Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Cae study 2009 Review

Use the following site to review the CASE Study
http://isbitgs.wikispaces.com/CaseStudy2009

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Database Revision

What you need to know about databases

Paper One and Two may require you to evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of databases, you should have an understanding of the following related technological concepts:
Design and creation concepts,
a) field, key field, record, search, query, sort, database management system, mail merge
b) What are relational databases?
c) Flat-file database versus relational database
d) Paper files versus electronic files
e) Data redundancy and data integrity
f) Updating data
g)Data transfer between a database and a spreadsheet
h) Search and the use of the Boolean operators (AND, OR and NOT)
i) Data mining

The above will enable answer questions on databases

EHR Medical Systems


  1. Define an EHR system? [2 marks]

  2. Explain two ways an EHR system benefit society? [4 marks]

  3. Explain two of the reasons why EHR's are not yet widely used. [4 marks]

  4. Discuss three social or ethical concerns people have with EHR? [10 marks]

EHR Medical Systems


  1. Define an EHR system? [2 marks]

  2. Explain two ways an EHR system benefit society? [4 marks]

  3. Explain two of the reasons why EHR's are not yet widely used. [4 marks]

  4. Discuss three social or ethical concerns people have with EHR? [10 marks]

Telemedicine (Area of Impact Health) HL


  1. Define Telemedicine? [2 marks]

  2. Describe two of the technologies involved in telemedicine [4 marks]

  3. Explain two barriers to the use of telemedicine? [4 marks]

  4. Discuss three advantages of telemedicine. Evaluate your arguments[10 marks]