Track: Collaboration Systems and Technology
Minitrack: Collaboration Systems and Technologies in Healthcare Teams

Collaboration technologies can be used in healthcare at clinical and managerial levels. Although managerial use of advanced collaborative technologies in healthcare has been reported in the literature, the use of the technology at clinical levels has not been studied extensively. Geographically dispersed health professionals can use collaboration technology to communicate with each other, review patient records, manage workflows, and improve the delivery of patient care. Besides some descriptive studies, most of the current studies on collaboration technology in healthcare focus on the technological architecture of collaborative healthcare systems.

This mini-track will invite research papers on the use of collaboration technology in healthcare. Two major directions of research on the use of collaboration technology in healthcare will be of interest to information systems (IS) and healthcare professionals. The study of the conceptual framework and technological architecture of collaborative systems in healthcare can focus on the functional and social needs of the healthcare teams, the supports for collaboration processes, the security of shared medical records, and the efficient communication and processing of information in the health network. Another strand of research can explore the effects of the use of collaborative technologies on the delivery of patient care. These can be empirical studies that can focus on the healthcare tasks-technology fit, the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare teams, and the organizational impacts of collaborative technologies.

The use of collaborative technology in healthcare is an emerging area of research on computer supported cooperative work (CSCW). This minitrack intends to address issues relating to the collaborative systems in healthcare. The minitrack will cover areas of research in “Collaboration Systems and Technology” and “Information Technology in Healthcare.”



Minitrack Co-Chairs:

Souren Paul (Primary Contact)
Department of Business
College of Staten Island
City University of New York
2800 Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone: 718-982-2938
Fax: 718- 982-2965
Email: paul@mail.csi.cuny.edu

Arkalgud Ramaprasad
Department of Information Decision Sciences
College of Business Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago
2209 University Hall
601 South Morgan Street, MC 294
Chicago, IL 60607-7124
Phone: 312-996-9260
Fax: 31-413-0385
Email: prasad@uic.edu