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Explain the potential benefits of health information technology to improve disease surveillance, alerts and responses to threats. Provide an example of how this information can be quickly disseminated to the public to increase education in times of outbreaks
ANSWER.
Potential benefits of health information technology:-
* Improved medication safety.
* Decreases the risk of medication errors.
* Easing retrieval of patient information.
Surveillance on disease.
They track and report about the diseases and conditions. They also show primary focus on patient safety and diseases,etc.
Alerts :-
Alerts are also arranged and they can evidence based care to patients and can also optimize adherence to guidelines.
Responses to threats.
Today's technology respond to the threats. The disaster or health care managememt akso respond to threats immediately and work their best to protect the lives.
In our society any information can be spreaded very easily using mobiles, TVs,etc. For example everyone has some knowledge about COVID-19 after only 3 weeeks of the first case. TV is the most easiest way to spread news by news channels, advertisements,etc. Facebook, Instagram, twitter, Yahoo and other apps are known for worldwide so this mobile apps can also help us to teach something to people or to bring awareness in people, etc.