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SUBMISSION DUE DATE: June 30, 2010 (Extended)

SPECIAL ISSUE ON E-adoption in Health and Governance

International Journal of E-adoption (IJEA)

Guest Editors: Chandana Unnithan and Bardo Fraunholz

INTRODUCTION:

As the power of the Internet becomes pervasive and related information communication technologies mature, globally, researchers are striving to understand their reach and impact on every sector, in every country. Contemporaneous research on e-adoption, in varied sectors is still nascent.

OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:

The special issue entitled “E-Adoption in Health and Governance” proposes to explore and publish current research regarding e-adoption in the health sector and in governance, across the globe. Leveraging ICTs and the pervasive power of Internet and Web 2.0 in governance has become common, may it be developed or developing nations. While citizen participation and engagement is solicited in developed nations, the developing nations wish to extend the reach of government to all citizens. The special issue proposes to capture the current models, frameworks, motivations and outcomes of e-adoption in governance of a country, at multiple levels. Conversely, the Health Sector in many countries have begun leveraging ICTs for better servicing its citizens and improving overall quality of life. Some examples include e-health initiatives, integrated Electronic Health Records, Knowledge dissemination networks and public health surveillance frameworks. Learning from health sector in one country may be able to benefit another. Therefore, the special issue has the objective to understand varied influences for e-adoption as well as the impact of e-adoption in governance and health, across the globe, in varied countries]

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:

Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:

E-adoption in Governance (Conceptual  and Completed research).

1.      The use of Internet, ICTs and Web 2.0 (Blogs, Second Life, YouTube, Twitter…) tools to enable citizen participation in governance

2.     Government services delivery leveraging ICTs, Internet and Web

3.     Cross national and cross border e-adoption models in governance

4.     The influencing factors for e-adoption in government

5.     Role of mobile technologies and innovations in enabling electronic democracies

E-adoption in Health: Conceptual and completed research

1.      Information dissemination systems using ICT/Internet/Web for Pandemic Management

2.     E-Health conceptual frameworks and implementation studies, influencing factors for adoption

3.     Public Health Surveillance models and early warning systems with ICT intervention

4.     Use of mobile technologies (including RFID and mobile devices) and geographical information systems in health.

5.     Adoption of electronic health records: issues, trends, models, frameworks and implementations

 SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on [E-adoption in Governance and Health] on or before [June 30, 2010]. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf.  All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.

ABOUT International Journal of e-adoption (IJEA):

The mission of the International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA) is to broaden the overall body of knowledge in Internet and other information and communication technologies adoption at the firm, state, and country levels through contemporaneous research. IJEA publishes papers of both theory and practice that provide guidance to the policy makers, decision makers, and practicing managers in business, industry, government, and academia for various e-adoption perspectives.

This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association www.igi-global.com/ijea

Editor-in-Chief: Sushil K Sharma

Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)

PUBLISHER:

The International Journal of E-adoption is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

All submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:

Chandana Unnithan and Bardo Fraunholz

Guest Editors

International Journal of E-adoption (IJEA)

E-mail: chandana.unnithan@deakin.edu.au