AMCIS 2007@KEYSTONE -- CONFERENCE TRACK(MINI TRACK)

Theory meets Practice: A

diagnostic view of e-health

initiatives, applications and

implementations

Healthcare

Chairs:

Sonja Wiley-Patton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Louisiana State University
Department of Information Systems & Decision Sciences
CEBA Building, Room 3194B3
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-2512 or
225-610-9113
Fax: 225-578-2511

Email: swpatton@lsu.edu

Stephanie Mills, MD, CMIO
Medical Director, Clinical Information Services
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
5000 Hennessy Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-765-6869
Fax: 225-765-3212
Email: smills@olormc.com

Alisha Malloy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama
Management Information Systems
Office: 369 Alston Hall
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
Phone: 205-348-3217
Voice: 205-348-7443
Fax: 205-348-5308
Email: amalloy@cba.ua.edu

http://www.sba.uwm.edu/RISH/AMCIS2007-SIGHealthCFP5.htm

Description:

Theory meets Practice: A diagnostic view of e-health initiatives, applications and implementations - imploring a bifocal research approach of theory-driven and ‘real world’ Healthcare problems and practices. This mini-track focuses on the bifocal viewing of (HIT) Health Information Technology research; thus HIT implementation ; Definitions - 1 : having two focal lengths; 2 : having one part that corrects for near vision and one for distant vision (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary copyright © 2005 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated). On-going research collaborations between the mini-track chairs have crystallized the importance of both professional views a) the humanistic and urgent-response outlook of the healthcare professional fused with; b) the systematic and theoretical vision of the academic.

We propose an obvious disconnect between healthcare professionals’ practical needs and information systems academicians’ scholarly quests. While organizational, cultural and professional disengagement may have subdued such collaborations in the past, we predict a national and global need for increasing such bifocal partnerships. In order to set forth an applicable HIT local and national agenda, both theory and problem-driven information systems research in healthcare are of vital importance. The critical need for healthcare’s electronic transition and improved quality of care transformation warrants such research undertaking.

“Our health care system is saturated with inefficiency,” HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said. “Until we adopt modern information technology practices -- like electronic health records, e-prescribing, and systematic adverse drug event reporting -- we will not have cost-effective medical care in this country, and we will have far too many medical errors.” (Leavitt, July 14, 2005; http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2005pres/20050714.html ). Subsequently the American Health Information Community (AHIC) http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahiccharter.pdf a private-public sector collaboration was formed- -and Requests for Proposals to fast-forward work related to privacy and security, standards harmonization, certification, and architecture, all of which are required to improve the nation's healthcare system are posted.

The mini-track will focus on:

Innovative Research Designs and Methods for emerging e-Health Initiatives:

Ø Studies that embrace mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative), as well as research that incorporate conflicting or opposing philosophical ‘Schools of Thought’ (i.e. positivist and interpretivists).

Exploring Evidence-based DSS Integration, Implementation and Routinization.

(CPOE) Computerized Physician Order Entry System: Diagnosis, Prognosis and Prescriptive Guidelines.

Shrink wrapped (EMR) Electronic Medical Records system: Case studies comparing the issues surrounding the purchase of a pre-packaged solution versus a customized physician-centered application.

Best Practice Guidelines for implementing (HIT) Health Information Technology:

Ø Training of Physicians and other Healthcare Professionals

Ø Gaining Physician “buy-in” and acceptance

Ø Organizational Implementation and Adoption Decisions (i.e.: optional innovation-decisions, collective innovation-decisions, authority innovation-decisions).

Ø Community Education and Awareness of HIT