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*10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH IT AND ANALYTICS (CHITA)*
*CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS*
November 15-16 | Key Bridge Marriott, Washington, DC
go.umd.edu/CHITA2019
*Chair: Ritu AgarwalProgram Co-Chairs: Guodong (Gordon) Gao and
Jeffrey S.
McCullough*
We are pleased to announce the call for submissions to the 10th
Annual
Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA).
CHITA is an annual research summit and doctoral consortium that
gathers
prominent scholars in a multidisciplinary setting. CHITA focuses
on the
increasing role, importance and impact of analytics and health
information
technology in improving individual and population health, and
health system
quality and performance. Each year, the conference attracts over
100
scholars and thought leaders from more than 40 institutions. CHITA
provides
a forum for researchers to disseminate their work and network
within a
growing and vibrant community. This conference fosters
collaboration
between academia, government, and industry to bridge research,
policy, and
practice.
CHITA will be held in Washington DC, center of health policy
debates, on
Friday and Saturday, November 15-16th with a pre-conference
doctoral
consortium on Thursday, November 14th. The conference is hosted by
the
Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the
Robert H.
Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. CHIDS was
established in
2005, and is the first academic research center focused on health
information and decision systems in a leading business school.
CHITA is
produced in partnership with the University of Michigan School of
Public
Health with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
(AHRQ).
Papers are solicited on a wide range of topics including, but not
limited
to: Health IT's adoption and impact; Healthcare analytics and big
data;
Health information exchange and interoperability; New IT-enabled
organizational forms and delivery models; Market competition and
health
insurance exchange; mHealth and patient empowerment; and Quality
transparency and public reporting. There is special interest this
year in
the following emerging topics: AI applications for healthcare;
Adoption and
integration of analytics; Opioids; Priority populations;
Population health
management; Cybersecurity; Behavior (both of providers and
patients).
Please submit either a brief abstract (one page), an extended
abstract of
no more than 5 pages (11-pt font, one-inch margins on four sides,
double-spaced) or a full manuscript at
go.umd.edu/CHITA2019easychair by
Friday, July 19, 2019. Submissions will be reviewed for novelty,
rigor, and
policy impact. Decisions will be sent to authors no later than
Friday,
August 16, 2019. The conference will include full presentations,
research
round tables, and research panels (which feature several brief
presentations). As in the past, CHITA will give awards for Best
Paper, Best
student-authored Paper, and Young Researcher. The latter two
awards are
given to papers with either a student or junior researcher as the
lead
author. To be considered for awards, full papers should be
submitted at
go.umd.edu/CHITA2019easychair by Friday, Oct 11, 2019.
For further information and updates, including about the Doctoral
Consortium program, please check go.umd.edu/CHIDS2019. A limited
number of
graduate students and early investigator small travel grants will
be made
available, information will be posted to the conference website
about
applying. Programs and photo albums of previous years are
available on the
conference website for your perusal. We look forward to your
participation. Have questions? Contact us at
chita@rhsmith.umd.edu.
*Note: CHITA does not assume copyright over work accepted for
presentation.
Conference abstract Proceedings will be indexed, with authors able
to
optionally participate or not.
--
Ritu Agarwal
Senior Associate Dean
Distinguished University Professor and Dean's Chair of Information Systems
Director, Center for Health Information and Decision Systems
Robert H. Smith School of Business
2416F Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-1815
301.405.3121 TEL; 301.314.9120 FAX
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/directory/ritu-agarwal
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