[AISWorld] AMCIS 2015: CFP: IT for Global Health

[Michael Dohan]

*Call for Papers*


 AMCIS 2015: Americas Conference on Information Systems


August 13-15, 2015, Puerto Rico


Track: Healthcare Information Systems and Technology

Mini-track: *Information Technology for Global Health*


 You are invited to submit a paper to the AMCIS 2015 conference to the
mini-track on: *“Information Technology for Global Health”,* mini-track at
the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) to be held in
Puerto Rico on August 13-15, 2015.


As global interconnectedness increases, the impact of health problems are
not efficiently addressed from a purely national standpoint. Therefore, a
concerted effort among governments, multidisciplinary efforts, and other
institutions, in efforts that span national boundaries, is the new emerging
approach to deal with these issues. This approach, known as global health,
entails using this multidimensional approach to address transnational
health issues, specifically including HIV/AIDS, rural healthcare service
delivery, and other health issues affecting the world population.


This minitrack will explore emerging trends for applying innovative and
groundbreaking health IT solutions to improve general population and
community healthcare across the globe, including low-cost, mobile and other
emerging applications. These solutions will provide a multinational
perspective on the benefits of mobile health and other emerging information
technologies and describes different examples and applications implemented.
This minitrack will consider empirical research, reviews of current
literature, theory, methodology, as well as relevant position papers and
suitable research in progress papers.


The following types of submissions will be considered:

   - Reviews of global health IT development
   - Comparisons of regional strategies and application
   - Proposals for development, extensions and improvements of global
   health innovations and solutions
   - Examination of strategies and approaches of technology transfer among
   different countries (e.g, global health IT governance; multi-national
   health services networks and architectures, open source applications, etc.)
   - Analytics, data science, data mining or intelligence studies related
   to global health
   - Studies on the impact of the adoption of innovative (e.g., low-cost)
   technologies
   - Specific applications, including epidemiological surveillance systems,
   emergency and disaster response systems, and chronic disease management
   systems
   - Public health and environmental health monitoring and tracking systems
   - Methodological issues pertaining to the evaluation of global health
   technologies and initiatives
   - Socio-cultural-policy assessments of Health IT priorities
   - Trans-jurisdictional issues surrounding the implementation of Health
   technologies and initiatives
   - Impact of regional strategies and culture of nature and styles of
   Health IT implementation

*How to Submit a Paper*

Submit your manuscript before February 25, 2015 at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2015

Selected best papers will be fast-tracked for publication review and
consideration into Health Policy & Technology and/or the International
Journal of Healthcare Information & Informatics.


*Important Dates*

   - January 5, 2015 – Manuscript Submission Opens
   - *February 25, 2015 – Submission Deadline*
   - May 5, 2015 – Final decisions on AMCIS 2015 program are made

*Minitrack Chairs*

Chair: Joseph Tan, McMaster University, tanjosep at mcmaster.ca

Co-Chair: Jim Ryan, Troy University, jeryan at troy.edu

Co-Chair: Michael S. Dohan, Lakehead University, msdohan at lakeheadu.ca
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