[AISWorld] CFP-AMCIS2011 - MiniTrack: Role of technology in improving health care delivery processes

[Bengisu Tulu]

Track: Health Care IT

MiniTrack: Role of technology in improving health care delivery processes

Submission deadline: Thursday, February 17, 2011
Submissions system: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2011
AMCIS website: http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/

Mini-Track Description
http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=211&Itemid=34

Health care organizations have been redesigning processes and
implementing various forms of information technology to increase
productivity, lower costs, and improve the quality of care.
Unfortunately, the expected significant improvements in the quality of
care and reductions in costs after large health IT investments are
often not achieved. Recognizing that significant improvements require
more than just deploying IT, this mini-track seeks papers that
investigate the role of IT in improving health care delivery processes
and the opportunities and challenges in IT-enabled change in health
care organizations. The mini-track is open to papers on challenges of
achieving benefits from electronic health record systems, telemedicine
solutions, or other health-related IT systems that supports providers
as they deliver care. It is also open to a variety of research methods
including qualitative, quantitative, and design science approaches. We
are especially interested in interdisciplinary approaches, combining
for example IT, process design, and managerial and policy initiatives.
Because the national context affects health care delivery choices, we
are also interested in multi-national studies.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

•	Electronic Medical Records
•	Electronic Health Records
•	Telehealth and telemedicine solutions
•	Implementation opportunities and challenges
•	Barriers to adoption and use
•	Impact on provider self identity
•	Impact on quality of care delivery
•	Process improvement and modeling
•	Joint process and IT design
•	Impact of IT on care delivery team coordination
•	Standardization of care delivery processes


Minitrack Chairs
Diane Strong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Bengisu Tulu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Bengisu Tulu, PhD
Assistant Professor of MIS, School of Business
Executive Council Member, CeHIPT (http://cehipt.wpi.edu)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Rd. WB201
Worcester, MA 01609
Office: +1-508-831-5184
Fax: +1-508-831-5720
bengisu at wpi.edu