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This 4 page paper discusses the impact of computer technology and the Internet on the health services industry. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Thus, the concept of using machines to do calculations is an old one. However, when we use the term "computer technology" we are thinking of the innovations of
the last 20-30 years, and particularly the development of the microprocessor. It was this that made it possible for people like Bill Gates to develop machines that are small,
portable, and affordable. In the 1990s, computer networks came into being, and all of human society was transformed. Computer technology includes not only the machines but the Internet.
We are tied to people all over the world, as well as those in the next office; we can order clothes from shops in distant cities and talk to friends
in New Zealand. Businesses have been transformed as well, and computers are found in corporations, factories, doctors offices, hotels, restaurants, schools, colleges, universities, retail and commercial enterprises; literally every
concern in every country uses computers. It is almost impossible to overstate the impact computer technology has had on societies around the world. This paper discusses the impact
of computer technology and the Internet on the health services industry. Computer Technology Computer technology "has been applied in many unrelated service industries such as banking ... and
health services" (McConnell, 1996). Computers can fill out forms, transfer phone calls and gather data, among many other abilities, all of which are useful in the health care field
(McConnell, 1996). In one study of patients with diabetes, it was shown that care improved when computers were used in an "automated telephone disease management (ATDM) with telephone nurse follow-up"
(Piette, 2001). Most diabetes care takes place in an outpatient setting, so follow-up is essential (Piette, 2001). In addition, many diabetes patients have financial problems, and have to
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