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INFORMATION

Information, in its most restricted technical sense, is a sequence of symbols that can be

interpreted as a message. Information can be recorded as signs, or transmitted as

signals. Information is any kind of event that affects the state of a dynamic system.Conceptually, information is the message (utterance or expression) being conveyed.

INFORMATION TYPES

Information can come from many different types of sources. Which kind should you

use? It depends on what questions you are trying to answer.

1. Primary2. Secondary3. Tertiary

PRIMARY (Think of this as Firsthand)

Primary information is comprised of original materials that were created first hand. This

type of information is from the time period involved and has not been filtered through

interpretation. Examples are:

Diaries, Interviews (legal proceedings, personal, telephone, email)

Letters, Original Documents (i.e. birth certificate or a trial transcript)

Patents, Photographs

Proceedings of Meetings, Conferences and Symposia.

SECONDARY(Think of this as Second Hand)

Secondary information is made up of accounts written after the fact with the benefit of

hindsight. It is comprised of interpretations and evaluations of primary information.

Secondary information is not evidence, but rather commentary on and discussion of

evidence. Examples are:

Biographies, Books, Commentaries, Dissertations, Indexes, Abstracts, Bibliographies

(used to locate primary & secondary sources), Journal Articles.

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TERTIARY(Think of this as Third Hand)

Tertiary information is a distillation and collection of primary and secondary

information. Examples are:

Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Fact books.

Information Improve The Quality Of Life??

Can information improve the quality of our lives? I agree with this statement as when we

consider that information related to technology, business, and medical instead each and every

field have been improved by the information.

Google is the best example of information providing tool. Through it we can get each and every

1. Information use by health Administrator:Function

Health administrators are interested in finding ways to integrate information technology systems into

the provision of services they offer their patients. As such, there are many uses for information

technology in health care, such as electronic health records, communication, claims and telemedicine,

which allows health care professionals to consult each other remotely by telephone or web conference.

Electronic Health Records

Being able to store patient records electronically is a valuable asset to the health care field. Health

administrators may invest a lot of time and money into creating electronic health records systems,

which can track patient medical histories and reduce medical errors.

Communication

Health administrators want to communicate effectively and efficiently with internal staff, external

stakeholders and community partners. They rely on information technology to create and maintain

communication systems.

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Claims

Administrators oversee the financial side of health care, using information technology to develop ways

to process and adjudicate medical claims. Having claims databases enables administrators to perform

thorough financial analyses of business operations.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine is a new technological advancement that came as a response to the global need for

healthcare. Health administrators who wish to expand and grow their organization can use information

technology to create telemedicine services for the purpose of long-distance consultations.

2. Information improve productivity :Information helps a lot in the increasing of

productivity by automating repetitive process tasks. Increased productivity can make

the difference between being effective and falling behind. IT can be used to automate

process tasks like calculating various time and cost figures.

Assess your current process. Knowing your current process will set your baseline tocompare your changes to your improvements.

Capture the current time it takes to complete the repetitive tasks. This will give you atime baseline to compare when automation is established.

Detail the steps of the repetitive areas. The detailed steps of each area will enable an ITteam to review and translate the steps to automated IT tasks.

CONCLUSION:

Information is the root of every development and advancement in each and every field of life.

So in my opinion information plays a vital role in improving the quality of our lives. No field

today can progress without the help of information.

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