CHIDS is an academic research center with collaboration from industry and government affiliates, and is designed to research, analyze, and recommend solutions to challenges surrounding the introduction and integration of information and decision technologies into the health care system. CHIDS offers the benefit of a world-class research staff and renowned scholars in technology implementation, adoption, assimilation, decision sciences and information technology. CHIDS serves as a focal point for thought leadership around the topic of health information and decision systems.

News

• CHIDS wins a multi-stakeholder contract from AHRQ to investigate the integration of personal health information management into the design of patient-centered health information technology.
• CHIDS and UMIACS collaborate to organize the workshop "Health Information Management: The Next Wave" on June 2. The aim of this workshop is to explore research challenges in health information management.
• "Strong predictors of PHR use include education and knowledge of how PHRs work, convenience, compliance and connectedness, according to research by CHIDS"; - Wendy Angst, General Manager of CapMed & CHIDS Advisory Board Member quotes in her recent article in Health Information Technology.
• ''We have generated many spirited and lively discussions on healthcare in the business and management academic communities'' : CHIDS Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 1 released.

Research in Focus

• CHIDS researchers follow the adoption of a document management system Children’s National Medical Center
• Why do some hospitals choose to voluntarily disclose their quality performance online? Prof. Gordon Gao and his team explore the determinants of quality disclosure.
• Patient empowerment and Health 2.0 – CHIDS kick starts the next generation technology adoption research.
• CHIDS launches collaborative project with CISCO.