[AISWorld] HICSS 2021 (Kauai): Unintended consequences of IT implementations in healthcare (mini-track)

[Virginia Ilie]

Dear colleagues,

Please consider submitting your research to one of the newest and exciting
mini-tracks at HICSS on *Unintended consequences of IT implementations in
healthcare.*

*Unintended consequences *are outcomes that have not been anticipated when
planning or implementing Information Technology (IT) projects in
healthcare. Such consequences can be either desirable or undesirable,
positive or negative. While research documenting *positive *aspects of IT
implementations in healthcare exists, very little is known about other
unintended and rather *negative* consequences of such IT projects in the
healthcare domain.

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
interoperable medical records globally. However, little research evidence
exists on the link between EMR implementations and achievements of such
positive outcomes.

There are also many potential unintended, negative aspects and consequences
associated with complex IT implementations in healthcare that remain
under-researched such as misuse of EMR systems, workflow inefficiencies,
dehumanizing of the patient-provider interaction, user workarounds,
physician/nurse/patient dissatisfaction to security attacks and hospital
data hacking and ransoming, patient privacy issues, increased hospital
costs, HIPAA violations, increased difficulties in information sharing
among healthcare entities, and abandonment of costly EMR projects among
many other things.

*2021 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-54)*

January 5-8, 2021, Grand Hyatt, Kauai, USA

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

*Track: Information Technology in Healthcare*

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



This mini track calls for research associated with any *unintended
– positive or negative – consequences* 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 negative
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.

·         Evidence of positive organizational outcomes from EMR
implementations such as cost reduction, improved care, inter-operability,
etc

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

·         System design issues and associated consequences.

·         Consequences associated with attaining cost reductions or other
target indicators due to EMR implementations.

·         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.

·         Users’ perceptions of security controls in healthcare and their
compliance or non-compliance.

·         Patient privacy issues.

·         HIPAA violations and recommendations to stay compliant.

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

·         Abandonment of costly EMR projects.

·         Any other unintended positive 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*:

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

August 17, 2019:           Notification of Acceptance/Rejection

September 4:                 Deadline for Authors to Submit Revised
Manuscript for Review

September 22, 2019:    Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for
Publication

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


*Co-chairs** of the “**Unintended 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