[AISWorld] HICSS-53, Maui HI Call for Papers "Unintended, negative consequences of IT implementations in healthcare" mini-track

[Virginia Ilie]

Dear colleagues,

Please see the following call for papers:

*2020 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-53)*

January 7-10, 2020, Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, USA

*http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ <http://hicss.hawaii.edu/>*

*Track*: Information Technology in Healthcare



*Mini-track**: Unintended, negative consequences of IT implementations in
healthcare*

Research on the *positive aspects* of Information Technology (IT)
implementations in healthcare abounds. Electronic medical record systems
(EMR) and other advanced IT solutions have the potential to reduce
healthcare costs, increase quality of care, standardize best practices and
allow physicians and patients access to inter-operable medical records
globally. However, there are many potential *negative aspects* and
consequences associated with complex IT implementations in healthcare that
remain under-researched. While some challenges are technological in nature,
others are internal, organizational as well as external, regulatory.



In the era of smart devices and usable interfaces, many commercially
available EMRs offer a user experience with often sub-optimal usability.
Medical practitioners work under severe time constraints and are much less
understanding and forgiving of system limitations. Patients also expect
flawless access to their medical records.



This mini-track calls for research associated with any *unintended or
negative aspects *of IT implementations in the healthcare domain at various
levels of analysis, individual, organizational or societal. Such research
should help inform both academics and practitioners of unintended negative
consequences from complex IT implementations and introduce possible
solutions to alleviate such impacts.



We seek research on topics such as:

·         Misuse of EMR systems by clinical staff, patients or other
entities.

·         Lack of innovation in EMR interface design.

·         Impacts on clinical workflows and provider-to-provider
communication patterns.

·         System design issues and associated consequences.

·         Challenges in obtaining complete information at the point of care
or information overload.

·         Increased difficulties in information sharing among providers or
healthcare entities.

·         Dehumanizing of the patient-provider interaction.

·         User workarounds and new types of medical errors.

·         Physician/nurse/patient dissatisfaction with clinical systems.

·         Security attacks and hospital data hacking and ransoming.

·         Patient privacy issues.

·         HIPAA violations and recommendations to stay compliant.

·         Increased hospital costs.

·         Challenges for smaller clinical practices in selecting and
working with an EMR vendor.

·         Abandonment of costly EMR projects.

·         Any other unintended or negative EMR impacts.

Completed papers or research in progress with all types of research
methodologies are welcome.


Please contact Dr. Virginia Ilie with any questions or if you’d like to
discuss a paper concept before submitting



*Important Dates*:

April 15, 2019:               Beginning of Submission Period

June 15, 2019:               Paper Submission Deadline (11:59 pm HST)

August 17, 2019:           Notification of Acceptance/Rejection

September 22, 2019:    Deadline for Final Manuscript

October 1, 2019:           Deadline for at least one author to register for
the conference

January 7, 2020:           Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials

January 8-10, 2020:      Paper Presentations


*Co-chairs** of the “**Unintended, negative consequences of IT
implementations in healthcare” mini-track:*

Virginia Ilie, Ph.D. (primary contact), vilie at callutheran.edu

Sweta Sneha, Ph.D. ssneha at kennesaw.edu

Paul Witman, Ph.D. pwitman at callutheran.edu