Hardware and Software
Hardware and Software Paper
Shanta Leonard
CIS/205
August 19, 2010
Steven Hultgren, PHP
Hardware and Software
The combination of the hardware and software components used by an organization determines that organizations failure or success. The hardware and software that an organization decides to implement should assimilate throughout the company and be easily transformed and understood.
The organization that I will discuss within this paper is within the Health care Organization. This paper will provide information about the hardware and software components within the health care field. Computers were once used primarily as back office record keepers and financial calculators within the healthcare field. However, today computers and their networks play a major role in patient care. People within the healthcare field are now using computers to keep track of patient information, communicating with colleagues, interpreting lab reports, keeping records, research, and planning strategies for patient care (Quigley, 2010).
Health care organizations integrate hardware and software that enables them to run in a sufficient manner. For example, when a patient visits the doctors off ice or even the hospital their information is electronically entered in the computer with practice management software. This software assists health care staff in scheduling procedures that patients may need and it helps with managing financial matters within the organization.
Workstations are being incorporated into the exam rooms to provide doctors access to lab results, patient information, and educational material as needed. Doctors are even able to use computer based systems to submit prescriptions without having to manually write the prescriptions out. In some instances doctors are even provided with handheld computers that can be used to take down notes on a patient and check medical references.
The Internet has also become an integral part within the
Shanta Leonard
CIS/205
August 19, 2010
Steven Hultgren, PHP
Hardware and Software
The combination of the hardware and software components used by an organization determines that organizations failure or success. The hardware and software that an organization decides to implement should assimilate throughout the company and be easily transformed and understood.
The organization that I will discuss within this paper is within the Health care Organization. This paper will provide information about the hardware and software components within the health care field. Computers were once used primarily as back office record keepers and financial calculators within the healthcare field. However, today computers and their networks play a major role in patient care. People within the healthcare field are now using computers to keep track of patient information, communicating with colleagues, interpreting lab reports, keeping records, research, and planning strategies for patient care (Quigley, 2010).
Health care organizations integrate hardware and software that enables them to run in a sufficient manner. For example, when a patient visits the doctors off ice or even the hospital their information is electronically entered in the computer with practice management software. This software assists health care staff in scheduling procedures that patients may need and it helps with managing financial matters within the organization.
Workstations are being incorporated into the exam rooms to provide doctors access to lab results, patient information, and educational material as needed. Doctors are even able to use computer based systems to submit prescriptions without having to manually write the prescriptions out. In some instances doctors are even provided with handheld computers that can be used to take down notes on a patient and check medical references.
The Internet has also become an integral part within the
References: Quigley, A. (2010). Computers in Health care: Encyclopedia of nursing and allied Health. Retrieved August 24, 2010 from http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gGENH