<div dir="ltr"><h1>Abstract Announcement for International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI) 9(4)</h1>
The contents of the latest issue of:<br><b>International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI)</b><br>Volume 9, Issue 4, October - December 2014<br>Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically<br>ISSN: 1555-3396; EISSN: 1555-340X; <br>Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-healthcare-information-systems/1094" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/ijhisi</a><p>Editor(s)-in-Chief: Joseph Tan (McMaster University, Canada)</p><i>Note:
There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to
the International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and
Informatics (IJHISI). All manuscripts are accepted based on a
double-blind peer review editorial process.</i><p><b>GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE</b></p><p>Innovation and Engagement: The Key to Expedite Health Information Technology Adoption</p><p>Bernard
Han (Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo,
MI, USA), Sharie Falan (Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA)</p><p>To obtain a copy of the Guest Editorial Preface, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=124113&ptid=91505&ctid=15&t=Innovation%20and%20Engagement:%20The%20Key%20to%20Expedite%20Health%20Information%20Technology%20Adoption" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=124113&ptid=91505&ctid=15&t=Innovation
and Engagement: The Key to Expedite Health Information Technology
Adoption</a></p><p><b>ARTICLE 1: A Balanced Perspective to Perioperative Process Management Aligned to Hospital Strategy</b></p><p>Jim
Ryan (Sorrell College of Business, Troy University, Phenix City, AL,
USA), Barbara Doster (University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital,
Birmingham, AL, USA), Sandra Daily (University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hospital, Birmingham, AL, USA), Carmen Lewis (Sorrell College of
Business, Troy University, Phenix City, AL, USA)</p><p>Dynamic
technological activities of analysis, evaluation, and synthesis can
highlight complex relationships within integrated processes to target
improvement and ultimately yield improved processes. Likewise, the
identification of existing process limitations, potential capabilities,
and subsequent contextual understanding are contributing factors that
yield measured improvement. Based on a 120-month longitudinal study of
an academic medical center, this study investigates how integrated
information systems and business analytics can improve perioperative
efficiency and effectiveness across patient quality of care, stakeholder
satisfaction, clinical operations, and financial cost effectiveness.
This case study examines process management practices of balanced
scorecard and dashboards to monitor and improve the perioperative
process, aligned to overall hospital goals at strategic, tactical, and
operational levels. The conclusion includes discussion of study
implications and limitations.</p><p>To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/a-balanced-perspective-to-perioperative-process-management-aligned-to-hospital-strategy/124116" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/article/a-balanced-perspective-to-perioperative-process-management-aligned-to-hospital-strategy/124116</a></p><p>To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124116" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124116</a></p><p><b>ARTICLE 2: A Threat Table Based Assessment of Information Security in Telemedicine</b></p><p>John
C. Pendergrass (College of Business Administration, University of
Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA), Karen Heart (Tagmata Software
Security, Chicago, IL, USA), C. Ranganathan (College of Business
Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA), V.
N. Venkatakrishnan (Department of Computer Science, University of
Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA)</p><p>Information security within
healthcare is paramount and telemedicine applications present unique
security challenges. Technology is giving rise to new and advanced
telemedicine applications and understanding the security threats to
these applications is needed to ensure, among other things, the privacy
of patient information. This paper proposes a threat table approach to
assess security threats pertaining to telemedicine applications. The
concept and its usefulness are illustrated using a case study. This case
study focuses on the capture and representation of salient security
threats in telemedicine. To analyze the security threats to an
application, it presents a threat modeling framework utilizing a table
driven approach. The study reveals that even in a highly controlled
environment with static locations, the security risks posed by
telemedicine applications are significant, and that using a threat table
approach provides an easy-to-use and effective method for managing
these threats.</p><p>To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/a-threat-table-based-assessment-of-information-security-in-telemedicine/124117" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/article/a-threat-table-based-assessment-of-information-security-in-telemedicine/124117</a></p><p>To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124117" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124117</a></p><p><b>ARTICLE 3: Monitoring and Assisting Maternity-Infant Care in Rural Areas (MAMICare)</b></p><p>Juan
