Computers in Health Care In all aspects of life—home‚ work‚ socially—a basic understanding of computer operation is by and large a necessity. Even the medical field has become dependent on computers‚ both to record vital patient information‚ but also for billing‚ researching maladies‚ and prescribing medicines. This report takes a look at how and why health care professionals use computers‚ where computers are used in the health care system‚ and how all this new technology is affecting the medical
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Computer Security Student Name University Abstract James works for a bank‚ and he spends most of his attending to bank clients and travelling. He always carries with him a laptop that contains confidential bank information. The Operating System of the laptop was last updated in May 2011. Some of the programs James uses are MS word 2007‚ MS Access and MS Excel. James’ computer is‚ however‚ not well secured. It does not have a firewall or an antivirus. In addition‚ the data in the laptop are
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Computer Security Many commercial software packages are designed with computer security features that control who can access the computer. These types of access controls use a process called identification and authentication. Identification verifies that the user is a valid user‚ and authentication verifies that the user is who he or she claims to be. Three common methods of authentication are remembered information‚ possessed objects‚ and biometric devices. With remembered information‚ a
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Computer technology permeates most aspects of our lives. The ability to use computer technology and to evaluate electronic information has become a basic skill for most of people. In most places of business‚ a computer is standard. In the bank they use computers to look up for account information. They use computers in the auto repair shop to assess the cars. We can’t find books in the library by looking in a card catalog — we must use a computerized database. Doctors’ offices utilize computers
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that pertains to all people. The law that amended the Computer Fraud Abuse Act of 1986 is the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996‚ it changed several sections of the Computer Fraud Abuse Act and increased the penalties for selected crimes. The law that was specifically created to deal with encryption policy in the US was the Security and Freedom through Encryption Act of 1999. In an information security context‚ privacy is not absolute freedom from observation‚
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Data Security in Healthcare Data Security in Healthcare In the world of technology today‚ consumers often purchase items through the internet using their personal information such as name‚ date of birth and credit card numbers. This information can easily be stolen from someone who seeks to exploit weakness in a computer network. According‚ to (Gagne‚ 2012)‚ “data breaches often occur through technical vulnerabilities‚ malware‚ compromised user credentials or opportunist attackers”
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Privacy and Security Privacy‚ in healthcare is defined as patient’s right to control the disclosure of his or her confidential personal information. Security is defined as all the methods‚ processes and technology used to protect the confidentiality and safety of patient’s personal information. Privacy is very important aspect of the patient–physician relationship. Patients share personal information with their physicians to facilitate correct diagnosis and treatment‚ and to avoid adverse drug
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In discussing crime trends‚ it is important to understand the economic and political factors at the time that may have influenced the crime rate (example: economic recession; war; economic prosperity; etc). What variety of factors do you think influence the crime rate? Where do you think crime is most prevalent and why? In your postings be certain to discuss the issues of race‚ class‚ and gender. Use the framework listed in the above paragraph to post an answer to one of the three following questions:
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Topic: The Role of Computers in the Health Sector There have been many innovations and inventions since the civilization age and the industrial revolution that took place in the eighteenth century and has continued till present. Some of these inventions were harmful to humanity and represented violence while others have been of tremendous help to society. Some of these are cars‚ airplanes‚ ships among others but the one I want to discuss its role is the computer. A computer can be defined as a machine that performs
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happen at any place and any time when talking about computer security incidents. Not everything goes perfectly fine when a computer system is involved. It could be something as simple as a bad cable or it could be as horrible as a hacker trying to steal all of your information. Either way‚ it probably isn’t going to end well. Additionally‚ the FBI and the Computer Security Institute‚ in their annual survey on computer crime and information security‚ gathered the following disturbing facts in 1998:
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