[AISWorld] ECIS 2013, e-Health Track

[Rich Klein]

European Conference of Information Systems 2013, e-Health Track

One of the most important issues concerning global welfare is the current state of healthcare worldwide. E-health has enormous potential to improve servicedelivery 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 thenear future. However, to fully exploit the power of E-health many challenges and problems must be overcome. The integration of many platforms within ahealthcare network is a prerequisite for the successful development and deployment of E-health. The adoption and diffusion of E-health consistently lags behindother industries. Subsequently, specific IS knowledge is needed to raise the level of the adoption rate in addition to transform healthcare and healthcare policies
 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.

E- health can support two ambitious goals, namely, (1) building efficiency in developed countries and (2) building knowledge in undeveloped. Accordingly, thistrack seeks to promote and encourage the use of proven industry technologies in healthcare settings. Here, the learning cycle can be reduced and the bridgeacross the digital divide mended. The track welcomes work focusing on adoption and diffusion as well as new technology innovations.

New technology often drives improvements in E-health. There is a significant need for superior business modeling techniques to evaluate technology in the earlystages of the development. Many new “successful” applications end up on 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 thefollowing subjects and on other appropriately connected topics:

E-health design
Adoption and diffusion of IS in healthcare
Human Technology interaction in healthcare
Standardization of information interchange
Advances in community health information networks
Internet/intranet applications (e.g. medical protocols, patient information, etc.)
Workflow management in healthcare chains
Patient privacy and data security
Health IT’s role in supporting rapid learning and decision making
E-health across the digital divide
Patient safety and E-health
On-line Health and social media
Serious gaming in healthcare

Call for papers available at https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/call-for-papers.

Submission guidelines and templates available at https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/participation/submission.

Track Chairs:

Ton Spil, University of Twente, The Netherlands, a.a.m.spil at utwente.nl
Wendy Currie, Auduncai Nantes, Ecole de Management, France, wcurrie at audencia.com
Richard Klein, Clemson University, College of Business and Behavioral Sciences, U.S.A., rklein at CLEMSON.edu

The track is supported by the Special Interest Group Healthcare of the AIS.
 
Dr Richard Klein, PhD
Associate Professor
Graduate Programs Coordinator
Department of Management
Clemson University
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