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Capabilities
 CHIDS was formed
in an effort to advance the science
of technology implementation and
decision analysis in the health
care sector and better understand
its impacts at all levels, including
organizational, provider, and individual
outcomes. Ultimately, the goal of
CHIDS is to improve the delivery
of health care by offering researched
solutions that impact safety, quality,
access, efficiency, and return on
investment.
Research Project Sponsorship (RPS)
– The primary purpose of CHIDS is
to encourage and sponsor research
and assist with development related
to HIT. To accomplish this objective,
the Center provides funding to faculty
members who propose interesting,
leading-edge research related to
HIT and related topics. CHIDS funds
individual scholars as well as multidisciplinary
teams of researchers who propose
projects to CHIDS, or who are interested
in undertaking studies brought to
CHIDS by its sponsors.
Group Field Projects
(GFP) – CHIDS coordinates GFP’s
for advanced MBA students enrolled
in The Smith School. These GFP’s
offer MBA students, who are in their
final semester of the program, the
opportunity to work in a team with
other graduating MBA’s, and solve
real-world problems related to development,
implementation and/or use of technology
in a health care setting. The sponsoring
organization assigns the students
a project that can be accomplished
within the timeframe of a semester
and which has specific, measurable,
deliverables.
Executive Education
in HIT – Certificate programs
for health care information technology
stakeholders are offered through
CHIDS. The programs focus on pitfalls
and barriers to HIT implementation
in addition to offering best practices
and models of success. One or two-day
intense, immersion courses related
to HIT implementation issues include
lectures on adoption frameworks
for HIT, study of research results,
and practical application of the
results. This program is co-produced
by the University of Maryland, Robert
H. Smith School of Business, Executive
Education Center.
Annual HIT Forum
– A premier, international annual
meeting of key HIT stakeholders,
strategists, and academic researchers
who seek to educate and be educated
on the latest research and development
results in health information technology.
Events are highly interactive and
focus on the most important issues
confronting health care entities
as they accelerate adoption and
adaptation of information technology
into their business processes and
organizational structures.
Outreach
– This function is part of the Center’s
efforts to serve key industry partners,
academic affiliates, government
agencies, and private sector stakeholders
by disseminating HIT knowledge through
white-papers, short-courses, journal
publications, seminars and other
distribution channels. Longer term,
CHIDS will publish an electronic
journal, monograph series, and/or
a book of collected papers each
year.
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