Health Care Management Program

Background

Joonghee Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management in the Beaver College of Health Sciences at Appalachian State University. He holds a doctorate in Business Administration with concentration on Information Systems. Prior to this, he worked as an assistant manager of the Information Strategy Team in Cheil Industries Inc. in South Korea. There, he was responsible for managing IT infrastructure, IS planning, training employees in the use of the data warehouse, and acting as liaison between company’s departments and external IT consultants. Dr. Lee’s research explores the economic and social impacts of information technology and the application of analytics in business and healthcare. His research has been published in Information Resource Management Journal, Knowledge and Process Management, International Journal of International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management.

Education

• Ph.D., Auburn University, Business Administration-Information Systems

Research Interests

Lee’s research focuses on understanding the economic and social impact of information technology in various industry setting, including healthcare, e-commerce, and supply chain management.

Selected Publications

• Lee, J. (2022) “The Role of Information Systems and Organizational Communication Culture in Transforming a Business Function,” Information Resources Management Journal, 35(1), 1-15. 
• Lee, J., Kim, J.S., and Shin, S.I. (2023). “Does the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Adoption Matter? Exploring Patterns of EMR Implementation and its Impact on Hospital Performance,” Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, HI, January 3-6. 
• Xu, P., Lee, J., Barth, J.R, and Richey, R.G. (2021) “Blockchain as Supply Chain Technology: Considering Transparency and Security,” International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 51(3), 305-324.
• Lee, J., Hall, D., Lee, K., Han, S., and In, J. (2020). “Healthcare Information Technology and Hospital Performance: Diversity and Velocity,” The 26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 10-14.
• Paradice, D., Freeman, D., Hao, J., Lee, J., and Hall, D. (2018). “A Review of Ethical Issue Considerations in the Information Systems Research Literature”, Foundations and Trends in Information Systems, 2(2), 117-236.
• Xu, P., Liu, D., and Lee, J. (2018). “Mobile Augmented Reality, Products Sales, and Consumer Evaluations: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,” The 39th International Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco, CA, December 13-16.
• Lee, J., Hall, D., and Cegielski, C. (2018). “Spillover of Information Security Incidents’ Impact: The Moderating Role of Social Networks and IT,” The 24th Americas Conference on Information Systems, New Orleans, LA, August 16-18.