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Dear colleagues,
We are offering a new mini-track this year at HICSS - *Unintended,
negative
consequences of IT implementations in healthcare -* and invite you
to
submit your work.
Research on the *positive aspects* of Information Technology (IT)
implementations in healthcare abounds. 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 inter-operable medical
records
globally. However, there are many potential *negative aspects* and
consequences associated with complex IT implementations in
healthcare that
remain under-researched. While some challenges are technological
in nature,
others are internal, organizational as well as external,
regulatory.
*2020 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
(HICSS-53)*
January 7-10, 2020, Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, USA
*
http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ <http://hicss.hawaii.edu/>*
*Track: Information Technology in Healthcare*
*Mini-track**: Unintended, negative consequences of IT
implementations in
healthcare*
In the era of smart devices and usable interfaces, many
commercially
available EMRs offer a user experience with often sub-optimal
usability.
Medical practitioners work under severe time constraints and are
much less
understanding and forgiving of system limitations. Patients also
expect
flawless access to their medical records.
This mini-track calls for research associated with any *unintended
or
negative aspects *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 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.
· Impacts on clinical workflows and provider-to-provider
communication patterns.
· System design issues and associated consequences.
· 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.
· Patient privacy issues.
· HIPAA violations and recommendations to stay compliant.
· Increased hospital costs.
· Challenges for smaller clinical practices in selecting and
working with an EMR vendor.
· Abandonment of costly EMR projects.
· Any other unintended 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*:
April 15, 2019: Beginning of Submission Period
June 15, 2019: Paper Submission Deadline (11:59 pm HST)
August 17, 2019: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 22, 2019: Deadline for Final Manuscript
October 1, 2019: Deadline for at least one author to register for
the conference
January 7, 2020: Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials
January 8-10, 2020: Paper Presentations
*Co-chairs** of the “**Unintended, negative consequences of IT
implementations in healthcare” mini-track:*
Virginia Ilie, Ph.D. (primary contact),
vilie@callutheran.edu
Sweta Sneha, Ph.D.
ssneha@kennesaw.edu
Paul Witman, Ph.D.
pwitman@callutheran.edu
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