The Role of Technology in the Medication Process

Technology as we all know enhances the efficiency of the healthcare delivery and it is an essential tool in improving patient care.One of this is the computerized Physician Order Entry System,in which it enables the automatic processing of drug,food,and disease checking.Once the user enters the drug order, then a computer system will automatically process the point of the order and it is integrated to the pharmacy system for enhancement.Another is the Computer-Based Prescription-Entry System is also integrated to the pharmacy information system,this will lessen the errors of giving the medication and it can be read easily than handwritten prescription.Therefore,technology has a great impact in the medication process,because of the technology nowadays,healthcare team can do their works with less errors and do their responsibilities in giving patient care.

Electronic Health Record

Electronic health record is an evolving concept defined as a systematic collection of electronic health information about individual patients or populations. It is a record in digital format that is capable of being shared across different health care settings, by being embedded in network-connected enterprise-wide information systems.The electronic health records helps the doctors/physicians and the healthcare team in documenting their interactions with the patient,view medical histories and insurance information,it can help the nurse for referrals,can get directly the laboratory results or order laboratory tests,the doctors can send electronic prescription requests to pharmacies so that it can reduce the risk for having a hard time reading an illegible handwriting that is prone to medical errors.The electronic health records contributes a lot to the nursing profession.

Nursing Informatics

We all know that nursing informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science,computer science,and information science to manage and communicate data,information,and knowledge in nursing practice.Technology plays a great role in this field because of this,nurses and healthcare professionals can do their job with less errors or no errors at all.Nursing informatics helps a lot of people in this world,it helps in enhancing the knowledge of the healthcare professionals and helps other providers in their decision making in all roles and settings.And also because of the nursing informatics,it lessen the workload of the nurses,it saves time,and it will be easier for the nurse to do her responsibilites especially in taking good care of the patient.

The Dawn of the Net

As I watched the film "The Dawn of the Net" I was really amazed because it was the first time I've seen it.I've learned so much from the film and known the characters like the Ping of death,TCP packet,IMCP packet,the router,and the router switch.It's process is very complicated like a traveler who travelled to the different places just to give us the information we need.All of the characters have different functions like us.Some of them functions like a policemen,some of them guide to where the the packet belongs and etc..After all of the long travel, it will reach the final way and give us the information we've requested.The process of the internet is very interesting,all of us should watch it and see the beauty of the net!

Internet

The internet carries enormous collection of information resources and services that change the lifestyle of the humanity.Almost all of the people now uses internet to establish communications, it is also used for business and other purposes.The internet makes us more productive individual,it help us to easily get information of a certain thing especially for the nurses and healthcare team.With today's advanced technology, the internet has so many unique and interesting advantages that one could never cover them all. However, there are still a few that stand out, even today.The internet has allowed millions of users to become highly mobile, yet still stay connected to business and loved ones. It has expanded our world and opened new horizons to be explored, ever evolving, ever progressing. Both jobs and people are becoming more progressive as our modern day society adapts to using the world wide web as a tool for mobility.The internet allows people to communicate to other people thus creating a good relationship to everyone.However the internet has also its negative side even if it has a great contribution in or society,some people use it for doing bad things like hacking,they are gaining access to the bank accounts and financial information of others and so,they can get the cash and use their identities for criminal activities.Sometimes people use it to destroy the life of others,and then it will become a very big issue then.We people should use the internet wisely so that there will be no problem and also we can maintain each others dignity.