-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] HICSS 2021 (Kauai): Unintended consequences of IT implementations in healthcare (mini-track) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:08:40 -0700 From: Virginia Ilie ilie.virginia@gmail.com To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org
Dear colleagues,
Please consider submitting your research to one of the newest and exciting mini-tracks at HICSS on *Unintended consequences of IT implementations in healthcare.*
*Unintended consequences *are outcomes that have not been anticipated when planning or implementing Information Technology (IT) projects in healthcare. Such consequences can be either desirable or undesirable, positive or negative. While research documenting *positive *aspects of IT implementations in healthcare exists, very little is known about other unintended and rather *negative* consequences of such IT projects in the healthcare domain.
Electronic medical record systems (EMR) and other advanced IT solutions have the potential to reduce healthcare costs, increase quality of care, standardize best practices and allow physicians and patients access to interoperable medical records globally. However, little research evidence exists on the link between EMR implementations and achievements of such positive outcomes.
There are also many potential unintended, negative aspects and consequences associated with complex IT implementations in healthcare that remain under-researched such as misuse of EMR systems, workflow inefficiencies, dehumanizing of the patient-provider interaction, user workarounds, physician/nurse/patient dissatisfaction to security attacks and hospital data hacking and ransoming, patient privacy issues, increased hospital costs, HIPAA violations, increased difficulties in information sharing among healthcare entities, and abandonment of costly EMR projects among many other things.
*2021 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-54)*
January 5-8, 2021, Grand Hyatt, Kauai, USA
*http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ http://hicss.hawaii.edu/*
*Track: Information Technology in Healthcare*
*Mini-track**: Unintended consequences of IT implementations in healthcare*
This mini track calls for research associated with any *unintended – positive or negative – consequences* of IT implementations in the healthcare domain at various levels of analysis, individual, organizational or societal. Such research should help inform both academics and practitioners of unintended negative consequences from complex IT implementations and introduce possible solutions to alleviate such negative impacts.
We seek research on topics such as:
· Misuse of EMR systems by clinical staff, patients or other entities.
· Lack of innovation in EMR interface design.
· Evidence of positive organizational outcomes from EMR implementations such as cost reduction, improved care, inter-operability, etc
· Impacts on clinical workflows and provider-to-provider communication patterns.
· System design issues and associated consequences.
· Consequences associated with attaining cost reductions or other target indicators due to EMR implementations.
· Challenges in obtaining complete information at the point of care or information overload.
· Increased difficulties in information sharing among providers or healthcare entities.
· Dehumanizing of the patient-provider interaction.
· User workarounds and new types of medical errors.
· Physician/nurse/patient dissatisfaction with clinical systems.
· Security attacks and hospital data hacking and ransoming.
· Users’ perceptions of security controls in healthcare and their compliance or non-compliance.
· Patient privacy issues.
· HIPAA violations and recommendations to stay compliant.
· Challenges for smaller clinical practices in selecting and working with an EMR vendor.
· Abandonment of costly EMR projects.
· Any other unintended positive or negative EMR impacts.
Completed papers or research in progress with all types of research methodologies are welcome.
Please contact Dr. Virginia ILIE with any questions or if you’d like to discuss a paper concept before submitting
*Important Dates*:
June 15, 2019: Paper Submission Deadline (11:59 pm HST)
August 17, 2019: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 4: Deadline for Authors to Submit Revised Manuscript for Review
September 22, 2019: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication
October 1, 2019: Deadline for at least one author to register for the conference
*Co-chairs** of the “**Unintended consequences of IT implementations in healthcare” mini-track:*
Virginia Ilie, Ph.D. (primary contact), vilie@callutheran.edu
Sweta Sneha, Ph.D. ssneha@kennesaw.edu _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org