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CFP: 11th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA 2020)

  • 1.  CFP: 11th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA 2020)

    Posted 08-20-2020 22:38
    Call for Submissions (Deadline Extended)
    11th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics
    (CHITA ONLINE!)
    October 8-10, 2020
    Chair: Ritu Agarwal
    Program Co-Chairs: Guodong (Gordon) Gao and Jeffrey S. McCullough
    We want to thank those of you who have already submitted your abstract to CHITA 2020 in advance of our August 21st deadline. Thanks so much to you all!
    We have received several requests to extend the deadline for submissions to CHITA. As a result, the conference chairs has decided to extend the final deadline for submissions to Friday, August 28th, 2020.
    We hope that this will give those who require it, additional time to finalize their abstracts for CHITA. We have already confirmed some wonderful keynote speakers such as: Joshua Gans who is Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; Kartik Hosanagar who is John C. Hower Professor of Technology and Digital Business and a professor of marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and, also keynoting will be the Chief Innovation Officer of a leading health system, which we will announce soon!
    Also, don't forget to nominate your doctoral students to participate in the doctoral consortium, and students, please be empowered to nominate yourselves.
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    We are pleased to announce the call for submissions to the 11th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA), which will be held online. 
    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 online conference dates include:
    1. Pre-Conference Doctoral Consortium: October 6th and 7th, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
    2. Day 1, Thursday, October 8th, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
    3. Day 2, Friday, October 9th, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
    4. Day 3, Saturday, October 10th, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
    The conference is hosted by the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. 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).
     
    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).
     
    Please submit a brief abstract (one page, 500 word max) by Friday, August 28, 2020 (mandatory). You may optionally submit an extended abstract of no more than 5 pages (11-pt font, one-inch margins on fours sides, doubled-spaced) or a full manuscript at go.umd.edu/EasyChair 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, September 14, 2020. The conference will include full presentations, research round tables, and research panels (which feature several brief presentations). As in the past, CHITA will give awards for Best Paper, Best student-authored Paper, and Young Researcher. The latter two awards are given to papers with either a student or junior researcher as the lead author. To be considered for awards, full papers should be submitted at go.umd.edu/EasyChair by Monday, September 28, 2020.
     
    For further information and updates, including about the Doctoral Consortium program, please check out go.umd.edu/CHITA2020. 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 chids@umd.edu.
    *Note: CHITA does not assume copyright over work accepted for presentation. Conference abstract Proceedings will be indexed, with authors able to optionally participate or not.
    About the Center for Health Information & Decision Systems
    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.
    Contact:
    Kenyon Crowley
    Managing Director, CHIDS


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    Guodong (Gordon) Gao
    Professor
    University of Maryland
    College Park MD
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