The deadline is quickly approaching for the following Call for Papers.
Decision Sciences Special Topic Forum:
Decision Making in the Health-Sector Supply Chain
Deadline: February 1, 2007, via DSJ Online at https://wpcarey.asu.edu/dsjOnline/
Associate Editor Team
W. C. Benton, The Ohio State University
K. K. Sinha, University of Minnesota
Like manufacturing industries, the health-sector supply chain is taking notice of the untapped potential of integrating functions and capabilities across the enterprise. The health-sector supply chain includes acute care providers, group purchasing organizations, distributors, manufacturers (medical-device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies), healthcare information technology organizations, and insurers. In its most basic form, the health-sector supply chain involves all of the activities and decisions made to move a product from the manufacturer to the patient's bedside. Despite the potential benefits of supply chain integration, the dynamic nature of the health sector may not lend itself to the success of supply chain strategies in other industries. Compared to other industries, the health-sector supply chain's functions and capabilities are more dispersed across intermediaries at different levels in the supply chain, and often involve the delivery of both products and information services.
This Special Topic Forum (STF) focuses on advancing decision-making research in the health-sector supply chain by publishing forward-thinking, rigorous research that stimulates future research on designing and managing healthcare services in today's rapidly changing environment. When considering the unique challenges of the health-sector supply chain, healthcare executives and managers recognize the importance of managing upstream and downstream relationships, and the roles that sourcing, marketing, information technology, operations, distribution, finance, product development, and customer service play in the efficient and effective deployment of the supply chain.
The STF encourages research examining different types of decision problems ranging from strategic to operational that occur in various forms, including inter-organizational, group-based, and technology-enabled. Health-sector research has, and will likely continue to draw from diverse academic disciplines such as operations management, information systems, marketing, strategic management, organizational behavior, technology management, and public policy.
Building on the refocused editorial mission of Decision Sciences , this STF seeks manuscripts utilizing diverse research approaches, such as theoretical, empirical, and analytical research methods. Articles published in this STF must meet Decision Sciences' high standards of research rigor and originality, while embracing managerial relevance, not only in the research problem studied, but also in their impact on enhanced decision making. STFs consist of a collection of three to five articles that are published in a regular issue along with other peer-reviewed articles.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to :
· Information technology integration within and between organizations
· A data-driven analysis of EMR (electronic medical record) systems
· RFID adoption and implementation in the healthcare sector
· Coordinating product design and supply chain design decisions
· Globalization of the healthcare supply chain and medical tourism
· Managing the demand for episodic healthcare delivery systems
· Development and delivery of personalized healthcare systems
· Regulatory and reimbursement considerations in supply chain management
· Managing product recalls and reverse logistics
· Avian flu pandemic and its implications for supply chain management
· Biosecurity considerations in supply chain design
· The effects of HIPAA on the healthcare delivery system
· A data-driven analysis of the consumer-driven healthcare initiative
· An in-depth data analysis of the hospital cost structure: administrative, fixed, and variable
All submissions must adhere to the format and style guidelines of Decision Sciences journal. Manuscripts will be evaluated on the same criteria as regular manuscripts. The evaluation process will be similar to regular paper submissions, except the Associate Editors assigned to the manuscript will be part of the STF Editorial Team. Manuscript preparation and submission instructions can be found on the journal's web site at http://wpcarey.asu.edu/dsjOnline/ . In the cover letter, please indicate that your submission is for the Health-Sector Special Topic Forum.
Deadline for Submissions: February 1, 2007.
Best regards,
Jeanne Elliott on behalf of the Editors
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Jeanne Elliott, Managing Editor, Decision Sciences Journal
Program Coordinator, Dept. of Supply Chain Management
W. P. Carey School of Business
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