Click! Click! Slowly, my patience starts to leave me as I continue to click and guide my computer mouse across the screen. Still trying to process my previous command, the computer remains frozen. How will I finish writing my essay without a functioning computer, spellcheck, and online websites? In today’s culture, many Americans, including myself, overuse or depend on technology too much. As technology advances it becomes more accessible and routine to everyday life. Much of the time I spend on technology involves important matters, such as school; however, from time to time I catch myself depending on electronics to comfortably complete a minor task. Although technology has the ability to benefit people in many ways, it becomes something …show more content…
According to the Pew Research Center, “nearly two-thirds of Americans own smartphones”. These numbers will naturally climb as the smart phone develops into a part of everyday life, affordable even to the common person. Smartphones benefit people in many ways, but like all electronics have the potential to malfunction. When driving on a foreign road to an unfamiliar destination, my family uses an online map to guide the way. What if the map malfunctions or analyzes the data incorrectly? What will happen if the smart phone’s battery dies? Unfortunately, this happened to my sister just before leaving a crowded city. Because of her dependence on cellphone maps, the traffic worsened as she sat in the parking garage waiting for her cellphone to fully recharge. Now, my family’s car no longer contains an “old-fashioned” paper map, leaving us, like my sister, in serious trouble if the online map fails. Placing all trust in an electronic map seems dangerous, especially since small cell phones do not possess the same knowledge and common sense as a human. As a result of new, readily available technology, Americans count on their smartphones and other devices to perform straightforward …show more content…
Since a great number of Americans use applications such as email, instead of hand written letters, and Microsoft Word, in place of pen and paper, the need for manual effort has lessened. In the medical field, the Government now requires doctors to use electronic medical records, replacing hand-written charts to document information on patients. Recently, my parents’ Ophthalmology clinic ceased using paper charts. They transferred each old and new patient’s medical record to a computer, allowing the partnered doctors to easily access one another’s charts. After making the change, the doctors no longer need to spend time writing information down on paper, but instead enter it into a computer. With functioning computers, this new and improved method works well. However, if the computer’s system fails the stored information may become temporarily inaccessible or completely lost. One morning my father arrived at work to find the computer system “down”. He had no list of patients, past history or any information on the patient’s reason for scheduling the appointment. Not only did this frustrate him, but also inconvenienced the clients. Had he retained paper charts rather than computer records, all required information would still remain accessible. Although this mishap rarely occurs, dependence on technology to replace hand-written documents halted my father’s
Historically, physicians and nurses documented patients’ health information using paper and pencil. This documentation created numerous errors in patients’ medical records. Patient information became lost or destroyed, medication errors occur daily because of illegible handwriting, and patients had to wait long periods to have access to their medical records. Since then technology has changed the way nurses and health care providers care for their patients. Documentation of patient care has moved to an electronic heath care system in which facilities around the world implement electronic health care systems. Electronic health records (EHR) is defined as a longitudinal electronic record of
In the modern era, the use of computer technology is very important. Back in the day people only used handwriting on the pieces of paper to save all documents, either in general documents or medical records. Now this medical field is using a computer to kept all medical records or other personnel info. Patient's records may be maintained on databases, so that quick searches can be made. But, even if the computer is very important, the facility must remain always in control all the information they store in a computer. This is because to avoid individuals who do not have a right to the patient's information.
The use of computer technology plays a vital role in society. The use of it alone has made different task easier, by reducing time management, effort, and overall cost in completing a particular task. With the widely vast growth of computer technology in every field of life; the health care services are experiencing an immerse digital progression by the adoption of electronic health record systems through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Hitech Act).
Advances in technology have influences our society at home, work and in our health care. It all started with online banking, atm cards, and availability of children’s grades online, and buying tickets for social outings. There was nothing electronic about going the doctor’s office. Health care cost has been rising and medical errors resulting in loss of life cried for change. As technologies advanced, the process to reduce medical errors and protect important health care information was evolving. In January 2004, President Bush announced in the State of the Union address the plan to launch an electronic health record (EHR) within the next ten years (American Healthtech, 2012).
