Application of ICT in healthcare

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Input of data

Information regarding patients in entered into an information system (computer) using a computer keyboard. Common types of keyboards used in a hospital environment are:

Standard keyboard: keyboard with standard key arrangement and features.

Concept keyboard: keyboards with special arrangement of keys and are sued by disabled people or for special application. A concept keyboard is a flat-bed of contact switches covered by a flexible membrane. System and software designers can allocate on or more switches to respond in different ways.

With concept keyboards it is easy to manipulated and manage data or machinery and hence they are ideal for hospital environment. For example, controlling a CAT scan machine in a hospital is done using a concept keyboard specially designed for this purpose.
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Application of ICT in education

Role of ICT in the Classroom

Radio and television have been used widely as educational tools since the 1920s and the 1950s, respectively. There are three general approaches to the use of radio and TV broadcasting in education:
direct class teaching, where broadcast programming substitutes for teachers on a temporary basis;
school broadcasting, where broadcast programming provides complementary teaching and learning resources not otherwise available
general educational programming over community, national and international stations which provide general and informal educational opportunities.
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