Are computers the new technology in the medical field? ... In the year of 2013 most hospital settings are physically using computers in their practice for Electronic Medical Records. ... The staff will have to be trained and need to know basic computer knowledge in order for a smooth transition. ... The facility will need to hire IT staff in order to keep up with maintaining and updating the computers. ... Computers would also need High Speed Internet causing a delay with being able to put patient's health history in at an appropriate time. ...

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Introduction A medical group composed of 280 physicians that serve over 40 locations has approached the consulting firm for the realization of a computer network for their organization's coordination of care. ... Project Description Information technology is identified as the installation, implementation, and development of applications and computer systems, which include software, hardware, networking and communication tools. ... • Clinical data systems - this technology enables access to medical history and vital patient information for all clinicians involved, and eases com...

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It is part of a greater process, and it has spawned the creation of a chain of care unlike any in history (Roine, Ohinmaa & Hailey, 2001). ... Most authorities agree the increasing innovations in computers, networks technologies and other equipment are responsible for the rebirth of telemedicine applications (Roine, Ohinmaa & Hailey, 2001). ... Radiologists can transmit images to any location that has a computer with a corresponding program and sufficient memory to put the image on the screen (Welsh, 1997). ...

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In fact, most authorities agree that computer-based tracking is the only truly effective method of tracking incident reports, particularly in larger organizations. ... For instance, Black's Law Dictionary (1990) defines a logbook as "a ship's or aircraft's journal containing a detailed account of the ship's course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage" (p. 942). ... It is known that ancient mariners kept logs of their travels, and history is replete with narrative-only reports of different types. ...

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Despite the similarities between Kuwait's and Britain's public healthcare provision, their systems follow different rules and regulations depending on the country's history and capability of providing such services. ... (Al-Sadani, 1998) Due to the establishment of a computer network that connects every public facility that belongs to the Ministry of Health, every medical record of a citizen is saved in the network and can be accessed by any public health institution. ...

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The Affordable Care Act has been called one of the most important pieces of health-related legislation to ever been signed into law throughout U.S. history. ... Many homeless individuals do not have access to the internet, nor do they have experience using computer technology. ...

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Included in the EHR are patient demographics, progress and problem notes, medications, laboratory orders and results, vital signs, past medical history, family history of disease, immunizations, and radiology reports (Jacques, 2011). ... EHRs like other computer systems can suffer from viruses, bugs, and user error (Pipersburgh, 2011). ...

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