This report describes the methods and results of research on implementing interactive information systems. The study covered 530 employees representing 55 different departments in 26 private sector organizations. All the groups had recently introduced multifunction interactive computer systems into information work. The findings indicate that site-to-site variations in the success of implementing new technologies are more fully explained by differences in the implementation process than by differences in the systems or in the organizations.
Get ready for your first medical assisting job with this hands-on guide to common medical office tasks. Computerized Medical Office Procedures, 4th Edition explains administrative and financial functions in a clear, step-by-step format and provides realistic exercises to help you confidently prepare to use computers in the medical office. Using Medisoft® v18 practice management software, you’ll practice medical assisting tasks such as appointment scheduling, entering patient information, accounting procedures, and billing insurance companies. Written by educator William Larsen, this book helps you develop the front-office competencies you need! Hands-on practice using Medisoft® Version 18 familiarizes you with the professional practice management software you'll use on the job. Medisoft sold separately. An engaging, conversational writing style makes difficult concepts easier to understand, with information presented in small, easy-to-digest segments. Step-by-step procedures include screenshots to guide you through each administrative task. Day-by-Day Simulations provide you with two weeks of hands-on experience similar to working in a real-world medical office. Reminders at the end of each chapter ask you to back up your data, for good data management practice. Checking Your Understanding reviews and hands-on Putting It into Practice activities are provided at the end of each chapter to ensure that you meet learning objectives. Information on backing up and restoring data prepares you for any power outages or electronic malfunctions. UPDATED content on the Electronic Health Record in the physician’s office relates computerized practice management systems to the use of EHRs New case studies on the Evolve companion website offer additional practice using Medisoft® v18. New Elsevier Clinic provides samples to follow as you create new patient data and perform Medisoft tasks — the data file may also be downloaded from the Evolve website. New chapter summaries are included at the end of each chapter.
This comprehensive introduction to the field represents the best of the published literature on groupware and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). The papers were chosen for their breadth of coverage of the field, their clarity of expression and presentation, their excellence in terms of technical innovation or behavioral insight, their historical significance, and their utility as sources for further reading. Taken as a whole, the papers and their introductions are a complete sourcebook to the field. This book will be useful for computer professionals involved in the development or purchase of groupware technology as well as for researchers and managers. It should also serve as a valuable text for university courses on CSCW, groupware, and human-computer interaction.
This book includes a selection of papers from the 2018 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'18), held in Naples, Italy on March27-29, 2018. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and the challenges of modern information systems and technologies research together with their technological development and applications. The main topics covered are: A) Information and Knowledge Management; B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; C) Software and Systems Modeling; D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; I) Human–Computer Interaction; J) Ethics, Computers & Security; K) Health Informatics; L) Information Technologies in Education; M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications.
This innovative new worktext with CD-ROM familiarizes readers with both general computer applications and medical office management software, giving them the confidence and skills to succeed as a medical office assistant. The companion CD-ROM features an easy-to-use, scaled-down version of Lytec Medical 2001 software, already populated with fictional medical office data for practice that mimics an actual medical office environment. All aspects of computerized administrative and financial functions in the medical office are addressed - from new patient entry to scheduling, billing, and insurance claims processing. As each concept builds on material from earlier chapters, the reader's knowledge is solidified through chapter-opening objectives and vocabulary, step-by-step procedures, in-text exercises, special hints, chapter summaries, and several assessment exercises at the end of each chapter. A scaled-down version of Lytec Medical 2001 software on CD-ROM is packaged with the text, populated with fictional medical office data that enables readers to manipulate the program exactly as they would in an actual medical office environment. A week-long simulation, in which the reader must "create" a fictional medical practice from the ground up, incorporates many common situations and tasks from an actual medical office. Step-by-step procedures break skills and information into easily manageable segments so the reader can proceed at his or her own pace and review material as needed. Exercises are interspersed through chapter discussions, often directly following procedures, providing immediate reinforcement of skills and theories. Incomplete information in the exercises forces the reader to obtain missing material from source documents (included in the appendix), reinforcing strategies for dealing with gaps in information. Several self-assessment sections at the end of each chapter - Using Terminology, Checking Your Understanding, and Putting it into Practice - help the reader keep tabs on his or her own learning. Hints in the text alert readers to common mistakes and/or problems often encountered when using the Lytec software. Over 200 computer screen shots provide visual, step-by-step examples that guide the user through complicated procedures.
