-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: The Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA 2022) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 15:22:10 -0500 From: Ritu Agarwal ragar@umd.edu To: AISWorld List aisworld@lists.aisnet.org CC: Faye Baker zbaker@umd.edu, Ritu Agarwal rytzag@gmail.com, Guodong Gao ggao@umd.edu, Michelle Dugas mdugas@umd.edu
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*Program Chair: Ritu Agarwal*
*Program Co-Chairs: Guodong (Gordon) Gao and Jeffrey S. McCullough* We are pleased to invite you to attend the 12th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA 2022), which will be held in-person in Washington, D.C., on *March 4-5, 2022*, with a pre-conference Doctoral Consortium on *March 3, 2022*. (Conference venue TBA)
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.
The conference is hosted by the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. 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).
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*PUBLICATIONS* CHITA will be publishing proceedings on SSRN with authors retaining copyright. Brief abstracts will be published optionally at the discretion of the author(s) and shall be a maximum of 500 words. We will allow for resubmission via Easy Chair for two weeks post-conference to account for integration of any feedback received at CHITA.
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*TOPICS* Papers are solicited on a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: Health IT's adoption and impact; Artificial Intelligence (AI) for healthcare, Healthcare analytics and big data; Health information exchange and interoperability; New IT-enabled organizational forms and delivery models; mhealth and patient empowerment; and Quality transparency and public reporting. There is special interest this year in the following topics: AI applications for healthcare; Adoption and integration of analytics; Priority populations; Population health management; Cybersecurity; Behavior (both of providers and patients).
Papers that include a focus on themes of fairness in AI or AHRQ priority populations https://click.e.rhsmith.umd.edu/?qs=681d516d9629c718166cd578aee0b6af564b092336aa81fb100adf2ae365958177eb6fa1c045c83ff8021a40c0a6bf13efe2e07d83734995 (e.g., those with multiple chronic conditions, racial/ethnic minorities) will receive special consideration.
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*SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS* Submissions will be accepted online at EasyChair https://click.e.rhsmith.umd.edu/?qs=681d516d9629c71808bfe9f1485ec0c12130668f60fc0c79575fba5d8ffbed961cfc0f02846dd7ad73633f1cc420c921d846bf4e493918a2. Papers submitted to EasyChair https://click.e.rhsmith.umd.edu/?qs=681d516d9629c71808bfe9f1485ec0c12130668f60fc0c79575fba5d8ffbed961cfc0f02846dd7ad73633f1cc420c921d846bf4e493918a2 must be in PDF format and no larger than 50 mb.
Please submit a brief abstract (one page, 500-word max) by *Monday, Jan. 10, 2022* (mandatory). You may optionally submit an extended abstract of no more than five pages (11-point font, one-inch margins on four sides, doubled-spaced) or a full manuscript at go.umd.edu/EASYCHAIR https://click.e.rhsmith.umd.edu/?qs=dbdca4cda2280ee772df367b60d8c87488b1d6d71fc97f49a478bf69bbf33c95ef1a5821e9cd33da5ba9d58d2eaa336d7cdb37dc0462248f in addition to the required brief abstract. Submissions will be reviewed for novelty, rigor and policy impact. Decisions will be sent to authors no later than *Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. *The conference will include full presentations, research round tables and research panels (which feature several brief presentations). In addition, this year will feature a new submission type “HITA in Action,” featuring brief case studies of innovations in HITA being applied for real-world impact.
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*AWARDS* New this year, CHITA will give an award for most impactful case study of Health IT and Analytics in Action, along with awards for Best Paper, Best Student Paper (authored by a student), and Young Researcher. The latter two awards are given to papers with either a student or junior researcher as the lead author. Student papers must indicate on the first page whether the work was done by a student to be considered for the Best Student Paper Award. To be considered for awards, full papers should be submitted at go.umd.edu/EASYCHAIR https://click.e.rhsmith.umd.edu/?qs=dbdca4cda2280ee772df367b60d8c87488b1d6d71fc97f49a478bf69bbf33c95ef1a5821e9cd33da5ba9d58d2eaa336d7cdb37dc0462248f by *Monday, Feb. 14, 2022*. *IMPORTANT DATES* 1. Submission deadline: Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 2. Notification of acceptance: Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 3. Full paper deadline: Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 4. The Doctoral Consortium at CHITA: Thursday, March 3, 2022 5. CHITA 2022 conference: Friday and Saturday, March 4-5, 2022
*MORE INFORMATION* For further information and updates, including about the Doctoral Consortium program, please visit our website at go.umd.edu/chita2022 https://click.e.rhsmith.umd.edu/?qs=dbdca4cda2280ee7f6f957ed3a239bbf2b6d8a9a358b47cfd661be3af979cefada025286454a2659019acf44487cf6393785ca402fc3616e. 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 <chita@rhsmith.umd.edu?subject=CHITA%20question>.
**Note: CHITA does not assume copyright over work accepted for presentation. Conference Abstract Proceedings will be indexed, with authors able to opt-in to participate. *
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The Center for Health Information & Decision Systems (CHIDS) is an academic research center based in the Decision, Operations & Information Technologies (DO&IT) department at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, which collaborates closely with industry, government, and other key health system stakeholders. The research at CHIDS seeks to understand how digital technologies can be more effectively deployed to address outcomes such as quality, efficiency in healthcare delivery, patient safety, and a reduction in health disparities. CHIDS offers the benefit of world-class research staff and renowned scholars in healthcare analytics, machine intelligence, and health information technology design, adoption, and evaluation. CHIDS is a pioneer in the study of digitally enabled health system transformation, widely known for its thought leadership and research collaborations. On the web at go.umd.edu/chids https://click.e.rhsmith.umd.edu/?qs=dbdca4cda2280ee7cf6801d1fef2e800b00022fcbaeb7e0c594156076c7065eedeb22953a0b95fa431bc0be21b4916b2a6ef70427f3db8e7.
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