communicational equipment
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Communications Equipment
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Telephone
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Intercom systems Means of communication for patients and staff even though they cannot see each other
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Intercom systemsProper etiquette should be usedCommunications should be calm, courteous, and pleasantAlways answered immediately
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Intercom systemsClient orientationControl panelPlacement/accessAnswered immediatelyEmergency call signals
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Two-way Radios
Used between a mobile unit and a base location to transmit and/or receive information or instructions
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PagersWhen a message is urgent, paging is an efficient means of contacting members
A pager is a small electronic communication device which beeps, buzzes, or vibrates to indicate that a signal has been picked up or a call has been made
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Dictation-Transcription Equipment
Audio – recording machine used to convert verbal communication into written words. Recorded message is played and a transcriptionst types the information using a typewriter or computer word processor
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Computers
Computers process information with speed and accuracy and are able to store vast amounts of information in a small space
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ComputersThree types of computers:• Mainframe computers
•Largest and most expensive•Used by large institutions•Process and store huge amounts of information
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Computers • Minicomputers
• Smaller than mainframe-larger than personal computers
• Used in network settings, linking several computers together
• Acts as centralized storage for shared information
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Computers Personal computers/microcomputers• Desktop• Notebooks• Palm pilot
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Computers Uses:
• Process and store information• Monitor patient care• E-mail- immediate
transmission of information worldwide
• Internet/research• Computerized client records
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Computers Telemedicine – transmission of video images of client and information to provide support to health care professionals globally, especially in rural areas
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ComputersCD-Rom technology (compact-disc recordable) – capable of storing vast amounts of information
Speech-recognition technology – user speaks into a microphone to input information instead of using a keyboard
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Fax Machines
Critical for transmitting client records or test results which must be sent immediately to other locations
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Fax MachinesScans pageTransmits electronic impulses over phone linesImpulses converted into duplicate of original document by receiver machine
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Fax Machines
The fax machine should have a designated line in medical locations to avoid telephone interruptions
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Fax Machines
• Prepare a cover sheet with the following information:• Name of sender• Phone number of sender• Fax number of sender• Fax number of receiver• Name of receiver
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Fax MachinesCover sheets (continued)• Date• Number of pages being transmitted
• Mark as “confidential” if necessary
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VideoconferencingVideoconferencing is a networking communication system which connects a number of locations to simultaneously share information, resources, and/or services
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VideoconferencingConnects those in geographically remote areas with other and overcomes the constraints of time, distance, and severe climatic conditions
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Videoconferencing Used in healthcare
Access to continuing and professional development
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Videoconferencing Equipment
• Computer• Monitor• Multimedia loudspeakers• Camera• Illumination system