Technology and Human Service Workers

• Computer technologies and advances in satellite communications (e.g., email, SMS, teleconferencing, mobile phones, pagers, world wide web and blogs) support interactions among human service workers.
• Information management through electronic transfer and database entry can improve efficiency and speed up the provision of services to clients.
• Services could be provided to clients on-line, through electronic means.

Explore how computer technologies and advances in satellite communications support interactions among human service workers, improve information management, and enhance the provision of services to clients through electronic means.