Jerant, A. F., & Hill, D. B. (2000). Does the use of electronic medical records improve
According to Time Magazine, 1.5 million people are injured or killed from preventable medicinal mistakes. Meaningful Use is a policy, put in place by the government, to prevent these clinical errors. Many preventable medicinal mistakes are not necessarily due to carelessness, but to illegible handwriting for prescriptions, conflict of prescriptions, or lack of data. Meaningful Use requires a medical clinic to implement an Electronic Health Record (EHR) to store the Patient Health Information (PHI). By doing so, this creates a much more reliable order, thus reducing fatalities from those listed above. Electronic Health Records have greatly changed Health Care, from cost benefits to quality of care, benefiting both the patient and the clinic. The United States as a whole has been working to implement these systems for the past several years. This report will discuss what an Electronic Health Record is, what it does, and the results of this in the United
can connect with people they are not around with just the click of a mouse or the swipe of a
Improvements in agriculture, transportation, and communication between 1790 and 1860 were the stepping stones for a greater America. From the cotton gin, to the steamboat, to the telegraph, new innovations were appearing all over. America had finally begun to spread its wings and fly.
Though being exposed to technologies like computers from an early age may have given us the ability to do things more efficiently, technology has also made us less dependent on ourselves. Claudia Wallis, editor for Time, in her article makes known in The Multitasking Generation, “That level of multiprocessing and interpersonal connectivity is now so commonplace that it’s easy to forget how quickly it came about. Fifteen years ago, most home computers weren’t even linked to the Internet” (63). There are many things that students are able to do on their computer that their parents aren't even aware of or that the parents couldn’t do themselves. My parents always tell of how looking through the library’s card catalog and searching for the books they needed only to find out that they have been taken out. Computers have allowed us to do many things faster for example, write much faster than a typewriter or pen and paper and correct typing errors without starting over. The computers and technology we now have makes it easier to almost anything and with technology so easily at your fingertips it o...
Computers are a magnificent feat of technology. They have grown from simple calculators to machines with many functions and abilities. Computers have become so common that almost every home has at least one computer, and schools find them a good source for information and education for their students (Hafner, Katie, unknown). Computers have created new careers and eliminated others and have left a huge impact on our society. The invention of the computer has greatly affected the arts, the business world, and society and history in many different areas, but to understand how great these changes are, it is necessary to take a look at the origins of the computer.
Electronic medical records continue to change how information is accessed and shared. Users of health information such as health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and patients need to be able to access the right quality information at the right time. Health information system and its applications need to be evaluated to claim that it improves information quality and access so that it give evidence which supports quality healthcare delivery and improves patients outcomes(Callen, 2016). Though sharing information has such positive impact on delivering improved quality care and prognosis, unprotected sharing of medical information can have negative on patients’ disorder and later life. Whether it is hardcopy (paper) or electronic, information
The use of technology makes our daily tasks easier, such as a better sense of direction while driving via a GPS, safety features in our cars such as Auto Drive and Auto Park. These technologies have made driving an easier and enjoyable experience as well as reducing our chances of getting into accidents. The research presented in the following article “Driven to Distraction [in car technology]” provided surprising conclusions. Professor John D Lee from the University of Iowa states the following issue: “Technology is changing very quickly. Many of these things coming into the car were not designed to be used in it.”(Edwards 8). He proves that there are a lot of in car technologies in today’s society that can demand our full attention without us even knowing, and can lead to tremendous consequences that can become dangerous distractions on the road. Satellite navigation (GPS) makes our lives easier because it can give us the correct directions to a desired address. This is unlike the past where the navigationally challenged would consider it a nightmare to drive to a new location.
It is difficult to escape the influence of technology on modern life. It lurks behind every door: the classroom, home, office, and store. There are many who are resistant to new technology, saying that technology causes harm to society. These claims are often made without the realization that technology also includes important and indispensable parts in their life such as writing and the tools for writing. Writing was one of the first technologies invented. Technology has now become so entrenched in the majority of cultures around the world that it is hard to imagine a life or society without writing. For those that maintain a majority of technology beyond writing is harmful, imagine the difficulty in writing without the help of other technologies, which includes pencils, paper, computers, printing presses, and a number of other technological aids.
Technology – as defined by the US National Academy of Science (cited in Jones 1996, p.17) –
Reports from students after the study suggest that giving up technology cold turkey not only makes life logistically difficult, but also changes our ability to connect with others.” (Parker-Pope, “An Ugly Toll of Technology: Inpatients”). Her point is that, for the young generation, it is quite impossible to give up from becoming addicted to technology.... ... middle of paper ...