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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:windowtext">CALL FOR PAPERS: 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Chicago, Illinois, August 15-17, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Track: Health Information Systems/Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Mini-track: Electronic Medical Records in Ambulatory Care and Smaller Healthcare Practices<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><u><span style="color:windowtext">Mini-track Co-chairs<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dr. C. Ranganathan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Department of Information & Decision Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">College of Business Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">University of Illinois at Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Email:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:ranga@uic.edu"><span lang="DE" style="color:windowtext">ranga@uic.edu</span></a>
</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dr. Balaji Sankaranarayanan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Department of Information and Process Management<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Bentley University<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Waltham, MA 02452, USA<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">E-mail: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:bsankara@bentley.edu"><span lang="DE" style="color:windowtext">bsankara@bentley.edu</span></a></span><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Dr. Gary David, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Department of Sociology<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Bentley University<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Waltham, MA 02452, USA<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">E-mail: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:gdavid@bentley.edu"><span lang="DE" style="color:windowtext">gdavid@bentley.edu</span></a></span><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<h1><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Description<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) are a critical component of the American health-care system, supporting doctor-patient interactions by providing instant access to a variety of documents such as historical record
of past treatments and conditions, patient billing, disputes and legal inquiries. Compared to larger hospital settings employing EMRs, smaller ambulatory practices employ fewer physicians and face distinct challenges including resource constraints, technological
bottlenecks and organizational challenges. Notably, vendors have many EMR offerings for smaller practices; however implementing these solutions have been fraught with serious challenges. Smaller ambulatory practices also face the serious challenge of qualifying
for government grants based on their meaningful use. These differences highlight the need for in-depth examination of EMR in ambulatory and smaller healthcare practices.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The focus of this mini-track is on research on EMRs in ambulatory care and smaller healthcare practices that furthers
our understanding of (1) systems, processes and strategies for implementing EMR (2) Electronic exchange of healthcare information among different stakeholders, (3) Integration of mobile devices and medical devices with healthcare systems 3) security and privacy
issue associated with EMR in smaller healthcare organizations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The mini-track is open to broad survey articles, case studies, conceptual papers, descriptive reports, focused research
issues analyzed using a variety of tools and empirical methodologies including, but not limited to survey, experimental design, workflow and other forms of business process modeling, interviews, content analysis, and various qualitative approaches. You are
welcome to submit work that is not fully completed as long as the importance of the problem is established, paper is well articulated and fits with the themes of the research track. However, completed research will receive precedence.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Suggested Topics<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The topics that characterize this mini-track are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">EMR systems in ambulatory settings and smaller healthcare practices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Value proposition of EMR systems in smaller healthcare practices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Interconnectivity and information sharing between EMR systems in ambulatory settings and hospitals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Improvement in healthcare process through EMR systems in smaller practices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Implementing electronic prescribing and practice management systems by small and mid-sized healthcare providers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Work flow redesign in small healthcare practices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Achieving meaningful use by small and mid-sized providers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Health Information Exchanges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Challenges and issues of sharing electronic health information among different stakeholders<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Enhancing security and privacy in electronic exchange of healthcare information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Integration of Medical Devices (such as Vital signs monitor, EKG and ECG machines etc.) with EMR systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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