A new study of 4,000 hospitals by Harvard Medical School concludes that IT systems actually are costing healthcare institutions more money than they save. And any improvements in healthcare processes ...

Two related stories at New Scientist caught my eye this week, because they speak to one of the sad truths of the increased computerization of the economy -- the more we computerize, the more threats ...

Almost 47 percent of US jobs could be computerized within one or two decades according to a recent study that attempts to gauge the growing impact of computers on the job market. It isn't only manual ...

Computerization could take over 7.5 million retail jobs, says the Guardian, citing a Cornerstone Capital Group study. Hardest hit could be the nation's 3.5 million cashiers, 73% of whom are women and, ...

Juan Carlos De Martin proposes "the computerization of the world" as a new way of capturing the sentiment of "the Digital Revolution," positing that his own terminology recognizes an ongoing process ...

Consider the challenges facing technical communicators (i.e., technical writers) who design and produce medical device user manuals: First, their work must address the needs of an especially diverse ...

Computerization has revolutionized inventory management, as technologies ranging from automatic scanners to radio frequency identification chips now allow businesses to track their inventory from the ...