Teleputers: Communication and Information
New technology for communication is growing rapidly. Health care systems are taking advantage of new communications to make organizations more efficient, effective, and user friendly. These systems have superior advantages, but with the many advantages noted there are also disadvantages. The health care system has to decide if the financial impact of changing its system is beneficial in the long run. Because technology is always updating, incorporating a new communication system may only be useful for a short time. Immense growth in medical knowledge and technology spawned an era of specialization in which doctors focused on particular aspects of health called, ‘”specialization” (DuPre, p. 38). This paper will be discussing a new technology termed as “teleputers.”
Teleputers are small mobile devices used as a computer, phone, and entertainment. In 1999 researches predicted that people would use teleputers to conduct research, play games, surf the internet, and transfer information (DuPre p. 321). Many people use smart phones. A smart phone is a mobile, hand held computer that is used as a phone, planner, clock, game and entertainment system, and much more. How is this important in health care communications? Health care systems sometimes have supportive groups to convey information through telephones and computers. These are virtual communities (Du Pre, p. 182). Having “teleputers” makes sharing information easier and more convenient. A patient would not have to rush home or get to the library to access his or her supportive resources. Easy access to health care empowers patients and increases customer satisfaction. Because health care companies know this fact, they are looking to integrate new technologies.
There are many advantages for health care personnel and patients to use “teleputers” to transmit information in