[AISWorld] ­Call for Submissions HICSS 49-2016: USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS

[Djamasbi, Soussan]

Call for Submissions: User Experience Design for Health and Wellness, HICSS 49-2016 (http://www.hicss.org/)
June 15, 2015:  Submission full manuscripts,  August 15, 2015: Acceptance Notifications



Smartphones and a vast array of new wearable devices are empowering patients and bringing a fundamental shift in the health monitoring and decision making process, putting the consumers (patients) in charge.
However, today’s consumers are less impressed by basic usability and functionality, and they demand outstanding user experiences. The growing shift in demand for positive experiences creates a pressing need for innovation in user experience design (UXD) for health and wellness products and services.  Designing positive experiences is not only essential for adoption of health and wellness products, but also it is crucial in influencing behaviors, which in turn can lead to desirable health outcomes.   Examination of healthcare IT systems through HCI / Usability lens provides opportunities for both HCI and consumer health informatics researchers to formulate new theories and practices, and develop new successful technologies.

This minitrack provides a focused outlet for user experience design in health and wellness domain. Research is welcomed on any work that focuses on designing and applying engaging and effective experiences for their intended users (health consumers, medical professionals, and others) using various methodologies (design science, qualitative, and quantitative work). Research from both industry and academia is welcome.
Broad categories of suitable papers will include:

·         analysis, design, development, and evaluation of engaging and effective user experiences for health and wellness technologies through variety of equipment such as  wearable, mobile or hand held devices, robots, gaming consoles.

·         wellness self-monitoring and management systems

·         home health care devices and applications

·         management tools chronic care

·         social media application (e.g., peer support, information acquisition)

·         diagnostic tools

·         fitness and exercise applications

·         personal health record (PHR) applications

·         patient care monitoring systems

·         media and devices to better enable communication between doctor and patient

·         telemedicine devices

·         medical knowledge management systems

·         systems assisting patients in self-management, maintaining safety, and communicating with medical professionals

·         online information sources such as WebMD

·         preventive care systems

·         interaction issues in new technologies to empower and inform health care for consumers

·         interaction issues in navigating the wealth of health information on the Internet

·         HCI issues in using health technologies across cultures or geographic regions
The best, completed research papers from the mini-track will be fast-tracked for publication consideration in the AIS Transaction on Human Computer Interaction (THCI) -http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci<http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/>.

We invite your participation!

Thanks,
Ann Fruhling, afruhling at mail.unomaha.edu<mailto:afruhling at mail.unomaha.edu>
Rich Burkhard (Primary Contact), richard.burkhard at sjsu.edu<mailto:richard.burkhard at sjsu.edu>
Soussan Djamasbi, sdjamasbi at wpi.edu<mailto:sdjamasbi at wpi.edu>



Soussan Djamasbi, Ph.D.   |  Associate Professor of IT
Director, User Experience & Decision Making Research Lab<http://uxdm.wpi.edu/>
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | http://uxdm.wpi.edu/