<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv615882463"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_48"><span id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_62"><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_159">One of the most important issues concerning global welfare is the current state of healthcare worldwide. E-health has enormous potential to improve service delivery in healthcare not only in Western societies but also across the digital divide. Crossing this border is one of the main tasks for e-health researchers in the near future.
However, to fully exploit the power of E-health many challenges and problems must be overcome. The integration of many platforms within a healthcare network is a prerequisite for the successful development and deployment of E-health. The adoption and diffusion of E-health consistently lags behind other industries. Subsequently, specific IS knowledge is needed to raise the level of the adoption rate in addition to transform healthcare and healthcare policies </span><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_156">across the globe. The privacy issues specific to E-health, while well known, are still not solved; moreover, legislation is hampering E-health progress. Further, patients lacking evidence-based information can become empowered through E-health when moving through the healthcare chain.</span><br style="color:rgb(69, 69,
69);font-family:garamond, 'new
york', times, serif;font-size:24px;"><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; ">E-health can support two ambitious goals, namely, (1) building efficiency in developed countries and (2) building knowledge in undeveloped. Accordingly, this track seeks to promote and encourage the use of proven industry technologies in healthcare settings. Here, the learning cycle can be reduced and the bridge across the digital divide mended. The track welcomes work focusing on adoption and diffusion as well as new technology innovations.</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new
york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_151">New technology often drives improvements in E-health. There is a significant need for superior business modeling techniques to evaluate technology in the early stages of the development. Many new successful applications end upon the shelf lacking the opportunity to scale up to a national, or international, level or lacking investment support from outside organizations. This track will provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to submit original studies on the following subjects and on other appropriately connected topics:</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "
id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_149">E-health design</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_146">Adoption and diffusion of IS in healthcare</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_143">Human Technology interaction in healthcare</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_139">Standardization of information
interchange</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_136">Advances in community health information networks</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_133">Internet/intranet applications (e.g., medical protocols, patient information, etc.)</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_131">Workflow management in healthcare
chains</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_128">Patient privacy and data security</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_125">Health IT role in supporting rapid learning and decision making</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_122">E-health across the digital divide</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69);
font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_119">Patient safety and E-health</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_116">On-line Health and social media</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_113">Serious gaming in healthcare</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><br style="color:
rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_110">Call for papers available at </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/call-for-papers" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline: 0px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_107">https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/call-for-papers</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; ">.</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color:
rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_103">Submission guidelines and templates available at </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/submission" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline: 0px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_101">https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/submission</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_98">.</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new
york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_95">Track Chairs:</span><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_92">Ton Spil, University of Twente, The Netherlands, </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:a.a.m.spil@utwente.nl" target="_blank" href="mailto:a.a.m.spil@utwente.nl" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline: 0px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_89">a.a.m.spil@utwente.nl</a><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69);
font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_86">Wendy Currie, Auduncai Nantes, Ecole de Management, France, </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:wcurrie@audencia.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:wcurrie@audencia.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline: 0px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_83">wcurrie@audencia.com</a><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_80">Richard Klein, Clemson University, College of Business and Behavioral Sciences, U.S.A., </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:rklein@CLEMSON.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:rklein@CLEMSON.edu" style="color: rgb(35, 71,
134); outline: 0px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_77">rklein@CLEMSON.edu</a><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; "><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 24px; " id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_74">The track is supported by the Special Interest Group Healthcare of the AIS.</span></span></div><div id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_50"></div><div id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_52"> </div><div id="yiv615882463yui_3_7_2_20_1354484096443_54"><font class="yiv615882463Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dr Richard Klein, PhD</span><br>Associate
Professor<br>Graduate Programs Coordinator<br>Department of Management<br>Clemson University</font><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>