Call for Papers - Special Issue of Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research on eHealth and Services Computing in Healthcare

Guest Editors:

Carolyn McGregor (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada)

Anthony Maeder, (University of Western Sydney, Australia)

Healthcare is often perceived to lag behind other industry sectors in its uptake and adoption of new technology. eHealth is one such technology which includes the areas of health informatics, electronic medical/patient records, clinical decision support, telehealth. The main purpose of eHealth is to provide better use of information in health care settings, to improve the quality of patient care and the efficiency of clinical processes. Many situations exist where the use of eCommerce principles would be appropriate to establish new eHealth solutions, and these warrant extensive research investigation. Services Computing has b een described as a cross-discipline that covers the science and technology of bridging the gap between Business Services and IT Services (IEEE Services Computing Community). This role is supported by Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA), business consulting methodology and utilities, business process modelling, transformation and integration. The goal of Services Computing is to enable IT services and computing technology to perform business services more efficiently and effectively. Opportunities abound for the unique aspects of healthcare to drive fundamental computing and IT research together with leading applied research within the healthcare domain, that could potentially be reapplied to areas outside of healthcare.

This special issue invites papers with research contributions in the domain of eHealth and Services Computing in Healthcare. The topics include but are not limited to:

• * Trends and Challenges for eHealth and/ or Services Computing in Healthcare
• * Case Studies in eHealth and/or Services Computing in Healthcare
• * Impact and benefits of eHealth and Services Computing in Healthcare
• * Services Computing for intra and inter organization patient journeys
• * Drivers and Barriers for adoption of Service Oriented Architectures in Healthcare
• * Usage of mobile devices and patient surveillance systems for Healthcare Services
• * Patient journey modeling in eHealth and/or Services Computing in Healthcare
• * Quality of Service and Quality Assurance for eHealth and/or Services Computing in Healthcare
• * Development and deployment of Service Oriented Architectures supporting Healthcare
• * Legal and Regulatory requirements concerning electronic delivery of Healthcare Services
• * New models of healthcare delivery supported by eHealth and/or Services Computing
• * Healthcare Services performance issues (e.g. Availability, Reliabil ity and Security)
• * Management and monitoring of eHealth and/or Services Computing in Healthcare
• * Assessment, evaluation and evidence validation issues for Healthcare Information Systems
• * Design, usability, ethics and other human factor issues for Healthcare Information Systems
• * eHealth DBMS implementation issues including security, portability and mobility

Submission:

Authors are invited to submit original and significant research contributions in the aforementioned areas. Papers should not be previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts must conform to the journal format (see http://www.jtaer.com/). All submissions will be reviewed according to the journal peer-review policy. Accepted papers will be published in the special issue on eHealth and Services Computing in Healthcare of the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (to appear in August 2009). Pleas e submit title and abstract as well as full papers under consideration of the deadlines given below to: c.mcgregor@ieee.org

Important Dates:

Abstract submission:    January 15, 2009

Full paper submission:    February 15, 2009

Author notification:     April 15, 2009

Camera ready version:    June 7, 2009