HICSS-37
Health Care in technology track
For this minitrack,
we invite papers that address all aspects of the technologies, applications and
practices related to data management in health care, including database systems
and data warehousing/mining technologies that contribute to health information
management. Specific topics of
interest include, but are not restricted to, the following:
Why is good information
about medicine so hard to obtain? There is no lack of initiatives but they seem
to be competitive in stead of collaborative. Communication and restoring
confidence must prevent that the wheel is invented several times locally and
good standards and standard systems have to be delivered centrally. There is no
easy solution.
There are five
directions to go:
Research contributions for this minitrack could address, but are not limited to:
Ton AM Spil (Primary
Contact)
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
a.a.m.spil@sms.utwente.nl
Robert A. Stegwee
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
r.a.stegwee@sms.utwente.nl
Developing,
implementing and using information technology in organizations is a complex
social activity. It is often characterized by ill-defined problems or vague
goals, conflicts and disruptions that result from organizational change.
Successfully implementing information systems in healthcare organizations
appears to be a difficult task. Information Technology is seen as an enabler of
change in healthcare organizations but (information) technology adoption
decisions in healthcare are complex because of the uncertainty of benefits and
the rate of change of technology. Relevance and micro-relevance are seen as
important determinants for IS success. The (lack of) adoption of IT
traditionally found it’s reasons in resistance of the professionals in
healthcare organizations but this is clearly changing in healthcare today. When
implementing an information system in healthcare it is wise to focus on the
success determinants relevance, resistance, requirements and resources.
We
encourage papers on experiences with implementation of information systems in
healthcare along with more theoretical contributions on evaluation and IS
success and adoption.
Ton AM Spil
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
a.a.m.spil@sms.utwente.nl
Patient visits various organizations or units within organizations to get proper diagnosis and treatment. The role of healthcare workflow-management by use of IT is to adjust the contributions of those organizations or units in terms of timing, quality and functionality.
Organizations or units need goals that fit to their specific practice, workflow management requires cooperative goals, or at least, goals that do not conflict. Healthcare organizations have to rethink their boundaries and have to make strategic alliances to be able to cope with the changes in the environment.
In this call for papers, we suggest the following topics:
Roel W. Schuring
(Primary Contact)
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
r.w.schuring@sms.utwente.nl
Ton AM Spil
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
a.a.m.spil@sms.utwente.nl
Healthcare Information Systems are increasingly supporting
evidence based medicine and patient centric technologies. Medical information
systems are expected to help reduce medical errors, improve quality of patient
care and safety. This mini-track seeks to better understand the impact of
information systems and technologies on patient care delivery. Papers presented
will motivate research, present case studies, or foster exemplary methodology.
Examples of relevant systems and topic sources include:
For
more information:
http://www-info.tamu.edu/faculty/t-rodgers/hicssQualityCare/minitrack.html
Thomas Lee Rodgers (Primary Contact)
Assistant Professor
Information and Operations Management
Mays Business School
Texas A&M University
322F Wehner Building
College Station, TX USA 77843-4217
w (979) 845-3139
f (979) 845-5653
http://www-info.tamu.edu/faculty/t-rodgers
E-mail: trodgers@tamu.edu
Josie R Williams
Director Quality, Patient Safety Initiatives (QPSI)
Institute for Healthcare Evaluation: TAMUS HSC
Asst Prof Family & Community Med
1716 Briarcrest Drive, Suite 702
Bryan, Tx 77802-2794
Phone 979-458-0811
Fax 979-458-0813
Cell 979-777-3877
http://www.tamuhsc.tamu.edu
E-mail: JRWilliams@medicine.tamu.edu
Information
Technology In Healthcare Settings In Countries With Developing Economies
The goal of this Minitrack is to provide a forum for discussing developments, progress and challenges faced by healthcare practitioners, researchers, information technology professionals, and policy makers in applying information technology to improve healthcare in countries with developing economies.
We invite papers that address all aspects of technologies, applications and practices related to Information Technology in Healthcare Settings in Countries with Developing Economies. Specific topics of interest include, but are not restricted to the following:
Our minitrack focuses
on the effect of ICT on the governance structures of health care.
How does and should information and telecommunication technology affect
them? Business process redesign is related to the issue, but governance
structures are at a higher level both in importance and interest: business
processes happen within the frames governance structures give. Governance
structures are stabile and slow to change.
Issues of interest are
among other
Especially we would
appreciate papers that are deeply theoretically founded, but simultaneous
illustrate the application of the theory in the daily practice of health care.
Reima Suomi (primary
contact)
Professor of information systems science
Turku School of Economics and Business Administration
Rehtorinpellonkatu 3
Fin-20500 Turku
Finland
Tel. +358 2 481 4409
Mobile +358 50 410 2282
Fax + 358 2 481 4451
Email: Reima.Suomi@tukkk.fi
Jarmo Tähkäpää
Turku School of Economics and Business Administration
Rehtorinpellonkatu 3
FIN-20520 Turku
Finland
Tel. +358 2 481 4449
Mobile +358 40 556 3053
Fax + 358 2 481 4451
Email: jarmo.tahkapaa@tukkk.fi
The goal of this Minitrack is to offer a forum for exploring the many research projects, devices, and applications of PDAs and the use of wireless networks in healthcare. We invite papers that address all aspects of technologies, applications and practices related to PDAs and Handheld Devices in Healthcare and Wireless Technologies Environments. Specific topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following: