Affecting The Workplace

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By examining all the technology used in today's society, it must have acception influence. Technology does affect the workplace. I feel strongly that the workplace would not be able to function as acceptable without technology. If you fell and broke your ankle, they would more than likely use the x-ray machine to find out but what if we didn't have it? It wouldn't be so easy for doctors to know what's going on with us. Technology is helpful in the medical field. I know technology helps a lot of people in the hospital not only doctors, but also desk clerks. It's a faster way of communicating around the hospital. Things of technology today have advanced, and only for the better of people. Now in hospitals we have a thing called Computer On

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