Frequent questions from our members include where can we go to get feedback on work in progress, learn more about grants, and learn how to write for a health informatics journal. Join funders, researchers, editors, and leaders in health information systems to obtain some answers and insight. In addition, take this opportunity to socialize and connect with others interested in health information systems research through dialog about work in progress and over lunch and breaks. Â Registration will be kept at $75 to defray part of the cost of the included lunch and breaks. Â Instructions for registering will be sent via email and posted on the SIG-Health web site, once registration is open.
The day will start at 8:30 and end by 3:30 and is planned as follows:
Morning Sessions-
During the morning of the workshop, JAIS Special Issue editors, AEs, and other workshop participants will work with interested authors to advance their works in progress towards journal submission at round table sessions. Most that have attended round table workshops to discuss work-in-progress indicate that this is a means to get some of the most valuable feedback they have received on work-in-progress given the collective dialog among the members at the table. Ideally, authors intending to submit to the JAIS special Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) Health Care IT…Process, People and Patients issue will attend the pre-AMCIS workshop. In cases where authors will not attend, feedback will be provided via email after the close of AMCIS 2009. To provide feedback to authors of work in progress, we will conduct the following roundtable and poster sessions:
Work In Progress (full paper) Roundtables –    To discuss full paper works in progress submissions
 For these sessions, we ask that ALL interested authors submit their initial drafts to Fay Cobb Payton at fay_payton@ncsu.edu by April 30, 2009. The JAIS special issue editorial team and other workshop attendees will work to provide collective feedback and comments to submissions.  We anticipate two one hour sessions.
Abstract Roundtables – To discuss abstract submissions
For those authors who have developed abstracts, we will also host roundtables to also provide feedback from the JAIS Special Issue’s editorial team and other workshop attendees. Authors willing to submit abstracts should do so by August 1, 2009 at fay_payton@ncsu.edu. We anticipate one abstract session.
Lunch
Poster Session – To discuss early stage work particularly from doctoral students
We would like to especially encourage doctoral students to participate in a poster session which will take place during an extended lunch at the workshop. This is an excellent forum to get feedback from all attending the SIG-Health PreConference workshop. It also gives attendees the opportunity to review current research of emerging healthcare IS scholars.
Afternoon –
Presentations – To discuss writing for a Health Informatics Journal and Grant Writing
The day will also include two special presentations. The first presentation, led by Medhu C. Reddy (http://faculty.ist.psu.edu/reddy/), will focus on writing for health informatics journals The second presentation, led by Kristen Tolle, Microsoft Research (http://research.microsoft.com/~ktolle/), will focus on grant writing.
We look forward to seeing you on August 6, 2009!