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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>For your information. Below is the call for papers for the upcoming </span><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.cutter.com/itjournal.html">Cutter IT Journal</a></span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'> issue </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>on <b><a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/hitcfp">How IT Can Transform Healthcare</a></b></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'> guest edited by</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#575757'> <b><u><a href="http://www.cutter.com/meet-our-experts/murugesans.html"><span style='color:#2F6AAB'>San Murugesan</span></a></u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:19.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#C00000'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Abstract Submission D</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ue</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'> <b>14 February 2014</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:19.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Articles Due:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> 21 March 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>You may consider contributing an article to this issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Best Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>San<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Professor San Murugesan <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Editor-in-Chief, IEEE <a href="http://www.computer.org/itpro"><i><span style='color:#002060'>IT Professional</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Editor, <a href="http://www.computer.org/computer"><i><span style='color:#002060'>Computer</span></i></a> and Cloud Cover column<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Director, BRITE Professional Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Adjunct Professor, University of Western Sydney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Sydney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Web: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/sanbio"><span style='color:#002060'>http://tinyurl.com/sanbio</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/santweets" target="_blank"><span style='color:#002060'>@santweets</span></a><br>Linked-In: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/sanlinks"><span style='color:#002060'>http://tinyurl.com/sanlinks</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#575757'>--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>How IT Can Transform Healthcare</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/hitcfp">http://www.tinyurl.com/hitcfp</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#575757'><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Transforming healthcare is a key priority for public and private healthcare providers and governments. But the healthcare industry is facing major challenges in delivering quality healthcare services at affordable costs. How can IT transform healthcare? There has been progress in applying IT in healthcare in areas such as telemedicine, mobile health, electronic medical records (EMR) and healthcare portals. There is greater potential, however, particularly considering ongoing advances in RFID, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile devices and wireless communications, social media, nanotechnology, robotics, data analytics, context-aware systems and smart applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Healthcare IT is both promising and challenging to IT professionals, managers and executives. Only through the prudent design, development and implementation of healthcare IT initiatives that are aligned with healthcare procedures, practices and objectives will bring about the transformation needed for superior healthcare delivery. And there is growing concern among stakeholders over the risks of increasing reliance on IT for healthcare, including resilience, security, privacy, and availability. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>In an upcoming issue of <i>Cutter IT Journal</i> we will explore the potential of healthcare IT and examine how we can address the issues and challenges that IT and the healthcare industry face in realizing the promise of IT. We are also interested in learning how the strategies and lessons learned by healthcare IT professionals could be applied by IT professionals in other industries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>What is the promise of emerging technologies in healthcare such as clinical decision support, visual diagnosis, RFID, IoT, biometrics, body sensors and actuators, social Media, 3D printing, context aware systems and applications, and personalized medicine?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>How is mobile technology changing healthcare? What is its impact on healthcare from the provider and community perspective?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>How can IT help reduce medical errors and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>How might ePrescription and EMR evolve in the near future?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>How can IT help improve safety and quality of care for patients? What are the ongoing advances in assistive technologies and systems?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>How can the strategies/lessons learned by IT professionals in the healthcare industry be applied by IT professionals in other industries?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>What are the special requirements of healthcare clouds and how can clouds be better utilized for healthcare?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>How can data analytics - descriptive, prescriptive and predictive analytics - be exploited for better healthcare?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>How can IT help in integrating and coordinating fragmented and relatively uncoordinated healthcare services? How can we address the underlying issues in realizing coordinated healthcare delivery?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>What are the issues in sharing healthcare data, and how can we address them? Are there any data standards that we can embrace?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>What are the best ways to analyze large volumes of patient data to track trends, identify best practices, and determine the best treatments?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>What are the major challenges and barriers facing IT professionals and healthcare IT departments in embracing IT to advance healthcare?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>13.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>What role can a Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) play?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>14.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>What is your business case for transforming healthcare using IT?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>15.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Is there any framework for formulating a healthcare IT strategy for small, medium and large healthcare establishments?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>16.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>What are the trust, security and privacy issues in healthcare IT applications, and how can they be addressed?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>17.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>How can IT, social media and mobile devices be used to empower patients and create healthcare awareness among the public? What is the potential of crowd sourcing in healthcare?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>18.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>How do developing countries embrace mobile devices and IT in innovative ways to meet their unique needs within the constraints they face?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>19.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>What have we learned from the failures -- and deployment -- of healthcare.gov? How can we do it better?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:43.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>20.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>  </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>What can IT professionals and executives in healthcare IT learn from the success of IT-enabled transformation in banking, commerce, travel/tourism, and government services sectors?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#575757'><br></span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>TO SUBMIT AN ARTICLE IDEA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Please respond to San Murugesan at <b>smurugesan[at]cutter[dot]com</b>, with a copy to <b>cgenerali[at]cutter[dot]com</b> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'>no later than 14 February 2014</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'> and include an extended abstract and a short article outline showing major discussion points.<o:p></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