[AISWorld] ECIS 2013, e-Health Track

[Rich Klein]

European Conference of Information Systems 2013, e-Health Track

Oneofthemostimportantissuesconcerningglobalwelfareisthecurrentstateofhealthcareworldwide.E-health hasenormouspotentialtoimproveservicedeliveryinhealthcarenotonlyinWesternsocietiesbutalsoacrossthe digitaldivide.Crossingthisborderisoneofthemaintasksfore-healthresearchersinthenearfuture. However,to fullyexploitthepowerofE-healthmanychallengesandproblemsmustbeovercome.Theintegrationofmany platformswithinahealthcarenetworkisa prerequisiteforthesuccessfuldevelopmentanddeploymentofE-health. TheadoptionanddiffusionofE-healthconsistentlylagsbehindotherindustries.Subsequently,specificIS knowledgeisneededtoraisetheleveloftheadoptionrateinadditiontotransformhealthcareandhealthcarepolicies acrosstheglobe.TheprivacyissuesspecifictoE-health,while well known,arestillnotsolved;moreover, legislationishamperingE-healthprogress.Further,patientslackingevidence-basedinformationcanbecome empoweredthroughE-healthwhenmovingthroughthehealthcarechain.

E-healthcansupporttwoambitiousgoals,namely,(1)buildingefficiencyindevelopedcountriesand(2)building knowledgeinundeveloped.Accordingly,thistrackseekstopromoteandencouragetheuseofprovenindustry technologiesinhealthcaresettings.Here,thelearningcyclecanbereducedandthebridgeacrossthedigitaldivide mended.Thetrackwelcomeswork focusingonadoptionanddiffusionas wellasnewtechnologyinnovations.

NewtechnologyoftendrivesimprovementsinE-health.Thereisasignificantneedfor superiorbusinessmodeling techniquestoevaluatetechnologyintheearlystagesofthedevelopment.Manynew“successful”applicationsend upontheshelflackingthe opportunitytoscaleuptoa national,orinternational,levelor lackinginvestmentsupport fromoutsideorganizations.Thistrackwillprovidea platformforresearchersandpractitionerstosubmitoriginal studiesonthefollowingsubjectsandonotherappropriatelyconnected topics:

E-healthdesign
AdoptionanddiffusionofIS inhealthcare
HumanTechnologyinteractioninhealthcare
Standardizationofinformationinterchange
Advancesincommunityhealthinformationnetworks
Internet/intranetapplications(e.g.medicalprotocols,patientinformation,etc.)
Workflowmanagementin healthcarechains
Patientprivacyanddatasecurity
HealthIT’sroleinsupportingrapidlearninganddecisionmaking
E-healthacrossthedigitaldivide
PatientsafetyandE-health
On-lineHealthandsocialmedia
Seriousgaminginhealthcare

Call for papers available at https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/call-for-papers.

Submission guidelines and templates available at https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/submission.

Track Chairs:

Ton Spil, University of Twente, The Netherlands, a.a.m.spil at utwente.nl
Wendy Currie, Auduncai Nantes, Ecole de Management, France, wcurrie at audencia.com
Richard Klein, Clemson University, College of Business and Behavioral Sciences, U.S.A., rklein at CLEMSON.edu

ThetrackissupportedbytheSpecialInterestGroupHealthcareoftheAIS.
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