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Call for Papers - Health Information and Communication Technology (HICT)
Patient Education and Counseling 86 (2012) 420
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Patient Education and Counseling j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l s e v i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / p a t e d u c o u
Call for Papers
Health Information and Communication Technology (HICT) The “digital revolution” has transformed our lives in profound ways. From banking to the ways in which we buy, sell and receive goods and services, computer-based information technology now informs every aspect of everyday life. Health Information and Communication Technology (HICT) is no different. The advent of the electronic health record and its recent migration into the examination room is transforming the traditional view of the patient and her or his doctor into a patient-doctor-computer relationship. Outside of the medical office, the World Wide Web is used to search for healthcare information only second to sex, and patients have often read the latest journal articles well before their doctors can find the time to do so. In addition to being well-informed patients now have access to a variety of electronic “report cards” which provide information on physicians’ backgrounds and statistics such as malpractice cases they have been involved in. Finally, physicians’ use of social media like Facebook and Twitter to communicate with patients test the limits of professionalism. How will Healthcare be provided differently in the digital age, and what will the conversations that are partly virtual and partly face-to face, look like with shifting hierarchies, and a worldwide potential for connectivity? This special issue of PEC aims to unpackage the emerging trends that are already occurring in the world of HICT and
doi:10.1016/S0738-3991(12)00070-5
explore what we can anticipate in the next several years. We have identified at least five domains that warrant inquiry, each with sub-themes. These include: 1.electronic health records and patient doctor communication, HICT and relationship centered care, 2. digital disparities, 3. E-doc and the E-patient, social media & healthcare, 4. the internet as the healthcare infrastructure, and 5. patient empowerment through HICT. Researchers, practitioners and patients, involved in healthcare, HICT, and communication studies as well as those with first-hand accounts of the impact of the digital revolution, are invited to submit their work to this special issue. Guest editors: Shmuel Reis MD MHPE, Department of Faculty Development, Bar Ilan University Faculty of Medicine, Safed, Israel Richard M. Frankel Ph.D, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA. An abstract of the future manuscript needs to be submitted to: Shmuel Reis [email protected] Deadline to submit an abstract – 1st May 2012. The issue will be published in December 2013.
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Patient Education and Counseling j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l s e v i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / p a t e d u c o u
Call for Papers
Health Information and Communication Technology (HICT) The “digital revolution” has transformed our lives in profound ways. From banking to the ways in which we buy, sell and receive goods and services, computer-based information technology now informs every aspect of everyday life. Health Information and Communication Technology (HICT) is no different. The advent of the electronic health record and its recent migration into the examination room is transforming the traditional view of the patient and her or his doctor into a patient-doctor-computer relationship. Outside of the medical office, the World Wide Web is used to search for healthcare information only second to sex, and patients have often read the latest journal articles well before their doctors can find the time to do so. In addition to being well-informed patients now have access to a variety of electronic “report cards” which provide information on physicians’ backgrounds and statistics such as malpractice cases they have been involved in. Finally, physicians’ use of social media like Facebook and Twitter to communicate with patients test the limits of professionalism. How will Healthcare be provided differently in the digital age, and what will the conversations that are partly virtual and partly face-to face, look like with shifting hierarchies, and a worldwide potential for connectivity? This special issue of PEC aims to unpackage the emerging trends that are already occurring in the world of HICT and
doi:10.1016/S0738-3991(12)00070-5
explore what we can anticipate in the next several years. We have identified at least five domains that warrant inquiry, each with sub-themes. These include: 1.electronic health records and patient doctor communication, HICT and relationship centered care, 2. digital disparities, 3. E-doc and the E-patient, social media & healthcare, 4. the internet as the healthcare infrastructure, and 5. patient empowerment through HICT. Researchers, practitioners and patients, involved in healthcare, HICT, and communication studies as well as those with first-hand accounts of the impact of the digital revolution, are invited to submit their work to this special issue. Guest editors: Shmuel Reis MD MHPE, Department of Faculty Development, Bar Ilan University Faculty of Medicine, Safed, Israel Richard M. Frankel Ph.D, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA. An abstract of the future manuscript needs to be submitted to: Shmuel Reis [email protected] Deadline to submit an abstract – 1st May 2012. The issue will be published in December 2013.