PP156 New Information And Communication Technologies And Hospitals' Design

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. 142-142
Author(s):  
Eduardo Alves ◽  
Benefran Bezerra
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Laboratory Equipment ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

INTRODUCTION:The hospital's design today must be prepared for changes resulting from the incorporation of new information and communication technologies (ICT) (1). These will affect non-finalistic (warehouse, archive), diagnostic support (laboratory and image) and finalistic activities (emergency, surgical center, clinics) (2). The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is fundamental in the dimension of the impact of each technology on the structure of healthcare facilities (HCF). In this way, this work intends to evaluate the trends of impact of the new ICT on hospitals’ structure.METHODS:The main technologies under discussion in Management of HCF in Brazillian Health Regulatory Agency were raised. From this survey an impact matrix was built with hospital environmental design and the trends of adequacy of its space.RESULTS:ICT that tend to decrease the physical space are: electronic health record for the archive, use of digital imaging for radiology, Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) for the warehouse, point of care and automated laboratory equipment for clinical laboratories.ICT that tend to increase physical space are: Telemedicine for the surgical center, Internet of Things - IoT for Intensive Care Units, beds for emergency and hospitalization.The technologies that present an undefined tendency in relation to physical space are: automatic dispensers of drugs for nursing posts.The use of database servers and the need for network points are still undefined due to the use of Wi-Fi technology and cloud storage. However, it's possible to increase use of electricity and the internet.CONCLUSIONS:It is concluded that the new ICT will have an impact on the planning and building of the future HCF (3). The designs of today's buildings should consider this trend so that the future reality is adequate and the regulatory requirements about HCF should be able to consider it.

Cyber-Terrorism in Australia

2011 ◽  
pp. 108-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Beggs
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Cyber Terrorism ◽  
New Information ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
New Form ◽  
London Bombings ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

Cyber-terrorism has evolved as a new form of terrorism since the development of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as the Internet. It has become an issue of concern to the Australian government as well as a global issue since the impact of the September 11, 2001, tragedies, the Bali bombings in 2002, and the London bombings of 2005. Australia, together with other leading nations such as the U.S., currently faces the threat of conventional terrorism; however, we also now face the possibility of a new digital form of terrorism: cyber-terrorism. This article explores this new form of terrorism and provides examples of possible cyber-terrorism and closely related cases. It also highlights vulnerabilities within Australian computer systems and provides an overview of the future trends of this new emerging threat within the Australian context.

Books and libraries

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Michael Macdonald-Ross
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Third Century ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

University libraries are facing the farce of NICT (New Information and Communication Technologies). Libraries are ancient indeed - they date from the third century BC. Their staff are, as a rule, not well equipped to judge the impact of technological change (who is?). Instead of being too conservative, they are often naïvely accepting of technological overclaims. As a result, librarians plan to reduce access to print in favour of text on screen. Here I counter-attack, arguing that the day of the printed book is far from over.

scholarly journals Information and Communication in a Networked Infosphere - a Review of Concepts and Application in Social Branding

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-29
Author(s):  
Fernando Manuel Santos Ramos ◽  
Óscar Emanuel Chaves Mealha ◽  
Catarina Franco Lélis
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Working Models ◽  
New Information ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Abstract:This paper aims at providing a contribution to the comprehensive review of the impact of information and communication, and their supporting technologies, in the current transformation of human life in the infosphere. The paper also offers an example of the power of new social approaches to the use of information and communication technologies to foster new working models in organizations by presenting the main outcomes of a research project on social branding. A discussion about some trends of the future impact of new information and communication technologies in the infosphere is also included.Resumen:Este artículo tiene como objetivo proporcionar una contribución a la revisión global del impacto de la información y la comunicación, y sus tecnologías de apoyo, en la actual transformación de la vida humana en la infosfera. El artículo también ofrece un ejemplo del poder de los nuevos enfoques sociales sobre el uso de las tecnologías de información y comunicación para fomentar nuevos modelos de trabajo en las organizaciones mediante la presentación de los principales resultados de un proyecto de investigación sobre desarrollo social de marca. Una discusión sobre algunas de las tendencias del futuro impacto de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en la infosfera también se incluye. 

scholarly journals Shaping the future e-patient

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-43
Author(s):  
Ulrike Felt ◽  
Lisa Gugglberger ◽  
Astrid Mager
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Future Citizen ◽  
Material Form

This paper investigates how public discourses, as articulated in EU policy and Austrian media documents, take part in the creation and stabilisation of a new patient figure – the e-patient. The documents we analysed act as one material form for enacting, performing and giving meaning to the changes occurring when a new technology enters established networks in the medical realm. Our analysis will show that the public discourses we studied deploy three rather different forms of discursive registers, each of which address and perform a specific relation between currently new information and communication technologies and citizen-patients. From one place, moment or problem-solution package to the next a slightly different hybrid and ‘multiple citizen-patient’ is being shaped, discussed, observed or concealed. The multiplicity we observed reveals crucial tensions and contradicting expectations expressed towards the future citizen-patient, showing the challenges for e-health in the making.

