Реферат: Information Technology Essay Research Paper Information technology

of their animals and even to tell them that ’scruffy’ is ready to go home.

Doctors also need, occasionally, to confer with other doctors or pharmacists.

The fax machine is another bit of information

technology that facilitates running a vet practice. In the case of

the Animal Emergency Clinic of CNY, the fax machine is the primary source

of contact with the share holding facilities when it comes to common patients.

The medical charts of an animals are faxed to their regular veterinary

facility to ensure proper follow-up care. It is also used to send

out memos about available shifts and periods of no coverage. This

keeps vets from referring their clients to the AEC of CNY when no doctor

is on duty. The fax is also used to order supplies and medicines.

Without a fax machine most of this information would have to be mailed,

lengthening the time of notification in all of the above situations.

Keeping track of patients, clients and

the services they received is a task that was once tedious, but now, thanks

to technology, is easy, reliable and quick. In the case of the AEC

of CNY, AVImark is the software employed that gets the job done.

This software is a system of veterinary information management that is

capable of handling a wide range of information both on the client and

the patient. It makes appointments and follow-ups. It stores

a file for each patient, which links it to its owner, the client.

This file holds information such as the name, address, home and work phone

number and even chart number of the client. For the patient it holds

the same as well as, the species, breed, weight, color, regular vet, and

even the date of the last entry as well as all services received during

the current and past visits. AVImark has a catalog of all of the

possible services a patient may receive along with the price of that service.

These services are categorized for easy findings under maintenance, treatments,

and applications. And then are further broken down into sub groups