INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR ROLE

Information Technology: Information Technology is a developing technology that aims at obtaining the maximum information with minimum of resources, labour or time. Information technology is defined as the study, design, development, implementation and the management of computer based information systems. This entails the study of computer software applications as well as computer hardware. With the advent of electronic computers, information technology is used covert, store, process, retrieve, protect, and transmit information to various sources. From obscurity, information technology has become an everyday term that has encompassed computing and technology. Therefore IT is a wide term and it involves use in many areas. IT professionals perform a wide range of tasks like installation of computer applications, designing and maintaining complex networks and computer databases.

Impact of Information Technology on Education:  I.T. is the process of using technology in all forms to present information to a target audience. Video recorder, players and televisions. Technology is being used in education as a tool for learning, collaboration, curriculum development, and staff development. Technology is a very powerful tool.

 Information Technology and Healthcare:  In health care overall, technology includes things that are typically not considered technology for most. Things like drugs; diagnostics, indicators and substances, devices, equipment and supplies; medical and surgical procedures; support systems; and organizational and managerial systems used in prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Having the ability to acquire the information for the implementation of all of the above technology will provide the best outcome for the patients in our care.