unit 8 Flashcards
professtiona; (34 cards)
standards of living :
level of material comfort measured by :
1) goods
2)services
3)luxuries
4) availability of technology
Digital Divide
Gap between people who do and dont have access to info and communications technology
Digital divide - 1 billion internet users worldwide
only 20 million live in less developed nations
divide exists
between economics classes in the same country
Digital Divide - must be bridged to
1 ) improve emergency responses
2) enhance learning
3) improve access to educational and economic opportunities
1) E-rate program
authorized as part of the telecommunications Act of 1996
2) E-rate program
helps schools and libraries obtain access to state of the art services and technologies at discounted rates
3) E-rate program
supported with up to $2.25 billion per year from fees charged to telephone customers
4) E-rate program
Administered by the universal service administration company ( USAC )
5) E-rate program
has not done well
1 ) abuse
2) fraud
3)waste
Ed-tech program
enhancing education through technology
2)Ed-tech program
part of no child left behind Act (NCLB)
Ed-tech program goals
1) improve academic achievement through the use ofd technology in schools
2) assist children in crossing the digital divide
3)Encourage the effective integration of technology
Ed-tech program 7-step approach
1.Strengthen leadership
2. Consider innovative budgeting
3. Improve teacher training
4. Support e-learning and virtual schools
5. Encourage broadband access
6. Move toward digital content
7. Integrate data systems
Optimization technologies make computing and communication
o Better
o Cheaper & Faster
o Available to larger segments of the world’s population
$100 laptop by Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
(MIT) - Media Lab Asia
Healthcare coast are
o Soaring out of control
o 15.3 % of U.S. GDP
U.S. companies are
o Shifting costs to employees
o Eliminating healthcare coverage altogether for retirees
Causes for cost increases
- Use of more expensive technology - Development & use of new medical technology accounts for ½ to 2/3 of increase in
healthcare spending in excess of general inflation - Shielding of patients from true cost of medical care
Gain control over soaring healthcare costs by improving
o Patient awareness
o Technology costs
1\ Electronic Health Records
- Healthcare is slow to implement IT
- Opportunity to capture and record patient data through IT use
- Now it is nearly impossible to assemble the paper trail into a health history
Electronic Health Records
- Can result in diagnostic and medication errors
- Ordering of duplicate tests
- Compromises patient safety
Electronic health record (EHR)
o Summary of health information generated by each patient encounter in any healthcare delivery setting
o Can be used to generate a complete electronic record of clinical patient encounter
o Used in only 13 % of U.S. hospitals
o $78 billion to $400 billon could be saved each year
National Health Information Network (NHIN)
Calls for the broad adoption of interoperable EHRs and other e-health initiatives by 2014
