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Information technology VS it’s social concerns of health
Author(s) -
Alireza Atarodi,
Ahmadreza Atarodi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of research and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2423-5717
DOI - 10.29252/jrh.9.4.282
Subject(s) - health information technology , information technology , health information , business , computer science , health care , economic growth , economics , operating system
Dear Chief in Editor Societies are mostly using smartphones and the World Wide Web in the era of information technology, (IT). Information technology and its impact is revealed to everyone on modern society. IT enables communication worldwide but reduced faceto-face interaction, reduced physical activity, made headache, fatness, heart disease, diabetes, neck pain, cost, job loss, and so many other health problems. Either way, IT systems that run can yield good and bad results. IT affects the environment, individuals and society as a whole. The way we use IT determines if its impacts are positive to society or negative. For example, we can make the most of our Internet smartphones and web to develop our societies, make them new and modern. Internet-based computers have changed the way people relate and make their living environment better, organize their work, their communities and their time and place faster, easier and cheaper than yesterday. IT has also put patients associated with the implementation and use of health information technology (HIT) at risk of harm and injury, creating new safety challenges for the healthcare system. Error reduction is a primary goal for the introduction of HIT, but unintended consequences arise with these new risks that adversely affect patient safety and quality. HIT integration creates new errors because of improper design, development, use, and implementation [1]. IT is produced largely in the form of smartphones and available Journal of Research & Health Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center Vol. 9, No.4, Jul & Agu 2019 Pages: 282283 DOI: 10.29252/jrh.9.4.282 Letter to Editor

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