The Impact Of Information Technology

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The Impact Of Information Technology

• Presented by
• Kayla Allen
• Julie Carter
• Cristi Strickland

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Information System
• A system for acquiring, organizing, storing,
  manipulating, and transmitting information
• Information Technology
• The means by which information is acquired,
  organized, stored, manipulated, and transmitted

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INFORMATIONBEFORE AND AFTER

• TYPES Oral, hand-written, printed, words, images
• STORAGE Libraries (limited space)
• COPYING slow, labor intensive, quantities are
  limited

• TYPES Many different, including text, music,
  images, video
• STORAGE Computers, libraries (unlimited space)
• COPYING fast and easy

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COMMUNICATIONBEFORE AND AFTER

• PRIVATE oral (same place), hand written letters.
  LOCAL
• PUBLIC word of mouth, addresses, decrees, signs,
  town crier, printing press, books, newspapers,
  pamphlets

• PRIVATE telephone, cell-phone, answering
  machine, email, video-phone. GLOBAL
• PUBLIC Newspaper, radio, television, Internet.
  GLOBAL

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO

• Education
• Health Care
• Criminal Justice
• The Defense Industry

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THE IMPACT ON EDUCATION
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THE IMPACT ON EDUCATION

• Many adults returning to school to learn or
  expand their skills so that they can keep up with
  the many technological advances.
• Because of the increase in student population,
  most educational institutions deliver at least
  half of all instruction online.
• Pros and Cons of Online Education

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THE IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE
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THE IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE BEFORE AND AFTER

• Unsophisticated medicine
• Local doctors
• Speed depends on circumstances
• Nutrition connected with agriculture and the
  knowledge of foods

• Computer enhanced medical technology
• Response to emergencies
• Scientific advances in medicine
• Advances in nutrition

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THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE

• People feel that information technology gives
  them a sense of control and empowerment in
  managing their health
• People feel that information technology will
  limited unnecessary visits to the doctor

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THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE CONT

• Consumers believe they will benefit from any cost
  savings resulting from information technologies.

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THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE

• Some Americans believe that the old way is better
  then the new way
• Doctors will overlook clues in online
  interactions
• Technology will replace high touch or human
  interactions
• New technology will raise cost of healthcare

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THE IMPACT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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THE IMPACT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• Crime is on the decline in the United States
• IT assists patrol officers and investigators in
  preventing lawbreaking in the first place, and
  apprehending perpetrators once crimes have
  occurred
• How?

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE continued

• How?
• Mobile computing
• Monitoring parolees, and those under house arrest
• Automated Fingerprint Identification System
  (IAFIS)
• Law Enforcement Online (an FBI intranet service)

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THE IMPACT ON THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY
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THE IMPACT ON THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY

• Smart Weapons
• Highly trained soldiers
• Satellites

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IN SUMMARY

• For industries to gain or maintain their
  competitive advantage, information technology
  must be used.
• The demand on companies to remain competitive has
  resulted in more adults returning to school to
  expand their skills
• Although IT has greatly improved healthcare, it
  cannot replace the face to face interaction
  (high touch) that patients have with doctors

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SUMMARY continued

• IT has enabled officers and investigators to
  prevent crime, or solve crime by putting
  information in the hands of key decision-makers
  at critical points
• IT is leading to a revolution in military affairs

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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

• Can you think of other ways IT has impacted
  Healthcare, Education, Criminal Justice, the war?
• Has IT impacted the way you do business,
  homework, shop, bank, etc
• What do you think about how the war is being
  broadcast in real time?