Kaushik Ghosh, PhD

Biography

Dr. Kaushik Ghosh joined the faculty at Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School in 2019. Prior to Suffolk, he served as a tenured Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at Lamar University's College of Business in Texas, where he held leadership roles in faculty governance and university research. His teaching portfolio there included courses in Enterprise Systems and IT Project Management across undergraduate and MBA programs.

At Suffolk, Dr. Ghosh teaches IT strategy, data management and modeling, enterprise systems, business analytics, and AI across undergraduate, MBA, and MSBA programs. He also teaches ISOM 424: IS Consulting, an immersive learning course in which students work with external clients on real consulting projects. He serves as the undergraduate IS curriculum coordinator and supports MSBA program operations, including curriculum coordination and program-level planning.

Additionally, he is a faculty senator and has served on the Graduate Program Curriculum Committee as well as on the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) Accreditation Standard 6 Committee on "Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship."

Dr. Ghosh's research focuses on the impact of technology, digital innovation, and digital transformation on healthcare delivery, care coordination, and patient engagement. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Health Care Management Review, Journal of Computer Information Systems, and Industrial Management and Data Systems. His recent work examines health information technology in accountable care organizations, online health management tools, digital transformation in healthcare, and information tools for care coordination.

He has collaborated extensively with healthcare organizations for research and consultation.

Honors and Recognitions

• Sawyer Business School Research Grant, Spring 2025 and Spring 2026
• Immersive Learning Teaching Grant, Sawyer Business School, Fall 2023 and Spring 2026
• Recipient of the CTSE "Thank-a-Prof" Program, Suffolk University, Fall 2021, Spring 2023 (2 times)
• Best Paper Award Nomination, International Conference on Information Systems, 2013.

Professional Activities

• Co-Chair, AMCIS SIG-Healthcare Track
• SIG Health Treasurer (elected official), Association for Information Systems, September 2024-present
• Guest Editor, 2020, Health Technology and Policy (Special Issue on Digital Transformation in Healthcare)
• Guest Editor, 2017, International Journal of Electronic Healthcare (Special Issue on Healthcare IT)
• Reviewer - MIS Quarterly, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, Information Systems Frontiers, and Health Systems

Publications

Recent Intellectual Contributions

Ghosh, K., Al-Amin, M., Li, K., & Muhlestein, D. (2025). Health Information Technology to Advance Care in Accountable Care Organizations: Implications for Medicare Patients. Health Care Management Review, 50(1), 32-43.

Ghosh, K., Deokar, A., & Sen, S. (2023). Impact of Using Online Health Management Tools on Patient Perception of Healthcare Quality: A Multiple Chronic Conditions and Generational Perspective. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 52(1), 1091-1118.

Ghosh, K., Dohan, M. S., Veldandi, H., & Garfield, M. (2022). Digital Transformation in Healthcare: Insights on Value Creation. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 63(2), 449-459.

Ghosh, K., Dohan, M., Curl, E., Goodwin, M., Morell, P., & Guidroz, P. (2022). Information Tools for Care Coordination in Patient Handover: Is an EMR Enough to Support Nurses? Health Care Management Review, 47(2), 100-108.