ICT in Health and Social Care

This assignment examines the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on health and social care. It discusses the consequences of lacking communication in the sector, highlighting issues such as ergonomics and radiation concerns. The text further explores the advantages of ICT, emphasizing its role in enhancing service quality, worker care, and improving coordination between health and social care practices. Additionally, it touches upon the importance of addressing legal and ethical considerations when implementing ICT in these settings.

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Table of Contents
Task 4...............................................................................................................................................3
Consequences of Lacking Communication in Health Sector.......................................................3
Advantages of ICT in Organization.............................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................5

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Task 4
Consequences of Lacking Communication in Health Sector
Information and communication technologies might be dangerous in use due to lack of
awareness in the users. It is essential to have all the safety measure before using the ICT. As
there are, several issues are taken into consideration while using ICT. Ergonomics is one of that
that raised problems. Radiations are one of major problem because due to heavy usage of system
can increase the radiation rate and radiation can damage the eyesight. The other problem is
seating of the user while working on the system because wrong seating in the front of system
may increase the neck, eye problem. By the use of information and communication technologies,
there are various lawful considerations. Many researchers’ states that success of information and
communication technologies is totally depend on the cultural contingency of the appliance. It is
important that the various social and health care professionals supported the development of ICT
via particular cultural practices and understanding (Haluza, 2014). It is not necessary that all the
cultures consolidated the ICT in social and health field. However, information and
communication technologies can provide benefits in the field of health and social care, these
benefits can only be maximize on one condition that awareness of technology is not sufficient,
there must be wide acceptance of technology. There is a requirement of special consideration to
health monitoring and diagnostic areas, which wants the relevance of information and
communication technologies. Due to cut in budget of social and health care, the gap is been
generated in the expansion of what is being utilized and what is potential. Along with this many
professional of social and health care are failing in understanding the genuine possibilities of ICT
(Ekeland, et. al., 2010).

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Along with this, the professionals of social and health care should consider the lawful and
principled related matter in the use of ICT in social and health care settings. They must provide
guarantee that the secrecy of patient records and data of medical remains high. The command of
ICT in social and health care ought to be satisfactory and ICT offers technology as a learning
tool, which will be helpful for everyone to overcome mistakes and improve quality. Therefore,
it is important that before the use of ICT in health and social care, department must conduct a
short training session for the user, in which they can learn how to use the ICT and how to prevent
the mis-happening if happens.
Advantages of ICT in Organization
There are various benefits of using ICT in social and health care for service users, worker’s care
and companies. ICT helps the health and social care provision by contributing for their
improvement and results through dominant invigilate procedure. There are special initiatives and
polices have been made to deal with the desire of care users of service and worker’s care. There
are various benefits, which are as follows:
 An ICT helps in improving the quality of social and health care. ICT also helps in
improving the communication skills. ICT promises support for worker’s care, practices in
social and health care settings and efficient management of transition and keeping record
of quality outcomes (Goodwin, et. al., 2014).
 ICT helps in improving the livelihood of persons besmeared in social and health care. It
also helps in reducing the rate of any safety and health risk with the use of effective and
new technologies like various kinds of electronic sensors, systems, which are helpful in
video monitoring, and social alarm organism.

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 An information and communication technology helps in improving the coordination
between health and social concern practice that result in falling the potential letdowns
reasoned by prescription mistakes. For example information systems and electronic
records of health can be used to gathered, share and monitor information on the
consumers in want of social and health care and advance communication among the
organizations and groups of stakeholders concerned in care delivery (While, et. al.,
2011).

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References
Ekeland, A. G., Bowes, A., and Flottorp, S. (2010) Effectiveness of telemedicine: a systematic
review of reviews. International journal of medical informatics, 79(11), pp. 736-771.
Goodwin, N., Dixon, A., Anderson, G., and Wodchis, W. (2014) Providing integrated care for
older people with complex needs: lessons from seven international case studies. London: King's
Fund.
Haluza, D., and Jungwirth, D. (2014) ICT and the future of health care: Aspects of doctor-patient
communication, International journal of technology assessment in health care, 30(3), pp. 298-
305.
While, A., and Dewsbury, G. (2011) Nursing and information and communication technology
(ICT): a discussion of trends and future directions, International journal of nursing
studies, 48(10), pp. 1302-1310.