The impact of information technology on health

oleh: Alireza Atarodi, Ahmadreza Atarodi

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Gonabad University of Medical Sciences 2019-05-01

Deskripsi

Information Technology (IT) is the study of systems especially computers for storing, retrieving, and sending information. It uses any networking and other physical devices, infrastructures to secure and exchange all forms of electronic data. IT is used globally as a major portion of daily life and we use it nearly every day within organizations for many reasons. Our computers, mobile phones and most of other devices we use are IT forms. We depend on them everywhere and every day to do our works more efficiently. We use IT for big data, cloud computing, internet, enterprise software, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cyber security, virtual assistance, augmented reality, 3-D printing and more. Now, it seems that a profound revolution has taken place in communication technology today which has influenced the pace and way of relationship in the world. IT has affected all areas and changed the environment so that it was not available for anybody before and also has created the opportunity for human to exchange the information and knowledge easily and in a piece of time [1].