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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>----------<B>45th HICSS 2012 Call for Papers: IT ADOPTION AND EVALUATION IN HEALTHCARE Final Reminder and End Notes File------------------------<BR>
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This minitrack focuses on the role of adoption, implementation, diffusion, and evaluation factors and the interaction of these factors at various levels to healthcare system success. These successes or failures can be on individual, group, national and international level. Papers may explore these issues for any form of healthcare technology (for example telemedicine, PACS, electronic medical records, PDA's) using any methodology. Work should be at a mature (data collected and some analysis performed), though not necessarily final stages. Completed, high quality research will receive special consideration. <B>ACCEPTED FULL PAPERS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FAST-TRACKING to the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IJBET) or Journal of Health Systems (JoHS)<BR>
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<B>Topics include but are not limited to:<BR>
</B><I>Application of adoption, implementation, and diffusion theories, models, and constructs<BR>
to the health care context.<BR>
Adoption at the individual, project, organizational, or system level<BR>
IT Use<BR>
IT Evaluation<BR>
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HICSS papers must contain original material, and not be previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. Abstracts are optional. You may contact the Minitrack Chairs for guidance or verification of content. To submit a paper, follow author instructions found at <a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu</a></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><FONT FACE="Cambria"> <<a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu</a>> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">. You may submit a paper to only one minitrack. For descriptions of all HICSS 45 minitracks please see <a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_45/45tracks.htm">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_45/45tracks.htm</a></FONT><FONT FACE="Cambria"> <<a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_45/45tracks.htm">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_45/45tracks.htm</a>> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">.<BR>
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<U>Important Deadlines<BR>
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Jun 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. The review is double-blind; therefore this submission must be without author names.<BR>
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Aug 15: Acceptance notices are emailed to authors by the Review System. (Make sure your server accepts the address.) At least one author of each accepted paper must immediately make plans to attend the conference.<BR>
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Sept 15: Accepted authors submit Final Paper. At least one author of each paper must register by this date. This is the Early Registration fee deadline.<BR>
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Oct 15: Papers without at least one registered author will be deleted from the Proceedings.<BR>
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The conference venue is Grand Wailea ~ 13850 Wailea Alanui Drive, Wailea, Maui HI 96753 USA Tel +1.800.888.6100 <a href="http://www.grandwailea.com/">http://www.grandwailea.com/</a></FONT><FONT FACE="Cambria"> <<a href="http://www.grandwailea.com/">http://www.grandwailea.com/</a>> <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>An End Notes file with the appropriate file format is available at <a href="http://anthonyvance.com/blog/academics/hicss-endnote-style/">http://anthonyvance.com/blog/academics/hicss-endnote-style/</a> <BR>
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</B>SEND INQUIRIES TO THE MINITRACK CHAIRS:<BR>
<B>Ton Spil (Primary Contact)<BR>
</B>University of Twente<BR>
Email: <a href="a.a.m.spil@utwente.nl">a.a.m.spil@utwente.nl</a></FONT><FONT FACE="Cambria"> <<a href="a.a.m.spil@utwente.nl">a.a.m.spil@utwente.nl</a>> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR>
<B>Ken Trimmer<BR>
</B>Idaho State University<BR>
Email: <a href="trimkenn@isu.edu">trimkenn@isu.edu</a></FONT><FONT FACE="Cambria"> <<a href="trimkenn@isu.edu">trimkenn@isu.edu</a>> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR>
<B>Cynthia LeRouge<BR>
</B>Saint Louis University<BR>
Email: <a href="lerougec@slu.edu">lerougec@slu.edu</a></FONT><FONT FACE="Cambria"> <<a href="lerougec@slu.edu">lerougec@slu.edu</a>> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR>
<B>Carla Wiggins<BR>
</B>University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee<BR>
Email: <a href="wiggins@uwm.edu">wiggins@uwm.edu</a></FONT><FONT FACE="Cambria"> <<a href="wiggins@uwm.edu">wiggins@uwm.edu</a>> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Cambria"><BR>
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