[AISWorld] Researching User Experience and e-Health? Submit to the HICSS Hawaii conference minitrack on User Experience (UX) In Information Systems (IS) for Health and Wellness

[Rich Burkhard]

*Researching User Experience and e-Health? Submit to
the HICSS Hawaii conference minitrack on User Experience (UX) In
Information Systems (IS) for Health and Wellness*

Smartphones and a vast array of new wearable devices are empowering
patients and healthcare professionals, and bringing a fundamental shift in
the health monitoring and decision making process, putting the consumers
(patients) in charge. Today's consumers are less impressed by basic
usability and functionality, and they seek compelling user experiences.

*This minitrack provides an outlet for health and wellness IS research that
includes user experience as a part of the IS concept or evaluation.
Research is welcomed on any work that focuses on engaging and effective
experiences for their intended users *(health consumers, patients,
caregivers, medical professionals, and others) using various methodologies
(theory- building, concept testing, qualitative, and quantitative
work).* Research
from both industry and academia is encouraged.*

The following list provides examples of suitable topics; however,
submissions that fit the general theme of the mini track are not limited to
these topics:

   - Analysis, design, development, and evaluation of systems with 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, as well as conventional laptops and other hardware.
   - Wellness self-monitoring and management systems
   - Home health care devices and applications
   - Management tools for chronic care
   - Social media applications (e.g., peer support, information acquisition)
   - Diagnostic tools and monitors
   - 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
   - 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
   healthcare 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

*http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-51/information-technology-in-healthcare/
<http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-51/information-technology-in-healthcare/>*

 ** HICSS-51 promises to be the most exciting HICSS conference ever, and we
encourage you to be a part of it!

Minitrack Co-Chairs:
Ann Fruhling
University of Nebraska at Omaha
afruhling at unomaha.edu

Soussan Djamasbi
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
djamasbi at wpi.edu

Rich Burkhard (Primary Contact)
San Jose State University
richard.burkhard at sjsu.edu

-- 
Dr. Rich Burkhard
Professor
School of Information Systems and Technology
College of Business
San Jose State University
One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192
richard.burkhard at sjsu.edu