Theories to Inform Superior Health Informatics Research and Practice

1. Front Matter

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2. Research Design and Methodologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Design Science Research Opportunities in Health Care

      • Alan R. Hevner, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 3-18

   3. Using a Survey Methodology to Measure User Satisfaction with Clinical Information Systems

      • Jonathan L. Schaffer, Peter Haddad, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 19-28

   4. Application of Hermeneutics in Understanding New Emerging Technologies in Health Care: An Example from mHealth Case Study

      • Zaid Sako, Sasan Adibi, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 29-35

   5. IS/IT Governance in Health Care: An Integrative Model

      • Peter Haddad, Steven McConchie, Jonathan L. Schaffer, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 37-54

   6. Predictive Analytics in Health Care: Methods and Approaches to Identify the Risk of Readmission

      • Isabella Eigner, Andreas Hamper

      Pages 55-73

   7. An Ontology for Capturing Pervasive Mobile Solution Benefits in Diabetes Care: Insights from a Longitudinal Multi-country Study

      • Arkland Ramaprasad, Steve Goldberg, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 75-93

   8. Clustering Questions in Healthcare Social Question Answering Based on Design Science Theory

      • Blooma John, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 95-108

   9. Using SWOT to Perform a Comparative Analysis of the German and Australian e-Health Systems

      • Isabella Eigner, Andreas Hamper, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Freimut Bodendorf

      Pages 109-125

   10. The Advantages of Using a Two-Arm Crossover Study Design to Establish Proof of Concept of Technology Interventions: The Case of a Mobile Web-Based Reporting of Glucose Readings in the Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)

       • Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Steve Goldberg

       Pages 127-138

3. Sociotechnical Considerations

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Modelling the Business Value of IT in Health Care: Technical and Sociotechnical Perspectives

      • Peter Haddad, Jonathan L. Schaffer, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 141-162

   3. Persuasive Technologies and Behavior Modification Through Technology: Design of a Mobile Application for Behavior Change

      • Andreas Hamper, Isabella Eigner, Alexander Popp

      Pages 163-184

   4. Integrating Two Sociotechnical Theories to Develop a Suitable Analytic Framework to Assess the Development of a Hospital Secure Messaging and Communication Platform

      • Imran Muhammad, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 185-200

   5. Using Structuration Theory to Assist in Understanding the Implementation and Adoption of Health Information Systems

      • Imran Muhammad, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 201-218

   6. Actor-Network Theory to Assist in Understanding the Implementation and Adoption of Health Information Systems

      • Imran Muhammad, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 219-233

   7. Activity Theory: A Comparison of HCI Theories for the Analysis of Healthcare Technology

      • Fabian Wiser, Carolin Durst, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

      Pages 235-249

   8. Fit-Viability Model Examination of e-Health Solutions

      • Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Jonathan L. Schaffer, Juergen Seitz, Imran Muhammad, Doug Vogel

      Pages 251-269

   9. Using Foucault to Understand Self-Monitoring in Chronic Disease Management

      • Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Steve Goldberg

      Pages 271-281

This unifying volume offers a clear theoretical framework for the research shaping the emerging direction of informatics in health care. Contributors ground the reader in the basics of informatics methodology and design, including creating salient research questions, and explore the human dimensions of informatics in studies detailing how patients perceive, respond to, and use health data. Real-world examples bridge the theoretical and the practical as knowledge management-based solutions are applied to pervasive issues in information technologies and service delivery. Together, these articles illustrate the scope of health possibilities for informatics, from patient care management to hospital administration, from improving patient satisfaction to expanding the parameters of practice.

 Highlights of the coverage:

·         Design science research opportunities in health care

·         IS/IT governance in health care: an integrative model

·         Persuasive technologies and behavior modification through technology: design of a mobile application for behavior change

·         The development of a hospital secure messaging and communication platform: a conceptualization                                                                                                                                                       

·         The development of intelligent patient-centric systems for health care

·         An investigation on integrating Eastern and Western medicine with informatics

Interest in Theories to Inform Superior Health Informatics Research and Practice cuts across academia and the healthcare industry. Its audience includes healthcare professionals, physicians and other clinicians, practicing informaticians,  hospital administrators, IT departments, managers, and management consultants, as well as scholars, researchers, and students in health informatics and public health. 

• e-Health
• theory
• frameworks
• case study
• grounded theory
• telehealth
• computerized medical records
• electronic health records (EHR)
• network centric healthcare
• patient centric healthcare
• healthcare management
• healthcare operations
• health informatics
• healthcare information systems
• qualitative research
• quantitative research
• electronic medical records (EMRs)
• information and communication technologies (ICT)
• ICT-enabled healthcare delivery

• Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, Australia

  Nilmini Wickramasinghe

• Deakin University, Burwood, Australia

  Jonathan L. Schaffer

Nilmini Wickramasinghe, PhD, MBA, GradDipMgtSt, BSc, researches and teaches within information systems domain with particular focus on the applications of these areas to healthcare and thereby effecting superior healthcare delivery. She is well published in all these areas with more than 300 refereed scholarly articles, several books, and an encyclopedia. In addition, Professor Wickramasinghe regularly presents her work throughout North America, as well as in Europe and Australasia. She is a professor in Health Informatics Management at Deakin University and the Professor-Director of Health Informatics Management at Epworth HealthCare in Australia. In addition, Professor Wickramasinghe is the U.S. representative of the Health Care Technology Management Association, and the editor-in-chief of two scholarly journals published by InderScience.

Jonathan L. Schaffer, MD, MBA, is managing director of eCleveland Clinic in the Information Technology Division ofCleveland Clinic and is on Staff in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as a joint and reconstructive orthopaedic surgeon. Dr. Schaffer's research interests include perioperative pain management, the integration of multimedia object-oriented databases in patient outcomes research, the biological effects of new surgical techniques, specifically lasers, and minimally invasive surgery.

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