Globalization

IT has improved health care a great deal. IT has improved prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases, it has improved patient to health care provider interaction, rapid spread of information, has improved the responses to outbreak situations, and so much more. I myself work in health care. Because of IT, we have access to EMR and no longer have to deal with paper charts, if someone is seen within our network, we instantly have access to patient information without having to wait for it to be mailed or faxed. With IT, patients are able to access some of their medical information right from their very own home, along with sending questions and concerns to their provider without having to deal with waiting to speak to someone on the phone, they are able to request medication from their provider, along with make an appointment. With the help of technology, health officials are able to obtain more information about outbreaks of dangerous infectious diseases with the rapid collection and transmission of detailed patient data to medical labs or public health centers. Digital records and images utilizing cameras have made it possible for doctors around the world to share information and offer advice on treatments for complicated ailments. For example, using internet connections made it possible for doctors working in remote regions of Northern Uganda to rapidly transmit their findings to experts during the deadly Ebola outbreak. IT makes so many things possible in so many areas. Through IT, individuals like myself and other working adults that want to further their education are possible to do so with online distance learning. Even individuals in other countries are able to make this possible. Though it may not be as easy or as accessible for individuals in other countries, IT still makes it a possibility in some parts. Tanzania has been a country developing a great deal from distance learning. Since 1994, Tanzania has opened the door to distance education so that students may obtain higher education. (www.academia.edu. "Open and Distance Learning in Developing Countries: The Past, the Present, and the Future. Cosmas B. F. Mnyanyi.) Open and distance learning contribute to development and poverty reduction. The acceleration in higher education is believed to have personal and social benefits.