HICSS

Consumer Health Informatics concerns systems to support situations where the healthcare consumer takes an active role in understanding, deciding about and/or managing their own health. As such, it includes consumer health awareness (e.g., of risk factors), education (e.g.,. of treatment) and decision models (e.g., to compare individualized relative utility), as well as consumer access to electronic health records. With respect to this latter area, security and privacy, access control and rights, and consumer ability to make entries into the health record (including home monitoring) are key issues.

Topics include but not limited to systems to support:

Consumers taking an active role in understanding, deciding about and/or managing their health
Consumer health awareness and education;
Decision models for consumers
Consumer access to electronic health records – security and privacy, access control rights
Consumer ability to make entries into the health record (including home monitoring).

Minitrack Co-chairs

Jim Warren (Primary Contact)

Advanced Computing Research Centre

University of South Australia

Mawson Lakes SA 5095 AUSTRALIA

Voice: 61 8 8302 3446

Fax: 61 8 8302 3988

warren@cs.unisa.edu.au

Gordana Culjak

Department of Information Systems

Faculty of Information Technology

University of Technology, Sydney

City Campus

1 Broadway NSW 2007

Australia

Tel: +61 2 9514 1833

Fax: +61 2 9514 4492

E:mail: gordana@it.uts.edu.au

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Data and Knowledge Management in Health Care

For this minitrack, we invite papers that address all aspects of the technologies, applications and practices related to data and knowledge management in health care, including database systems and data warehousing/mining technologies that contribute to health information management.

Specific topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following:

· Analysis, Design, and Development of Database Systems for Health Care Applications

· Data Modeling for Health Care Applications

· Distributed Health Care Information Infrastructures

· Data Standards for Health Care Applications

· Data Quality Issues

· Data Warehousing/Mining for Health Care Information

· Decision Support Systems for Health Care

· Health Care Knowledge Management

· Public Health Information Systems

· Health Surveillance Systems

· Geographical Information Systems for Health Care Applications

Minitrack Co-chairs

Donald J. Berndt (Primary Contact)

Information Systems & Decision Sciences

College of Business Administration

University of South Florida

4202 E. Fowler Ave., CIS 1040

Tampa, FL 33620-7800

(813) 974-6769/5524

dberndt@coba.usf.edu

coba.usf.edu/berndt

Cindy LeRouge

Decision Sciences & MIS

Cook School of Business

Saint Louis University

3674 Lindell Blvd.

Saint Louis, MO 63108

(314) 588-7887

lerougec@slu.edu

James Studnicki

Health Policy & Management

College of Public Health

University of South Florida

13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 56

Tampa, FL 33612

(813) 974-6653

jstudnic@hsc.usf.edu

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E-Health Strategies, Architecture and Workflow Management

Communication and restoring confidence must prevent that the wheel is invented several times locally and good standards and standard systems have to be delivered centrally. There is a need for e-health strategies beyond the borders of institutions. Further research is needed on innovation, standardization and integration of information systems in healthcare.

The role of healthcare workflow-management by use of IT is to adjust the contributions of those organizations or units in terms of timing, quality and functionality. Organizations or units need goals that fit to their specific practice, workflow management requires cooperative goals, or at least, goals that do not conflict.

Research contributions for this minitrack could address, but are not limited to:

E-business strategy between healthcare organizations
Strategic Information Systems Planning in healthcare organizations or related professional organizations
National strategies for building IT architectures
Healthcare Management Information Systems
Standardization in healthcare
Practical examples of workflow-management solutions in Healthcare
Selection of aspects for inter-organizational workflow management
Workflow management: standards-based or problem-based?
Restructuring the workflow by use of IT, or, BPR to enable IT
Managing professionals in relation to workflow-management
Assessment of the management of the workflow.

Minitrack Co-chairs

Roel W. Schuring (Primary Contact)
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

r.w.schuring@sms.utwente.nl

Ton AM Spil
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
a.a.m.spil@sms.utwente.nl

Robert A. Stegwee
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
r.a.stegwee@sms.utwente.nl

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Healthcare Operations Control and Improvement by Use of IT

Healthcare operations are the archetype of professional work. According to Mintzberg, professional work is coordinated by standardization of skills and by mutual adjustment. As the demands to healthcare performance increase, the possible contribution of IT to improve healthcare process control is often suggested. Performance dimensions may include safety, efficiency, patient-centeredness, effectiveness, timeliness and equity. The use of IT to facilitate this takes many shapes, such as Electronic Patient Records, Healthcare Workflow Management Systems and IT-based systems for performance measurement and –feedback. This minitrack focuses on the effects that such IT-applications have on the level of the healthcare provision and vice versa. What is it that the IT-system intended to improve in the work process and has it succeeded? IT-systems may, unintended, only add complexity to working practice. Contributions to the minitrack may build on operations management theory. Contributions with an empirical background are strongly encouraged as well as refreshing theoretical papers.

Minitrack Co-chairs

Roel W. Schuring (Primary Contact)
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

r.w.schuring@sms.utwente.nl

Ton AM Spil
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
a.a.m.spil@sms.utwente.nl

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Information Systems Supporting Quality Care, Patient Safety and Patient Centric Technologies

Healthcare Information Systems are increasingly supporting evidence based medicine and patient centric technologies. Medical information systems are expected to help reduce medical errors, improve the quality of patient care and safety, and increase accessibility to medical care. This mini-track seeks to better understand the impact of information systems and technologies on patient care delivery. Papers presented will motivate research, present case studies, further theory, and/or foster exemplary methodology. Examples of relevant systems and topic sources include:

· developing and testing changes in the delivery of care

· electronic medical records

· medical knowledge management system

· medical protocol support

· telemedicine/tele-health innovations

· patient care monitoring

· patient centric health delivery including online reference sources like WebMD

· peer review support

· performance measurement and data collection in medical practice

· physician-patient communication

· population based care

· practice management systems

· preventive care

· quality measurement and improvement

· systems-based practice

Minitrack Co-chairs

Thomas Lee Rodgers (Primary Contact)

Information and Operations Management

Mays Business School

Texas A&M University

322F Wehner Building

College Station, TX USA 77843-4217

(979) 845-3139

Fax: (979) 845-5653

trodgers@tamu.edu

Cynthia LeRouge

Decision Sciences/ MIS Department

St. Louis University

3674 Lindell Avenue

DS 467

St. Louis, MO 63108

314-977-3852

Fax: 314-977-1483

lerougec@slu.edu

Josie R Williams
Director Quality, Patient Safety Initiatives (QPSI)
Institute for Healthcare Evaluation: TAMUS HSC
1716 Briarcrest Drive, Suite 702
Bryan, TX 77802-2794
979-458-0811
Fax 979-458-0813
http://www.tamuhsc.tamu.edu

JRWilliams@medicine.tamu.edu

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IS Implementation, Adoption and Diffusion in Healthcare

The study of diffusion and adoption of IS in healthcare still is challenging. This minitrack focuses on the role of factors on various levels and the interaction of these factors. On system-level, reimbursement structures, regulations and the existence of standards may have an explanatory role. On organization level, the previous strategic choices, strategic priorities, size and location of the organization and many other factors may play a role. On project level, resources, project management, etc. plays a role. Many studies concentrate on the crucial level of the individual, the user. It is wise to consider individual related success determinants such as relevance, attitude, requirements and resources. Yet, on this level, we need to learn more about the identification of different adopter-categories in practice and about the role that IT has for various work processes that it may simultaneously touch upon. This minitrack likes to attract papers with an empirical orientation (ex-ante or ex-post) along with refreshing theoretical contributions.

Topics include but not limited to:

· IT evaluation

· TAM

· USeIT

· EURC

· Delone & Mclean model

· IS success factors

· IT adoption

· Stakeholder analysis

· User characteristics

· Level of IT capabilities

· Compatibility with situation

· IT implementation

· IT diffusion

· Contingency factors

Minitrack Co-chairs

Roel W. Schuring (Primary Contact)
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

r.w.schuring@sms.utwente.nl

Ton AM Spil
Faculty of Technology & Management
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
a.a.m.spil@sms.utwente.nl

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IT-Enabled Governance Structures in Health Care

This minitrack focuses on the effect of ICT on the governance structures of health care. How does and should information and telecommunication technology affect them? Business process redesign is related to the issue, but governance structures are at a higher level both in importance and interest: business processes happen within the frames governance structures give. Governance structures are stabile and slow to change.

Issues of interest are among others:

· ownership of patient data

· role of government in adjusting governance structures

· e-governance

· networking patterns and options for health care

· different interpretations of the patient - health care-provider relationship

· health care cluster definitions and analyses

· the interplay between business processes and governance structures in health care

· peer-to-peer computing applications in health care

· effects of governance structures on health care personnel

· e-communities and their dynamics in health care

· how should information technology activities be organized within health care

· options for outsourcing

· Relevant theories

- transaction cost economizing

- resource-based thinking

- agency relationships

- media richness

- business process engineering

Minitrack Co-chairs

Reima Suomi (Primary Contact)

Turku School of Economics and Business

Administration, Finland

Rehtorinpellonkatu 3

FIN-20520 Turku, Finland

Tel. +35824814404

Fax. +35824814451

Reima.Suomi@tukkk.fi

Jarmo Tähkäpää

Turku School of Economics and Business

Administration, Finland

Rehtorinpellonkatu 3

FIN-20520 Turku, Finland

Tel. +358248143413

Fax. +35824814451

Jarmo.Tahkapaa@tukkk.fi

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Information Technology in Healthcare Settings in Countries with Developing Economies

The goal of this Minitrack is to provide a forum for discussing developments, progress and challenges faced by healthcare practitioners, researchers, information technology professionals, and policy makers in applying information technology to improve healthcare in countries with developing economies. We invite papers that address all aspects of technologies, applications and practices related to Information Technology in Healthcare Settings in Countries with Developing Economies.

Specific topics of interest include, but are not restricted to the following:

Network Infrastructure
Internet Connectivity
Partnerships between healthcare organizations, universities, donor agencies and governmental bodies
Medical record systems
Access to information sources, medical journals and publications
Clinical applications of information technologies in diagnosis and treatment
Remote diagnosis and treatment
Innovative uses of off-the-shelf products
International collaboration and networking
Delivery of medical education to healthcare workers in clinic settings and the community
Videoconferencing for telementoring and diagnosis
Electronic publications
Data gathering and synchronization

Minitrack Co-chairs

William Chismar (Primary Contact)

University of Hawai’i at Manoa

College of Business Administration

2404 Maile Way, G204

Honolulu HI 96822

808-956-9789

chismar@hawaii.edu

Paul A. Fontelo

Office of High Performance Computing and Communications

B1N30 38A

National Library of Medicine

Bethesda, MD 20854

301-435-3265

fontelo@nlm.nih.gov

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PDAs, Handheld Devices and Wireless Healthcare Environments

This minitrack deals with devices, applications and projects that use PDAs and other handheld devices in healthcare settings. These devices may be utilized in continuous wireless networked environments (802.11, Infrared, Bluetooth, 3G) or synchronized intermittently through desktop computers.

The goal of this Minitrack is to offer a forum for exploring the many research projects, devices, and applications of PDAs and the use of wireless networks in healthcare. We invite papers that address all aspects of technologies, applications and practices related to PDAs and Handheld Devices in Healthcare and Wireless Technologies Environments. Specific topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following: