Cross-border challenges in informatics with a focus on disease surveillance and utilising big data [electronic resource] : proceedings of the EFMI Special Topic Conference 27-29 April 2014, Budapest, Hungary / edited by Lăcrămioara Stoicu-Tivadar, Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, University "Politehnica" Timișoara, Romania, Co-Chair Scientific Programme Committee (SPC), Simon de Lusignan, Department of Health Care Management & Policy, University of Surrey, United Kingdom, Co-Chair Scientific Programme Committee (SPC), Andrej Orel, Marand d.o.o. Ljubljana, Slovenia, Editorial Committee, Rolf Engelbrecht, KMF - Koch Metschnikow Forum, Berlin, Germany, Editorial Committee, and György Surján, National Institute for Quality- and Organizational Development in Healthcare and Medicines, GYEMSZI, Hungary, Chair Organizing Committee, EFMI Publication Officer.