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Call for Papers
Health Systems
Special Issue on System Innovation through Blockchain Application:
Assessing Opportunities and Limitations of using Distributed
Ledgers in Healthcare
Blockchain technology is anticipated to touch, if not transform
multiple industries including healthcare. By enhancing data flow
among various stakeholders in the healthcare industry, blockchain
would enable access to comprehensive health records and facilitate
collaboration opportunities. Blockchain in turn may potentially
impact health outcomes, patient satisfaction, provider efficiency.
With the premise of empowering individuals, blockchain provides
opportunities for patients to access and manage their health data.
Rooted in the finance world, blockchain has yet to be adapted to
clinical settings in which information from different sources must
be integrated. Following the intense publicity around the
opportunities of blockchain, rigorous research is needed to
effectively design and evaluate blockchain applications in the
context of health care as a system which is the purview of this
journal.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Novel system approaches utilizing blockchain in the realm of
consumer health informatics.
* Innovative design of blockchain solutions in healthcare serving
patients, physicians, pharmacologists, and payers.
* Design of blockchain solutions that to ensure patient privacy
and confidentiality
* Evaluation of blockchain solutions as a platform for sharing
health data across health institutions
* Evaluation of the economic impact of using of blockchain in
healthcare including sustainability requirements
* Issues associated with the integration of blockchain with
current health systems including interoperability requirements
* Implication of blockchain use in terms health outcomes, patient
satisfaction, and provider efficiency
* Implications of increasing patient access and governance of
health data through blockchain
Important Dates
* Paper submission due: December 31, 2019
* First notification: March 30, 2020
* Revisions due: May 30, 2020
* Final decision: July 30, 2020
* Expected publication date: 3rd Quarter 2020
Guest Editors
Lina Bouayad, PhD (Managing Guest Co-Editor), Florida
International University,
lbouayad@fiu.edu<mailto:lbouayad@fiu.edu>
Raja Jayaraman, PhD (Managing Guest Co-Editor), Khalifa
University,
raja.jayaraman@ku.ac.ae<mailto:raja.jayaraman@ku.ac.ae>
For any additional information, please feel free to contact the
guest editors.
Submission guidelines
Authors should prepare their manuscripts according to the
“Instruction for Authors” found here
<https://goo.gl/NCs9t8?utm_source=CPB&utm_medium=cms&utm_campaign=JOE09760>
. Full Papers on the above-mentioned topics from conferences like
AMIA, ICIS, AMCIS, INFORMS, WITS, or INFORMS International are
strongly encouraged for submission. Extensions of conference
papers with about 50% new content will be reviewed upon reception.
All papers, including those presented at AMIA, ICIS, WITS, and
INFORMS International, will be peer-reviewed on an expedited
reviewing process by experts in Blockchain and Health Informatics.
About Health Systems
Health Systems is an international, peer-reviewed journal
publishing high-quality, original research. Please see the
journal's Aims &
Scope
<https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=THSS>
for information about its focus and peer-review policy. Health
Systems accepts the following types of article: Original articles,
Review articles, Position papers, Case studies and Short
responses.
Lina Bouayad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Information Systems & Business Analytics,
College of Business, Florida International University
Health Science Specialist, Rehabilitation Outcomes Research
Service, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
Phone: 305-348-5437
Fax: 305-348-4126
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lina-bouayad-28528118/
[FIU College of Business]
<https://business.fiu.edu/>
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