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Applications and Implications of ICT
(Information and communicationstechnology)
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Impact of IT in the workplaceOn
Medical Personnel
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Introduction
Incorporation of advances in information
communications technology (ICT) has brought
about revolutionary changes in the workplace
and has had a major impact on human
resource utilization in certain sectors for
example, health care.
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Impact of IT on Medical
Personnel
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Definition of Medical Personnel
This is a general term for
a person involved in the
science of medicine. It
refers to professionals,
for example a physician,
corpsman, nurse etc.
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Impacts on Medical Personnel
Loss of Jobs
More efficient/improved/advanced services
Increased need for training/re-trainingspecifically to meet the complex ICT needs of
healthcare organizations,
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Loss of Jobs andRetraining
Many workers, in short, are losing the race
against the machine,
In 1930 John Maynard Keynes warned of a
new disease that he termed technological
unemployment,
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Loss of Jobs and Retraining
The role previously played by medical
transcriptionist have been replaced by the
implementation of (electronic medical
records).
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Improved/More Advanced Medical
Services
Despite the fact that jobs are being lost toimprovements in technology. The medical field,medical personnel are being aided by this technologicaladvancement.
An example of such improvement is the clinicaldecision support systems (CDSS), which aid doctorswith medical decisions. Various test results and otherdata from the patient is inputted into a CDSS which
then processes it and provides a list of possiblediagnosis and options for treatment. The problem is,like all machines, they can often make crucial mistakes.
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Increased need training/re-training
Due to technological advancements, many
medical personnel have to be re-trained as to
ensure computer literacy.
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Skills now required
Prepare bills, insurance claims and budgets
using financial software, for example, Quick
Books
Manipulate patient monitoring and imaging
systems such as MRI and CAT scan technology
Maintaining inventory of medical supplies
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Bibliography
Oxford Information Technology for CSEC
Heinemann Information Technology for CSEC
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Rotman, David. How Technology is Destroying Jobs
http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/515926/how-technology-is-destroying-jobs/. June 12, 2013
Aggarwal, Neema. Do we rely too heavily on technology for medical diagnosis?http://www.ted.com/conversations/17360/do_we_rely_too_heavily_on_tech.html
Anvari, Mehran. Impact of Information Technology on Human Resources inHealthcare http://www.longwoods.com/content/19320 . September 2007
Rouse, Margaret Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)http://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/definition/clinical-decision-support-system-CDSS. October 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_personnel
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Group Members
Alex Brown
Sharifa McLeod
Brittany Grant
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