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Since taking this class on Health Care Informatics, I have learned quite a great deal about how IT (Information Technology) is being used and how IT is helping the healthcare industry improve its services and patients safety. After receiving the assignment on the Current Technology in Organization, I promptly scheduled an interview with one of my friends that work both as a programmer and a technician in the IT department of our organization. As per the requirement of the assignment, I asked my friend to discuss the current IT in place in our organization. I also made sure to discuss the three major questions that were asked in the assignment, which are: 1). what technology is used and how is it utilized? 2).What are the risks and benefits to the technology? 3).What is the organization's future plans for this IT? After almost an hour and half of interview, I'm fairly confident that I will be able to answer the questions for this assignment.
The first thing that we discussed was the technology that is currently in place in our organization. Talking with my friend about the current technology in place in our organization took at least thirty minutes. He patiently explained and discussed with me what technologies are in placed in our organization. He mentioned that most of our hardware we were using is quite slow and old compare to the systems in place today.
He also explained to me that the technologies in place are broken down into two categories, software technology and hardware technology. We still use the same software but are now updated for our new systems since everyone in our organization are already used to it and will not require any more training or spend extra resources. After getting a brief overview on our current technology, I asked my friend if our current technology is being utilized for finance or outcome management. He said as far as he's knowledge of the current system is concerned, the technology is being utilized...
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