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biggirl4568

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Allied health professionals who are primarily responsible for analyzing blood, urine, or other body fluids are called:
 
  A) registered nurses.
  B) medical assistants.
  C) phlebotomists.
  D) clinical laboratory technicians.
  E) diagnostic technologists.

Question 2

Why is it necessary for a future health care professional to be familiar with computer technology?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

As a future health care professional, familiarity with information technology (IT) is crucial. As in other fields, the basic tasks of gathering, allocating, controlling, and retrieving information are the same. The push to use IT in all aspects of health care, from the electronic health record (EHR) to integrated hospital information technology (HIT) systems, makes it crucial for health care professionals to be familiar with basic computer concepts. Computers are used in every specialty, from psychiatry to surgery. Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are used throughout the health care system. Physicians can write prescriptions on PDAs, consult online databases, and capture patient information and download it to a hospital computer. PDAs can hold reference manuals. They are also used in public health to gather information and help track diseases and epidemics. Administrative tasks in medical offices are being computerized. Supercomputers are used in research. The embedded computer is a single-purpose computer on a chip of silicon, which is embedded in anything from appliances to humans. An embedded computer may help run your car, microwave, pacemaker, or watch. A chip embedded in a human being can dispense medication among other things. Recently, the use of iPhones and iPads has expanded in all aspects of health care. These devices have a variety of health care applications.



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