Ita Unit 3 Data Managment Summary

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CHAPTER 3 DATA MANAGMENT: WHAT IS A FORM: A FORM ACTS AS A HARD COPY OF A FORM THAT PATIENTS MAY FILL OUT AT A HOSPITAL, IT IS ONSCREEN AND THE APPROPRIATE DATA CAN BE TYPED INTO THE FIELDS PAGE 88 WHAT ARE THE TWO METHODS FOR VALIDATING DATA: THE FIRST INCLUDES VISUALLY INSPECTING THE DATA TO CHECK THAT IT LOOKS CORRECT, THE SECOND IS MACHINE VALIDATION IN WHICH THE DATABASE WILL SEARCH FOR CERTAIN ERRORS INCLUDING INCORECT NUMBERS FOR A POST CODE OR BOXES THAT ARNT FILLED IN PAGE 88 DIRECT DATA COLLECTION: DIRECT DATA COLLECTION RELIES ON CUSTOMERS THAT FILL OUT FORMS OVER THE INTERNET FOR A COMPANY. THIS REMOVES VARIOUS BARRIERS INVOLVED WITH HARDCOPY FORMS, CUSTOMERS NOW DONT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEIR FORMS TO BE SENT AND CAN ACCESS AND SEND THE FORM OVER THE INTERNET WHENEVER THEY LIKE. IT ALSO ELIMINATES HAVING TROUBLE READING PEOPLES TERRIBLE HAND WRITING, AND THE PROBLEM OF PEOPLE NOT FILLING IN NECESSARY FIELDS. THIS ALSO OPENS UP ECONOMIES SUCH AS BEING ABLE TO SIMPLY ORDER FROM OVERSEAS PAGE 89 WHY SUPPLY DATA VIA WEBSITES: THERE ARE MANY ADVANTAGES FROM ORDERING ONLINE, SUCH AS BEING ABLE TO SHOP OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SHOPPING HOURS, MORE UP-TO-DATE FEEDBACK DIRECTLY FROM CUSTOMERS AND ALLOWS INDERVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS TO ENGAGE IN SOCIAL NETWORKING FAR BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THEIR IMMEDIATE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. PAGE 91 PURCHASING OF GOODS AND SERVICES: BEING ABLE TO SHOP ONLINE HELPS OUT ALL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE HOUSEBOUND, LIKE THE ELDERLY, SICK OR THOSE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. PEOPLE WHO ARE TIME POOR TEND TO ORDER THEIR GROCERIES ONLINE RATHER THEN SHOP AT THE SUPERMARKET AND WAIT IN LONG QUEUES. RATHER THEN HAVING TO PAY BILLS OVER THE TELEPHONE IT HAS BECOME MUCH MORE EFFICIENT BY DOING IT ONLINE. PAGE 91 FEEDBACK: OCCASIONALLY, ORGANISATIONS WANT FEEDBACK FROM THEIR CUSTOMERS , THEY CAN DO THESE FROM ONLINE POLLS AND EMAILS,

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