[AISWorld] Deadline extension for ITD special issue on Healthcare Information Technology for Development -- now November 1, 2015

[Solomon Negash]

For submissions go to https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/itd. When uploading
your paper please indicate that it is being submitted for the special
issue on "Healthcare Information Technology for Development". Here is the
full CFP:

 

The Journal of Information Technology for Development

Call for papers

Special Issue on

 

Healthcare Information Technology for Development: Improvements in
people's lives through innovations in the uses of technologies.

 

Special Issue editors

Solomon Negash (Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA)

Philip Musa (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)

Doug Vogel (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)

Sundeep Sahay (University of Oslo, Norway)

 

Editor-in-Chief of ITD

Sajda Qureshi 

(College of Information Science & Technology, University of Nebraska at
Omaha, USA)

 

Aims and Scope

With the explosive growth of Information and Communications Technology
(ICT), emerging infrastructures, and devices, the provision of healthcare
is increasingly taking place through these technologies. Healthcare
services can now be provided to anyone, anywhere, and anytime through
these innovations. These services and technologies provide patients,
doctors, and healthcare organizations immediate access to healthcare
information for efficient decision making as well as better treatment.
This special issue aims to report high quality research on recent advances
in various aspects of healthcare IT for Development, more specifically
research and experience from low income countries. We focus on covering
innovative approaches to meeting health IT and Development outcomes where
the concept of Development can be assessed through improvements in
healthcare outcomes, provision and services. .  The special issue invites
theoretical and/or empirical papers that draw upon new innovations in
technology for health, especially mobile applications, to show health
development outcomes. We invite you to address new Public Health
challenges, such as universal health coverage, rise of non-communicable
diseases, and occurrences of other new challenges and emergencies. 

 

The scope of the special issue includes but not limited to the following
topics:




-          Mobile healthcare

-          Healthcare awareness

-          Healthcare training and education

-          Cultural issues in healthcare IT

-          Rural healthcare

-          Patient centered healthcare 

-          Patient safety

-          Privacy and security

-          Electronic health records 

-          Assessing quality in healthcare IT 

-          Smart healthcare devices

-          Innovation in healthcare IT

-          Service delivery

-          Tele health

-          Healthcare data over the Cloud

-          Patient centric healthcare IT

-          Mobile GPS

-          IT for infectious diseases

-          E-health and m-health

-          Public Health IT

-          Universal Health Coverage

-          New challenges and emergencies






Papers that address novel research questions on any of the above topics or
similar topics related to how Health Information Technologies may enable
improvements in people's lives to take place are encouraged. Conceptually
strong papers with theoretical contributions are highly sought after as
well as empirically grounded research that adds to what we know about how
health IT may enable development outcomes to be achieved. 

 

Deadlines

Deadline for submissions of papers: November 1, 2015

Notification of initial acceptance: February 30, 2015

Deadline for revised papers: March 18, 2016

Notification of final acceptances: May 15, 2016

Deadline for final versions: June 18, 2016

Tentative Publication Date: September 2016

 

Paper Submission Instructions

Authors are invited to submit original papers using the journal submission
and reviewing web site https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/itd. In order to
submit your paper, please register through this website to create an
account. When uploading your paper please indicate that it is being
submitted for the special issue on "Healthcare Information Technology for
Development". You may also designate one of the co-editors as your
preferred editor. Authors must simultaneously email an electronic copy of
the submitted paper to the guest editors (email addresses below).

 

This journal follows a double blind review process. All papers will
undergo a process of one or more rounds of double blind review. After
initial screening, full research papers will be reviewed by selected
members of the editorial board and peers from an international pool of
researchers for quality, consistency and research contribution. Particular
attention is paid to the use of research method. Please refer to papers
published in the Journal when developing your manuscript. These may be
found through the following website:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g919638702

 

Please remember to remove all your personal identifiable information from
the main manuscript before submitting it for review. Submissions to ITD
may be either full research papers published in the main part of the
Journal, or commentaries published in the section "Views from Practice").
Papers must contain original results and must not be submitted elsewhere
while being evaluated for ITD. Detailed submission guidelines can be found
at.
<http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g919638702~tab=subm
it~mode=paper_submission_instructions>
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g919638702~tab=submi
t~mode=paper_submission_instructions. 

 

Your paper must contain original results and must not be submitted
elsewhere while it is being evaluated for the Journal of Information
Technology for Development. If you have submitted a version of this paper
to another outlet, please let us know and ensure that it is cited in your
submission. 

 

Questions regarding submission should be directed to the special issue
guest editors:




Solomon Negash (main contact)

Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA 

snegash at kennesaw.edu 

 

Philip Musa 

University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

 <mailto:pmusa2 at yahoo.com> pmusa2 at yahoo.com 

Doug Vogel 

Harbin Institute of Technology, P. R. China

isdoug at hit.edu.cn 

 

Sundeep Sahay 

University of Oslo, Norway

sundeep.sahay at yahoo.com 

 

Solomon Negash, Ph.D. Professor of Information Systems 

Executive Director of the madLab Center (Mobile App Dev.)

Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University 

Office: 470-578-7607 Dept. 470-578-7763