Computers in general practise

1983

Samuel Gardner is not a computer salesman. He is Chief Judge of Detroit's Recorder's Court, the city' s criminal court which handles 12,000 felony cases a year. It is hardly surprising however that he should have been the source of the above comment. Within four feet of his bench, Gardner has, like each of the court's 29 judges, a terminal which gives access to an IBM System 38 Computer. Available at the touch of a button are appointment details for any lawyer or judge which are consulted in order to avoid scheduling conflicts and unnecessary adjournments, as well as information on 72,000 cases heard during the last six years. Not only has the computer helped to dispense with a backlog, which in 1977 stood at 7 ,000 cases, but the docket management system that it provides ensures that half the court's cases are disposed of within 30 days. Defendants charged with a non capital crime can expect a trial in 60 days and those charged with crimes such as murder or rape...

There are 29,000 GPs in England who work in 8,810 practices; about ¼ of whom still work alone. Over 97% of GPs have a clinical computer system and almost all use their systems for acute prescribing and for repeat prescribing. Many practices are using electronic appointment systems and an increasing number of practices scan all hospital letters, reports etc which are then attached to the individual patient record. There are estimates of up to 30% of practices running 'paper-lite' systems today. In those practices which are paper-lite, a full time GP will spend 24-27 hours using their computer while in direct contact with their patients.

Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 1991

Minds and Machines, 2018

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Online Submission, 2007

The rapid and correct performance of computers, when accompanied by human skills, will lead to greater gains in productivity. This study focuses on the possible risks of computer use in terms of human health, rather than on the countless beneficial effects of its use on the issue of health. Health problems caused by inappropriate or inadequate use of computers or by using it at no time are mentioned under two headings: psychological problems (fear of technology, computer anxiety, dependence on the internet and so on) and physical problems (repetitive strain injury, carpal tunnel syndrome, computer vision syndrome, electronic waves, sleep disorders and so on). Considering the results of previous studies, this study discusses the precautions necessary to be taken for each of the psychological and physical problems likely to be caused by the use of computers.

Omega, 1989

The rapid growth of personal computing in organizations has given rise to numerous problems of information management. Broadly these problems encompass the categories of evolvability and integration of systems, cost of computing, data integrity and security, and MIS department-user department relationships. A framework is proposed linking these problem categories and three organizational factors, viz., level of use of personal computing,

2007

The problem of ICT profit. Soul symptoms and technological transformations. The rise of new personal infrastructure. Denaturation of everyday life through different infrastructure types: a life dependent on the technology. Myths of family, narcissism and love. Raised or educated computers: reanimation in the world of technology. Personal and holistic ICT.

1980

A technology assessment of personal computers was conducted to study both the socially desirable and undesirable impacts of this new technology in three main areas: education, employment, and international trade. Information gleaned from this study was then used to generate suggestions for public policy options which could influence these impacts. Four primary methods were used to develop the information for the policy analysis stages of the assessment: (1) search and analysis of the relevant literature, (2) development of a series of scenarios of alternative futures, (3) performance of two Delphi surveys and a cross-impact analysis based on these scenarios, and (4) interviews and/or surveys of the potentially affected stakeholders and decision makers. Tables of data are included as well as a list of references. Appendices include Delphi questionnaires with summaries of findings and an employment questionnaire used in the study. (LLS)

The Lancet, 1998

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