-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] AMCIS 2009 minitrack "Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing in Healthcare" Datum: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:55:20 -0500 Von: Virginia ILIE vilie@ku.edu Antwort an: Virginia ILIE vilie@ku.edu An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

Dear colleagues,

You are invited to submit your papers to the AMCIS 2009 minitrack �Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing in Healthcare� [Part of the Ubiquitous Computing Track]

The minitrack is described below:

There are myriad challenges associated with realizing the vision of ubiquitous and pervasive healthcare. The objective of the mini-track is to solicit work-in-progress and completed research papers covering technical, organizational, behavioral, economical, and managerial perspectives on ubiquitous and pervasive computing in healthcare that: (1) study the development of ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous communication, and, intelligent interfaces and infrastructure supporting ubiquitous healthcare, (2) propose and/or evaluate the design, development, and implementation of ubiquitous healthcare applications, (3) assess the impact of ubiquitous healthcare applications on patients, doctors, healthcare organization, and society in general, and (4) develop theories to better understand the emerging phenomenon of ubiquitous healthcare.

Ubiquitous healthcare is a concept that stemmed from the vision of Mark Weiser, who is considered to be the father of ubiquitous computing. The following quote produced by Mark Weiser almost a decade ago describes his vision of ubiquitous computing �The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it�. Healthcare seems to be the most apt domain for the application of ubiquitous technologies since there is no other domain where the importance of obtaining the right information at the right time irrespective of time and location dependency is more critical than the healthcare sector. The essence of �Ubiquitous Healthcare� lies in the creation of an environment where healthcare is available to everyone, everywhere without any dependence on time and location and where technologies enabling ubiquitous healthcare would not only be pervasive but also be assimilated flawlessly in the daily lives. The definition of ubiquitous healthcare involves two perspectives, one being the domain of application of the technologies enabling ubiquitous computing and the other being the concept that integrates healthcare more seamlessly to our everyday life.

In the wake of the 21st century healthcares systems around the globe are faced with the aggravating challenge of providing quality healthcare to an aging populace, exponential rise in healthcare costs (approximately 17% of GDP in US), and, limited financial as well as human resources. Ubiquitous healthcare involves a paradigm shift in healthcare, practices, delivery, and view. It holds the promise of maintaining wellness, disease management, support for independent living, prevention and prompt treatment, along with emergency intervention anytime and anywhere as and when needed. Ubiquitous technologies enabling this paradigm shift will lead to personalizing and consumerizing healthcare and flawlessly assimilating the technologies into the patient�s home such that concurrent prevention, diagnosis, and treatment can occur. This transformation implies technical applications of consumer operated interoperable standard technologies for maintaining health and wellness by leveraging technologies supporting ubiquitous communication, computing, and intelligent user-friendly interfaces such as: PDAs, mobile phones, etc. At the level of the healthcare organization, ubiquitous healthcare will lead to a change from physician centric systems to patient centric operational models.

Possible topics could include but are not limited to the following:

§ Business models and strategic applications of ubiquitous healthcare § Definition and conceptual models/framework of ubiquitous and pervasive healthcare § Design, development, implementation, and/or evaluation of novel ubiquitous healthcare applications § Design and development of emerging technologies supporting ubiquitous healthcare § Factors impacting usability, user-acceptance, adoption, and diffusion of ubiquitous healthcare applications § Impact of usage of ubiquitous healthcare applications on patients, doctors, healthcare organization, and society in general § Privacy, security, and trust issues with adoption and usage of ubiquitous healthcare applications § Theory and model development focusing on the role of ubiquitous computing in healthcare

Minitrack Chairs: Sweta Sneha, Kennesaw State University, USA, ssneha@kennesaw.edu Virginia Ilie, University of Kansas, USA, vilie@ku.edu

Important Dates: January 2, 2009: Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions February 20, 2009 (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): Deadline for paper submissions April 2, 2009: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date April 20, 2009 (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due

Further information about the conference and minitrack proposals is available in AMCIS2009 Web site at: http://www.amcis2009.org

Virginia ILIE, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Information Systems Department of Accounting and Information Systems School of Business, University of Kansas Summerfield Hall 1300 Sunnyside Ave. Lawrence, KS 66045-7585 (785) 864-7594 vilie@ku.edu http://www.business.ku.edu/facultyProfiles-7NEEX

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