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Information Technology Milestones Worksheet

Complete the chart below. Include a minimum of 10 information technology milestones or events that impacted human services.

|Year |Milestone or Event |Impact on Human Services |
|1996 |Amber Alerts |Provides an online integrated national database for missing children |
| | |Initiates a widespread alert when a child goes missing |
|1960s |Electronic Health Record |The electronic health record helps with decreasing errors, documentation that is |
| | |done more promptly during the visit and or after the visit, and also helps save time|
| | |so they can give services to more people in a day’s time. It also gives the |
| | |profession easy access to past visits, lab reports, etc. |
|1980s |Electronic Signature Pad |The electronic signature pad creates the signature of the professional or the client|
| | |so they don’t have to sign multiple contracts at that particular time. It also saves|
| | |time from having to print the documents to be signed. It is considered a legal |
| | |document. |
|1973 |GPS |GPS has been a great advancement for everyone. This system makes it very easy for |
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