C. Lavariega (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico), Gustavo A.
Córdova (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico), Lorena G. Gómez
(Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico), Alfonso Avila
(Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico)</p><p>Presented is the
project called MAMICare, which is motivated by the alarming number of
maternity and infant deaths in rural areas due mainly to a poor
monitoring of pregnancy progress and lack of appropriate alerting
mechanism in case of abnormal gestation evolution. This work proposes an
information technology solution based on mobile devices, and health
sensors such as ECG (electrocardiogram), stethoscope, pulse-oximeter,
and blood-glucose meter to collect automatically relevant health data
for a better monitoring of pregnant women. This article addresses the
status of the maternity infant death problem especially in rural areas
of Mexico. It reviews some applications of IT in health systems (known
also as Electronic Health or simply e-Health) and discusses how these
are related to the presented proposal and how they differ. The article
presents the proposed solution and discuss the current status of the
work.</p><p>To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/monitoring-and-assisting-maternity-infant-care-in-rural-areas-mamicare/124118" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/article/monitoring-and-assisting-maternity-infant-care-in-rural-areas-mamicare/124118</a></p><p>To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124118" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124118</a></p><p><b>ARTICLE 4: An Exploratory Study of Home Healthcare Robots Adoption Applying the UTAUT Model</b></p><p>Ahmad
Alaiad (Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland
Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA), Lina Zhou (Department of
Information Systems, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore,
MD, USA), Gunes Koru (Department of Information Systems, University of
Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA)</p><p>The home healthcare
initiative is aimed to reduce readmission costs, transportation costs,
and hospital medical errors, and to improve post hospitalization
healthcare quality, and enhance patient home independency. Today, it is
almost unimaginable to consider this initiative without information
technology. Home healthcare robots are one of such emerging
technologies. Several robots have been developed to facilitate home
healthcare such as remote presence robots (e.g., RP2) and Paro. Most
previous research in this area has focused on technology and
implementation issues of home healthcare robots, but ignored the factors
that influence their adoption. To address the limitation, the current
research applied and extended the UTAUT model to the home healthcare
domain. The model was tested using survey questionnaire. The empirical
results not only confirmed the effects of some constructs from the
original UTAUT model but also identified perceived security as a new
factor that directly affects usage intention of home healthcare robots.
In addition, effort expectancy did not show a direct effect but an
indirect effect through performance expectancy on usage intention.
Several practical and theoretical implications are also discussed.</p><p>To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/an-exploratory-study-of-home-healthcare-robots-adoption-applying-the-utaut-model/124119" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/article/an-exploratory-study-of-home-healthcare-robots-adoption-applying-the-utaut-model/124119</a></p><p>To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124119" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124119</a></p><p><b>BOOK REVIEW: Accelerating Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation: The Virginia Mason Experience</b></p><p>Sharie Falan (Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA)</p><p>To obtain a copy of the Book Review, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=124120&ptid=91505&ctid=17&t=Accelerating%20Health%20Care%20Transformation%20with%20Lean%20and%20Innovation:%20The%20Virginia%20Mason%20Experience" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=124120&ptid=91505&ctid=17&t=Accelerating
Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation: The Virginia Mason
Experience</a></p><hr class="">For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the <b>International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI)</b> in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated <b>"InfoSci-Journals"</b> database: <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/e-resources/infosci-databases/infosci-journals/" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/isj</a>.<hr class=""><p><b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b></p><p>Mission of IJHISI:</p><p>The mission of the <b>International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI)</b>
is to be a prime source for both academic researchers and practitioners
to advance the knowledge and practice in the interdisciplinary areas of
healthcare information technology and management research. IJHISI
addresses the innovative concepts and critical issues in the emerging
field of health information systems and informatics.</p><p>Indices of IJHISI:</p><ul><li>ACM Digital Library</li><li>Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC)</li><li>Bacon's Media Directory</li><li>Burrelle's Media Directory</li><li>Cabell's Directories</li><li>Compendex (Elsevier Engineering Index)</li><li>CSA Illumina</li><li>DBLP</li><li>Gale Directory of Publications & Broadcast Media</li><li>GetCited</li><li>Google Scholar</li><li>JournalTOCs</li><li>Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)</li><li>MediaFinder</li><li>Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)</li><li>SCOPUS</li><li>The Index of Information Systems Journals</li><li>The Standard Periodical Directory</li><li>Ulrich's Periodicals Directory</li></ul><p>Coverage of IJHISI:</p><p>This
journal spans a wide scope of applications and issues surrounding the
organization, classification, evaluation, and adoption of advanced
information and communication technology in topics that include (but are
not limited to) the following: </p><li>Clinical decision support design, development, and implementation </li><li>E-health </li><li>Healthcare </li><li>Impact of HISI on public and social policy </li><li>IT applications and measurements in health organizations and practices </li><li>IT security and privacy issues </li><li>Management of emerging healthcare technologies </li><li>Medical informatics </li><li>M-health </li><li>Role of informatics specialists </li><li>Telemedicine </li><li>Virtual health technologies<p>Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-healthcare-information-systems/1094" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-healthcare-information-systems/1094</a></p></li></div>