Electronics

When differentiating between an Electronic Health Record (EHR) and an Electronic Medical Record (EMR), we are dealing with electronic data that can be created, controlled, and accessed at different locations, or one specific location. An EMR is a patient’s paper-based medical file for a unique location, such as a doctor’s office, or clinic, which has been transferred into digital format. With an EHR a patient’s digital personal, and medical information is broader, by allowing various locations…

produced by a manufacturing process…” (Merriam-Webster, Waste). Using this above definition, it is possible to break into the sub-branch known as electronic waste or E-waste. Due to the current large consumerism culture, many first world countries find themselves producing an unstable amount of E-waste from the constant “upgrading” or destruction of older electronics. Further in this paper, examples of how this waste is dealt with shall be covered, with an international response to these…

Rüther et al.’s October 2015 article investigated the attitudes about electronic cigarettes (e-cigarette) users in Germany using the Integrated Model for Change (I-Change Model). Up until now, with the exclusion of Rüther et al., little has been known about the motivational factors regarding e-cigarette use among young adults in Germany. Rüther et al. studied why smokers use e-cigarettes over conventional tobacco cigarettes, why smokers smoke e-cigarettes as well as conventional cigarettes, and…

associated with the use of electronic cigarettes in the United States. Electronic cigarettes can also be called as e-cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery system. The reasons why electronic cigarettes have become a public health issue is because they might change people’s views of smoking again, attract young people to smoke and even people who quit smoke, and intervene cessation attempts (“E-Cigarettes should be regulated…”, n.d.). The prevalence of Electronic cigarettes is increasing…

media, such as television or newspapers, then you have more than likely seen a story similar to “Electronic Cigarette Disaster: Child Wounded” or “Electronic Cigarettes Are Targeting Our Children.” News channels, such as Fox News, capitalize on the rare instances of device malfunctions, which result in minor explosions, and cherry-pick the scientific studies that agree with their opinion on electronic cigarettes. However, there is still a relatively small amount of information on the effects…

2.1 million people use the contemporary product known as the electronic cigarette in the U.K. alone ("Electronic Cigarettes (also known as vapourisers)" 1). This implement allows “users to mimic the ritual of smoking a cigarette while inhaling nicotine” ("E-cigarettes Fact Sheet" 1). Instead of smoking tobacco, consumers inhale a mixture of “nicotine, flavor additives, and other chemicals” ("Electronic Cigarettes (also known as vapourisers)" 1). As a user draws in air, a heater is triggered to…

One of the main benefits of having an electronic medical record is that it can reduce the number of medical errors. According to a study conducted for adverse events occurring in hospitals, at least 44,000 and as many as 98,000 deaths have occurred annually because of medical errors (Sultz & Young, p 89). The implementation of EMR can reduce significant mistakes, by utilizing computerized prescription entry, predicting drug interactions and displaying a warning for the health-care provider,…

Samsung electronics has been around for decades and has expanded in many ways. In 1938 Lee Byung- Chul founded Samsung Electronics, originally manufacturing televisions, calculators, refrigerators and etc. In 2012 it was known as the one of the largest conglomerate companies that had an overall revenue of $248 billion. To become a conglomerate, a company must enter an industry that has no relationship to the industry in which it currently operates. Samsung became a conglomerate because it was…

Electronic waste or e-waste is a term for electronic products that have become unwanted, obsolete, or essentially reached the end of their useful life. However, since 2005, e-waste has become one of the most growing problem and concern around the world. The idea of producing short lifespan devices such as computers, cellphones, and Mp3 is the major cause of what lead to that problem. As Giles Slade stated, the main reason the world is overloaded with numerous electronic waste, it is because…

ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN SINGAPORE INTRODUCTION Singapore Electronic Industry started 50 years ago in the 1960s with its first and only TV Assembly plant in Southeast Asia. And today, Singapore Electronic Industry has become the backbone of Singapore’s economy, contributing 5.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2013, 29% of total manufacturing output, and employed 80,000 workers, representing 19% of the total manufacturing labour force in Singapore (EDB, n.d). Due to the…