December 14, 2015, 6:00 PM 8:00 PM
201 B Convention Center
This is a meeting and interaction opportunity for SIG-Health members and those interested in healthcare research and practice. We will start with a meet and greet and then have a round table discussions on different topics. Below is a list of our discussion leaders and a short description of the topic. Email gondyleroy@email.arizona.edu for more information.
Round Table Discussion Topics
Digitalizing Medicines/ Digitalizing Medicines, Tony Cornford
Medicines are central to the delivery of good health. Digitizing medicines and supporting medicines related practices has been central to eHealth initiatives e.g. in drug discovery, secure supply chains, CPOE, dispensing, administration, regulation and pharmacovigilance. But this research is usually fragmented and siloed. We discuss here the potential for a more integrated and holistic research programme with digital drugs (and their digital materiality) at the center.
Understanding EHR and provider interactions in a patient encounter to improve EHR, Ann Fruhling
The electronic health record (EHR) was expected to transform the delivery of health care services in the United States; reducing costs and improving health outcomes through standardizing practice and reducing medical errors. The reality, however, is that EHR adoption within the United States has not consistently lowered healthcare costs or improved patient care. Some of the failures of EHR adoption has been placed on the physician’s resistance to adopt new technology. Recent research into physician adoption of the electronic health record even among super-users, supports the perceived resistance to the current EHR systems is not due to clinician resistance to change but due to their negative impact on clinician workflow and communication, and insufficient functionality of the health information system. In this round table discussion we will explore research opportunities to improve EHR adoption and the role and responsibilities of the IT research community.
Wellness Service Research/Wellness Services, Doug Vogel
Wellness Service Research is aimed at exploring the combination of people, processes and technology that assist citizens in achieving a desired state of health. By so doing, chronic disease onset can be, at least partially, mitigated and quality of life enhanced (or so we hope). The purpose of this roundtable is to share desires and experiences with respect to the issues associated with wellness service research design, implementation and impact.
The status of eHealth or mHealth services, Changmi Jung
We will discuss the current status and practices of eHealth and mHealth services. The discussion will focus on emerging trends in health care services that are enabled by ICT (Information and Communication Technology), these services’ benefits and challenges, their adoption and outcomes, as well as current and future research in the field of healthcare information systems.
Technology-enabled Healthcare Delivery, Kaushik Ghosh
Even though they are preventable, occurrence of chronic diseases (e.g. Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Asthma) poses a serious challenge to the US Healthcare system and is a significant economic burden. One out of every three individuals suffer from chronic diseases and almost three-fourths of total healthcare spending can be attributed to them. Technology can play a pivotal role in chronic disease management. The aim of this roundtable is to understand the current state and discuss future prospects of technology-enabled healthcare delivery models (e.g. telehealth, including telecare/remote monitoring and telemedicine) to improve management of chronic diseases.
Integrating and Coordinating Healthcare with IT-enabled Systems Leadership, Kathryn Brohman
Systems Leadership is grounded in the concept that for change to occur, leadership needs to be enacted through interactions in the healthcare system. The scope of systems leadership is not limited to the most influential policy makers, hospital CEOs and health professionals, it is holistic in the sense that any individual involved in providing or receiving health care services can be a driver of change. This session will explore the role of technology in enabling patient-centric system-level healthcare interactions.