On the contrary, reimbursement challenges, uneven distribution of telecom network in remote areas, and high operating cost are the major factors hindering its implementation.

The report also provides a detailed study on the geographical distribution of telemedicine with market sizes of North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific along with their future forecast. It also provides an insight into the different telemedicine applications with their market share in 2014. Tele dermatology and Tele gynecology grabbed the highest market share, followed by Tele cardiology, Tele neurology, Tele orthopedics,Tele emergency care etc.

Overall, the report provides extensive information, and the rational analysis of the global telemedicine market. Separate section is devoted to mergers & acquisitions that have taken place in past two years. The report concludes with a competitive analysis of the key market players, providing business overview of each player along with SWOT analysis. The industry is dominated by Mckesson, Philips Healthcare, GE Healthcare, and Cerner among others. In addition, the report elucidates key developments of players related to telemedicine which will enable clients to formulate market strategies and assess the opportunity areas in key geographies.

McKesson Ltd.
Philips Healthcare
GE Healthcare Ltd.
Siemens Healthcare
Cerner
IBM
Honeywell Life Care Solutions

Global - Telemedicine Market by Applications (Billion US$), 2014
McKesson - Revenue by Business Segments (Billion US$), 2013 &2014
Cerner - Revenue by Business Segments (Billion US$), 2013 &2014