Hilal Atasoy

Associate Professor, Rutgers Business School

Associate Editor, MIS Quarterly

Email: hilal.atasoy@rutgers.edu

Healthcare IT | Digital Health | Labor Markets and IT | Social Impacts of IS

Dr. Hilal Atasoy is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Information Systems at the Rutgers Business School. She joined the faculty at Rutgers from the Fox School of Business at Temple University. She has a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research analyzes the consequences of digitization for society by focusing on digital transformation in healthcare and labor markets. She studies how information systems and the associated flow of information across providers affect healthcare outcomes and the impacts of information technology and innovation on labor markets. Dr. Atasoy’s research has been published in leading outlets such as Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Production and Operations Management, and Industrial and Labor Relations Review. She currently serves as an associate editor for MIS Quarterly.

PEER REVIEWED Publications

Ayabakan, S., Atasoy, H., Pang, M.S. (2024) The Interplay between Healthcare Information Technologies and Claim Denials, Forthcoming at MIS Quarterly.

Begen, N., Atasoy, H. (2024) Technological Literacy and Employment: An Inquiry into Educational Technology Adoption, Telecommunications Policy, 48(10): 102864.

Ganju, K., Atasoy, H., Pavlou, P. (2022) Do Electronic Health Record Systems Increase Medicare Reimbursements? The Moderating Effect of the Recovery Audit Program, Management Science, 68(4):2889-2913.

Atasoy, H., Banker, R., Pavlou, P. (2021) Information Technology Skills and Labor Market Outcomes of Workers, Information Systems Research, 32(2):437-461.

Atasoy, H., Demirezen, E., Chen, P. (2021) Impacts of Patient Characteristics and Care Fragmentation on the Value of HIEs, Production and Operations Management, 30(2):563-583.

Ganju, K., Atasoy, H., Greenwood, B., McCullough, J. (2020) The Role of Decision Support Systems in Attenuating Racial Biases in Healthcare Delivery, Management Science, 66(11): 5171-5181.

Finalist of the Responsible Research in Management Award
Finalist of the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation’s Annual Research Award
Reprinted in the Management Science Special Issue on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Atasoy, H., Greenwood, B., McCullough, J. (2019) The Digitization of Patient Care: A Review of the Effects of Electronic Health Records on Health care Quality and Utilization, Annual Review of Public Health, 40:487-500.

Atasoy, H., Chen, P., Ganju, K. (2018) The Spillover Effects of Health IT Investments on Regional Health Care Costs, Management Science, 64(6):2515-2534.

- - Selected as a Featured Article and to appear in Management Science Review blog by the Editor-in-Chief
  - Young Researcher Award, Conference on Health IT and Analytics, 2014
  - Best Paper Award Nominee, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, 2015

Atasoy, H., Banker, R., Pavlou, P. (2016) On the Longitudinal Effects of IT Use on Firm-Level Employment, Information Systems Research, 27(1): 6–26. (Lead Article)

Atasoy, H. (2013) The Effects of Broadband Internet Expansion on Labor Market Outcomes, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 66 (2): 315-345. (Single Authored)

- - Cited in the 2023 Economic Report Report of the President by the White House
  - Featured at the Chicago Policy Review

Papers UNDER REVIEW

Demirezen, E., Atasoy, H., Jain, A., Kumar, S. Bridging Information Gaps: How HIE Use Influences Lab Test Ordering Across Care Settings

Under 4th round review at Information Systems Research

Ganju, K., Atasoy, H., Pavlou, P., “Where to, Doc?” Electronic Health Record Systems and Mobility of Chronic Care Patients

Under 2nd round review at Journal of Management Information Systems

Meng Y., Michael, A. and Atasoy, H., Quality Assurance and Fraud likelihood: Unintended Consequences of Benchmarking in the National Health Service in the UK

Under review at Journal of Business Ethics

Atasoy, H. From Connectivity to Capability: The Impact of Structured Support on Internet Use in Underserved Areas

Under review at Research Policy
White paper: Lessons from Social Impact Evaluation of Project OVERCOME

Pang, M.S., Atasoy, H., Kohli, R., Have Electronic Records Decreased Opioid Sales? Evidence from DEA records

Reject and Resubmit at Information Systems Research

working Papers

Atasoy, H., Zhang, G., McDonough R. Beyond the Click: Pixel Tracking Technologies and Patient Data Security in Hospitals

Under preparation for submission to Information Systems Research

Atasoy, H, Yao, Y., Xu, N. Vasarhelyi, M. AI-Powered Healthcare Claims Processing and Auditing: Implications for Efficiency and Compliance

Du, W., Xu, N., Atasoy, H, Vasarhelyi, M. Enhancing Mental Health Diagnoses with AI: Integrating Genomic Data and Medical Records

Wang, W., Yao, Y., Atasoy, H, Vasarhelyi, M. Leveraging Systems Dynamics Modeling to Predict Dengue Outbreaks and Enhance Vaccine Strategies

Recent Awards

Dean’s Meritorious Research Award, Rutgers Business School, 2024
MIS Quarterly, Reviewer of the Year, 2021
Academy of Management, Responsible Research in Management Award Finalist, 2021
National Institute of Healthcare Management, Research Award Finalist, 2021
NSF Award, OVERCOME: Connectivity for Underserved Communities, $2.25 million, 2020-2022
Information Systems Research, Best Reviewer Award, 2020