Information technology components

Autonomic computing technologies encapsulate the complexity of the underlying information technology components (hardware components and software components) and also enable automatic operation and management of the IT system with dynamic adaptation to changes without (or with minimal) human intervention so that the IT system as a whole can be used as a black box. The conceptual biomedical informatics architecture is depicted in the Figure 8.6. 

The future chemical plant will have a very intensive information technology component on the inside and will have a total face-lift on the outside. 

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Modularity The ability of important components to function independent of the main application is preferable for information technology systems operated by pharmacies. The system should be decomposable into subsystems that make the product less complex. This provides room for individual component upgrades instead of redesigning the whole system when specifications change in certain areas, such as claim processing. 

Organic materials comprise most of the chemically identifiable materials on the earth. Despite this fact, organic materials have occupied the traditional role as electronic materials in the modern information technology revolution. As the density of electronic components continues to increase, the characteristic size of the individual electronic elements (e.g., transistors) are rapidly approaching... 

Syndromic surveillance systems have developed in tandem with advances in information technology. A major component of many syndromic systems is the use of available electronic databases to capture health indicator data. With such computerized data, automated search algorithms can he applied to detect unusual patterns that may signal an outbreak and can provide that signal earlier than is feasible using traditional surveillance methods (CDC, 2000 Lazarus et al., 2002 Polyak, Elbert, Pavlin, Kelley, 2002 Teich et al., 2002). 

Public health surveillance is an essential process for detection of biological events. The traditional notifiable disease reporting system remains an important component of infectious diseases surveillance however, new approaches are being implemented that may enhance capabilities for early detection of events. The increasing availability of electronic health data and advances in information technologies provide opportunities for active, real-time surveillance systems (Teich et al., 2002). Syndromic surveillance systems that rely on alternative health indicators and detection of unusual patterns have... 

Validation, however, means different things to different people. Some companies and their Information Technology Group (ITG) will dismantle the computer and its software components, reconfigure them, test them, and then reinstall them. Others will take a more realistic approach and work on the basis that the computer was brought in for a specific task and, is considered validated provided that task is completed with the aid of the computer in a reproducible and acceptable manner. 

Inventories are basically structured knowledge repositories. They can be independent systems or alternatively can integrate data from other information systems. Information Technology (IT) tools are software applications that assist the user in specific operations. Some inventories and IT tools that can be considered as essential components of the DSS are described in generic terms below, with emphasis on their scientific features rather than to specific software applications (e.g., commercially available software). 

Up to now, we have discussed enterprises, particularly business processes, from a management point of view, that is, without any particular focus on information technology. The aforementioned application programs (components of the function view), computer hardware (a component of the organization view), and data media (components of the data view) contain only system names, not IT descriptions. These are included in the ARIS concept by evaluating the IT support provided by each ARIS view. 

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