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. 

Preface

Foreword (written by an internationally renowned academic): TBA.- Section I - Theories From IS.- Chapter 1: Rogers's Theory of Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations
Chapter 2: Assimilation of Technology
Chapter 3: Task Technology Fit.- Section II - Theories From Sociology.- Chapter 4: Structuration
Chapter 5: Actor Network Theory
Chapter 6: Activity Theory.- SECTION III - Theories From Economics and Management.- Chapter 7: Principle Agency Theory
Chapter 8: Systems Thinking
Chapter 9: Lean and Six Sigma.- Section IV - Theories of Behaviour: Individuals and Groups.- Chapter 10: Knowledge Management
Chapter 11: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Effectiveness
Chapter 12: Basic Assumptions and Unconscious Processes in Groups.- Section V - Theories From Strategy.- Chapter 13: Resource-Based View Versus Firm-Based View
Chapter 14: Business Value of Technology
Chapter 15:Boyd's OODA Loop.- Section VI - Mixed Method Research.- Chapter 16: Qualitative Versus Quantitative Research
Chapter 17: The Case Study Approach
Chapter 18: Grounded Theory
Epilogue
Appendix: Case Vignettes.