Bengisu Tulu

Bengisu Tulu is an Associate Professor in the Robert A. Foisie School of Business at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA, USA. She is one of the founding members of the Healthcare Delivery Institute at WPI. She received her Ph.D. in Management of Information Systems and Technology from Claremont Graduate University. Dr. Tulu’s research interests include development and implementation of Health Information Technologies (HIT). She studies the implications of HIT implementations on healthcare organizations and consumers. Dr. Tulu’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality and the Veterans Affairs. Her publications have appeared in leading journals such as Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Journal of the AIS, Telemedicine and e-health Journal, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, and, IEEE Network.

Publications

Revisiting Project Definition/Initiation for Telemedicine Services: Insights From a Multisite Case of TeleStroke Services
Revisiting Project Definition/Initiation for Telemedicine Services: Insights From a Multisite Case of TeleStroke Services
Suzanne J. Wood, Cynthia M. LeRouge, Bengisu Tulu, Joseph Tan. © 2020. 27 pages.
Healthcare organizations and stakeholders are profoundly challenged in transiting a telemedicine project into a sustainable telehealth service line. While project management best...
Revisiting Project Definition/Initiation for Telemedicine Services: Insights From a Multisite Case of TeleStroke Services
Revisiting Project Definition/Initiation for Telemedicine Services: Insights From a Multisite Case of TeleStroke Services
Suzanne J. Wood, Cynthia M. LeRouge, Bengisu Tulu, Joseph Tan. © 2018. 28 pages.
Healthcare organizations and stakeholders are profoundly challenged in transiting a telemedicine project into a sustainable telehealth service line. While project management best...
Handbook of Research on Holistic Perspectives in Gamification for Clinical Practice
Handbook of Research on Holistic Perspectives in Gamification for Clinical Practice
Daniel Novák, Bengisu Tulu, Håvar Brendryen. © 2016. 636 pages.
Over the past decade, the healthcare industry has adopted games as a powerful tool for promoting personal health and wellness. Utilizing principles of gamification to engage...
Making Exergames Appealing: An Assessment of Commercial Exergames
Making Exergames Appealing: An Assessment of Commercial Exergames
Emmanuel Agu, Bengisu Tulu, Amorn Chokchaisiripakdee, Nuttaworn Sujumnong, Latthapol Khachonkitkosol. © 2016. 19 pages.
While exergames are becoming mainstream with increasing sales, fewer exergame units are still sold annually than non-exergame video games. For instance, in 2013 there was only...
Project Initiation for Telemedicine Services
Project Initiation for Telemedicine Services
Cynthia M. Lerouge, Bengisu Tulu, Suzanne Wood. © 2016. 24 pages.
This study investigates project initiation for telemedicine, a technology innovation in healthcare organizations that manifests both intra- and inter-organizational...
Project Initiation for Telemedicine Services
Project Initiation for Telemedicine Services
Cynthia M. LeRouge, Bengisu Tulu, Suzanne Wood. © 2014. 22 pages.
This study investigates project initiation for telemedicine, a technology innovation in healthcare organizations that manifests both intra- and inter-organizational...
Towards Patient-Centered Care: The Role of E-Health in Enabling Patient Access to Health Information
Towards Patient-Centered Care: The Role of E-Health in Enabling Patient Access to Health Information
Juanita Dawson, Bengisu Tulu, Thomas A. Horan. © 2009. 9 pages.
This chapter provides a conceptual foundation by exploring the existing literature on traditional healthcare, patient-centered healthcare, and the progression of e-health in...
Understanding Physician Use of Online Systems: An Empirical Assessment of an Electronic Disability Evaluation System
Understanding Physician Use of Online Systems: An Empirical Assessment of an Electronic Disability Evaluation System
Thomas A. Horan, Bengisu Tulu, Brian N. Hilton. © 2006. 31 pages.
This chapter develops a conceptual model for physician acceptance and tests this socio-work structure model using a nationwide survey of physicians (n = 141). The domain focus of...
Geographic Information Systems in Heath Care Services
Geographic Information Systems in Heath Care Services
Brian N. Hilton, Thomas A. Horon, Bengisu Tulu. © 2005. 24 pages.
Geographic information systems (GIS) have numerous applications in human health. This chapter opens with a brief discussion of the three dimensions of decision-making in...