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<p class="MsoPlainText">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">As the paper submission due date is fast approaching (just 3 weeks left), we would like to encourage/remind you to send in your submission to the PACIS IT/IS healthcare track.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Also note that the conference organizers have arranged for high quality and relevant papers from PACIS 2013 to be fast-tracked to the Special Issue of:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Information and Management (Listed in SCI/SSCI/Google Scholar/Scopus/etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Journal of Global Information Management (Listed in SCI/SSCI/Google Scholar/Scopus/etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (Listed in SCI/SSCI/Scopus/INSPEC/etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Information Systems Frontiers (Listed in SCIE/Scopus/INSPEC/Google Scholar/etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The conference and track information are found below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">* 17<sup>th</sup> Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2013)*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://www.pacis2013.org/main/">http://www.pacis2013.org/main/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Jeju Island, Korea<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">June 18-22, 2013<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">*IT/IS Healthcare*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">*IMPORTANT DATES*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Paper Submission Deadline: February 1, 2013<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">DC Nomination Deadline: March 15, 2013<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Paper Decision: April 1, 2013<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">DC Decision: April 15, 2013<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Submission Deadline of Accepted Papers: May 1, 2013<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">See link <a href="http://www.pacis2013.org/sub/sub02_1.asp">
http://www.pacis2013.org/sub/sub02_1.asp</a> for more information on paper submission.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">DESCRIPTION:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The healthcare industry is one of the largest and fastest growing industries worldwide, with growth projected to increase through 2050. Further, the healthcare industry currently faces many challenges in terms of changing institutional
and regulatory pressures and expectations. Information systems (IS) and technology (IT) have been touted to be vehicles for more efficient, less costly and more effective healthcare. However, the diffusion of IS/IT in healthcare is generally low in the Asia
Pacific region. Given IS/IT potential for benefit in the healthcare context, both private and public sectors have engaged in numerous efforts to promote the use of them within and across healthcare settings. Therefore, it is imperative that we gain a better
understanding of the role of IS/IT in the behavioural, economic, organizational, strategic and technical issues facing the healthcare industry. This research track focuses on such issues. We invite quality submissions of manuscripts that seek to address the
various aspects of IS/IT in healthcare.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Possible topics include (but are not limited to):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Impact of healthcare IT/IS on healthcare access, costs, care delivery, and outcomes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Designing healthcare organizations, systems and processes incorporating e-health solutions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>E-Health Policy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>E-health and emergency and disaster relief<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>The role of IS in improving care in different national health systems<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Developing and implementing new economic models of financing healthcare services through IT-enabled mechanisms<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Online health communities (e.g., support groups for chronic health conditions)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Online health technologies in managing and sharing healthcare information<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Impact of Web 2.0 and other emerging technologies on healthcare<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Privacy, security and trust issues with online and other e-health solutions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">TRACK CO-CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Christina Serrano, University of Arkansas, <a href="mailto:CSerrano@walton.uark.edu">
CSerrano@walton.uark.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tracy Ann Sykes, University of Arkansas, <a href="mailto:TSykes@walton.uark.edu">
TSykes@walton.uark.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adrian Yeow, Nanyang Technological University, <a href="mailto:aykyeow@ntu.edu.sg">
aykyeow@ntu.edu.sg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">YEOW Yong Kwang, Adrian </span></b><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">|</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
Assistant Professor </span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">|
</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Division of Information Technology and Operations Management
<br>
Nanyang Technological University </span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">|</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> S3-B2A-32, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore
639798 <br>
Tel: (65) 6790-5654 </span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">|</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Email:
<a href="mailto:aykyeow@ntu.edu.sg"><span style="color:black">aykyeow@ntu.edu.sg</span></a>
</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">|</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Web:
<a href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg">www.ntu.edu.sg</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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