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First computers in healthcare
The first computers where a punch-card system were hospitals shared the computers because the main frames were very large and expensive to purchase -
Computers became avalible for each department in healthcare
This was the first time hospitals had computers in each department because they were now small enough to be for indivdual use and also they were more afordible. -
Computers were being used for DRGs and comunication
This was the first time in healthcare that computers were used for reimbursement and for each department to comunicate with one another. Now if you needed to see something about the patient that was not done by your department you could look it up on your computer. -
Computers were leading the way in healthcare
In the 1990s computers where being used everywhere. Computers were now afordable for everyone not just companies. This gave people outside the healthcare setting information about anything and it also made it easy for people to find a doctor or hospital that they might want to use. -
Technology wireless
In the 2000s the internet was no longer just in your house or in an office setting but it was everywere. Now days you dont need a computer that is connected to wires or stationed in one place. Now days you can look up anything you want with a touch of a button on your phone. Also now you can go to your local CVS or Walgreens and sit in frount of a computer screan and see a virtual doctor and not even have to go to a doctor office or hospital.