IT Panelists

I found the IT panel discussion very enlightening. I will be honest and say when I first saw that one of my classes this year was IT, I was less than enthused about it. However, after reading certain cases such as CareGroup and listening to the the four panelists discuss the role of IT in their business I have begun to understand the importance of Technology in my future career. While I found all four speakers stories interesting, I was most impressed with Ms. Mills presentation being that I want to specialize in Health Care Administration myself.  One of the most impressive points to me was how OLOL uses IT to facilitate the doctors role in prescription medicine. As we all know doctors are very resistant to change and many would rather the bare minimal IT involvement in their practice. However, OLOL has implemented a system that allows the doctors to prescribe medications to their patients and uses computer programs to double check the patients history to insure that there would not be a conflict or allergies in the prescribed medicine

I now see that there is more to IT in relation to business management than I had previously thought. And that IT's role in advancing your company could be the key to success or failure. If computers can be used to save a patients life I would definitely say that that would be a success.