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49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

  • 1.  49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

    Posted 04-26-2015 21:22
    This call for papers may be of interest to many of us...

    Conference: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
    Track: Organizational Systems and Technology
    Mini-track:  ORGANIZATIONAL AND INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL TOPICS IN HEALTHCARE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Within the 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), we organize a minitrack on Organizational and Inter-organizational topics in healthcare and information technology.  The 49th HICSS, one of the most prominent conferences on information systems and sciences worldwide, will be held January 5-8, 2016, Grand Hyatt Kauai, Hawaii (http://www.hicss.org).

    This minitrack explores organization and inter-organizational topics at the intersection of healthcare/wellness and information technology broadly speaking. We welcome papers that theoretically or empirically advance understanding in these areas. We solicit excellent papers that develop and expand current knowledge in research areas pertaining to organizational and inter-organizational health care information technology - such as organizational strategy in the healthcare/wellness industry, collaboration and innovation across multiple care organizations, and field-level transformation in healthcare. Papers can use any acceptable methodology and theory. We welcome papers at any level of analysis and encourage papers that take a cross level perspective. Some possible topic areas include but are not limited to:
    • Studies of new organizational forms and/or inter-organizational tensions created by the recent emergence of new care delivery models (patient centered medical homes, accountable care organizations, bundled payments, pay for performance, etc.)
    • Examinations of the complex processes of change in healthcare delivery organizations and across multiple healthcare organizations coordinating care for diverse patient populations
    • Understandings of how healthcare executives view/approach IT in corporate strategy matters and make decisions involving IT
    • Future advancements needed for IT as a strategic resource in healthcare organizations
    • Advancements in knowledge of how IT facilitates collaboration and innovation across organizational boundaries in the healthcare industry
    • Challenges for IT in facilitating change in healthcare/wellness organizations
    • The role of IT solutions in organizational learning in and across healthcare/wellness organizations
    • The role of IT in organizational and inter-organizational issues in healthcare
    • Inter-organizational collaboration in coordinating care for patients
    • Examinations of how healthcare professionals adopt and incorporate digital solutions into their work practices, including how individual attributes such as professional values impact use of health IT applications at a group or organizational level

    MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS
    Sirkka Jarvenpaa     (Primary Contact), McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, Sirkka.jarvenpaa@mccombs.utexas.edu
    Holly Lanham, School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, lanham@uthscsa.edu
    Elizabeth Davidson, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii Manoa, edavidso@hawaii.edu

    IMPORTANT DATES
    June 15, 2015                             Submission full manuscripts
    August 15, 2015                         Acceptance Notifications
    September 15, 2015                  Submission camera-ready paper
    October 1, 2015                         Early Registration fee deadline
     
    More info: http://www.hicss.org/

    Holly J. Lanham, PhD, MBA
    Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine & Department of Community and Family Medicine
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    Investigator, South Texas Veterans Health Care System
    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Information, Risk & Operations Management,
    McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
    c: 512.970.9971
    http://hollylanham.com