Changes in Health IT Industries/Internet Addiction

Health IT industries is rapidly evolving into all areas of the Health Care disciplines. I was around when Hospital registration area, Laboratory department and Pharmacy were the only places that utilized IT equipment’s for their daily operations.

The next was the birth of the old Hospital Information systems with nursing applications and the computer on wheels called COW that created ergonomics challenges for nurses and their employers. Now we have hand held devices, smart phones, picture archiving  computer systems (PACS) that can inter-phase with other Hospital systems and able to transmit images to the point of service. Video conferencing are also becoming more prominent in the provision of care.

Internet Addition:

American Heritage College Dictionary defines Addict as: “To devote or give one-self habitually or compulsively” I think the use of the word “Addiction” as it relate to internet use is extreme. People may be addicted to the products of the internet like in gambling, pornography and decide to use the internet as a mode of reaching that addiction. I believe that the internet has served us well in this information age and there is a growing dependence on it use to meet the needs of all consumers. I will not call the excessive use of it as an addiction.

My online experience on the social networking site is limited to the use of e-mail. The use of the e-mail is truly a quick and convenient way to stay in touch. My face book account was as a result of this class. I have used it four times since then to accept few friends and I have also politely decline request for friendship. It is too intrusive for my liking. I had have problem in getting into second life but as of today, the problem is resolved. A technical expert spent about an hour correcting all the wrong in my computer. I will soon be exploring that site to experience the second life phenomenon.