Call for Papers:
Special issue of MIS Quarterly on the “Role of Information Systems and Analytics in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management”.
Chronic diseases (such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease, lung disease, cancer, depression, stroke, hypertension, and Alzheimer’s) are responsible for seven of ten deaths each year, and treating people with chronic diseases accounts for 86% of health care costs. As healthcare experts, care providers and policy makers try to identify new ways to lower healthcare costs while improving care process and delivery, information systems and analytics can play a pivotal role in the effective prevention and proactive management of chronic diseases while lowering costs and improving patient outcomes.
Consistent with MISQ’s Trifecta Vision of impact, range, and speed, the special issue editors solicit submissions from a wide variety of research traditions, including behavioral, design, economics, and organizational perspectives, and methods to tackle significant problems related to the treatment of chronic diseases using information systems and analytics.
The editors welcome submissions that bring together research from several disciplines, including but not limited to information systems, medicine, public heath, management, operations, psychology, accounting, economics, health informatics, computer science, and electrical engineering. We seek submissions whose focus and contribution is on the role of IS and analytics in addressing chronic disease management and prevention. Importantly, the research should leverage the distinctive characteristics of chronic disease prevention and management.
The timeline for the special issue is as follows:
- Extended abstract submission deadline May 1, 2017
- Submission deadline August, 1 2017
- Round 1 decisions November 1, 2017
- Workshop (location TBD) January 15, 2018
- Revisions due May 1, 2018
- Round 2 decisions August 1, 2018
Additional details on the special issue are provided on the MISQ web site:
http://www.misq.org/skin/frontend/default/misq/pdf/CurrentCalls/ChronicDisease.pdf
or https://ai.arizona.edu/news-article/misq-2017
Special Issue Editors
Indranil Bardhan, University of Texas at Dallas
Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona
Elena Karahanna, University of Georgia
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Indranil Bardhan
Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas
Plano TX
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