New ICTs for Conflict Prevention and Management

2008 ◽  
pp. 3784-3803
Author(s):  
Ángela-Jo Medina
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Related Application ◽  
The Impact

This chapter introduces the impact of new information and communication technologies (nICTs), specifically the Internet, on national and international conflict prevention and management. This analysis provides case studies of the use and examples of the prospective use of nICTs to counteract conflict as it undermines social and economic structures and hinders regional development. This study reviews the specific application of nICT-related initiatives at the different phases of the conflict cycle: from addressing the root causes of conflict as a tool for prevention and management, through the reconciliation and reconstruction phase. The author intends this analysis to illustrate and contribute to the discussion of how the social and development-related application of nICTs can compliment existing conflict prevention and management reduction strategies.

Virtuality and the Future of Organizations

2011 ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Erastos Filos
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Organizations ◽  
Socioeconomic Impact ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Organizational Patterns ◽  
The Impact

This chapter aims at drawing a picture of how organizations are likely to develop in the context of “virtuality,” i.e., following the impact of technologies relevant to the information society. Organizations will expand their traditional boundaries to form new organizational patterns that will allow them to adapt to the changing environment of the information society as well as to exploit the opportunities of a digital economy. The chapter, therefore, shows how research, in particular research that was supported under the European Commission’s R&D programs, has played a significant role in shaping these developments. The research aimed at developing the underpinning information and communication technologies as well as at understanding the business processes and the socioeconomic impact of virtual organizations. Although many of the features of this new organizational paradigm are still not fully understood, there is hope that organizations in the future will be smart in various respects and will develop in a way that maximizes the leveraging of knowledge and innovation.

The impact of information and communication technologies in fish consumption in Portugal: building a support for the coming generations

2020 ◽  
pp. 855-872
Author(s):  
Valentina Chkoniya ◽  
Ana Oliveira Madsen ◽  
Teresa Coelho
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Point Of Sale ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Shopping Experience ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are powerful tools in an extremely unstable and turbulent world, being a vital weapon in an era of electronic communication, full of unpredictability and entropy. Portugal is Europe's leader in consumption of fish and ranks third in the world. It is with this historical, economic and food galaxy interpretation of the world that we have decided to study the fish consumption supply chain in Portugal, distributing and analyzing 2 different surveys on purchase and consumption behaviors. 1393 respondents participated in surveys, one survey being for the general of the population and another one specifically for generations Y and Z. Being ICTs so vital to young people and being generation Y and Z the future in consumption, we have focused our study on how to build a support for the coming generations. To do that we have design communication strategies for fishing sector, including point-of-sale communication, underlining the issue of shopping experience, which in the case of young consumers is, very closely linked to ICT, based on creating sustained value for society underpinned by a relation of cooperation and proximity. Following Toffler's permanent adaptation survival rule, it is vital to the food supply chain (in our case, fish) to rapidly understand that the future of consumption is in the hands of the "Z/Post-Millennials" generation, meaning that product, place, price and promotion have been replaced by Ettenson's Solutions, Access, Value and Education.

scholarly journals Cómo las redes sociales están cambiando la comunicación hotelera / How Social Media are Changing Hospitality Communications

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Wichels
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Long Beach ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
New Information ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTThe new information and communication technologies (ICT),in particular Social Media like TripAdvisor, Face-book or Twitter are changing flows, processes and tools in Tourism Communication. Considering that traditional communi-cation tools and strategies are becoming less and less effective, ICT are encouraging new communication practices and influencing consumer behaviour. Several studies from the perspective of the reception have been published in recent years on the impact of Social Media in Tourism, therefore we thought to develop a study from the perspective of production. We approach the features and peculiarities of the impact of 2.0 platforms in Tourism Communication and we present as a case study the communication strategy of Long Beach Hotel, Sun Resorts in Mauritius Islands.RESUMENLas nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC), en especial las redes sociales, como TripAdvisor, Facebook o Twitter están revolucionando los flujos, procesos, y herramientas de la comunicación turística. Las TIC influyen en los comportamientos del consumidor y obligan a nuevas prácticas en comunicación ya que las estrategias y herramientas tradicionales se tornan cada vez menos efectivas. Son varios los estudios que han sido publicados en los últimos años sobre el impacto de las redes sociales en el turismo desde la perspectiva de la recepción y por lo tanto, hemos querido aportar un estudio desde la perspectiva de la producción. Abordamos los rasgos y singularidades del impacto de las plataformas 2.0 en comunicación turística y presentamos como estudio de caso la estrategia de comunicación del Hotel Long Beach, Sun Resorts, en Islas Mauricius.

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