TY - CHAP
T1 - Technology and Health
AU - Coovert, Michael D.
AU - Walvoord, Ashley A.G.
AU - Stilson, Frederick R.B.
AU - Prewett, Matthew S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Americans and their political leaders are committed to health science research. 1 1 Faith in biomedical research is reflected in the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which averages four to six times larger than the National Science Foundation (NSF), and is demonstrated in the recent doubling of NIH funding over a five-year period. Biomedical research contributes a continually expanding body of knowledge that fosters to a better understanding of health and disease. It also creates or facilitates a prodigious number of ideas that lead to new technologies. Congressional legislation, such as the Bayh–Dole Act, has encouraged the translation of NIH research into practical applications by facilitating agreements between the NIH, the research institutions in which it sponsors research, and industry.
Funding Information:
There are vulnerabilities in the maintenance of such a creative environment. The emphasis on funding of biomedical research at NIH has been accompanied by much slower growth in the budgets of the NSF and the Departments of Defense and Energy. Failure to maintain the flow of fundamental advances in computer science, electrical engineering, materials development, physics, and mathematics will ultimately impair the productivity of biomedical research. A recent proposal to double the budget of the NSF is critical to this process.
Publisher Copyright:
© Oxford University Press, 2014.
PY - 2009/9/2
Y1 - 2009/9/2
N2 - This article reviews the link between technology and health. It begins with a brief discussion of workplace health issues brought about through technologically induced strains such as musculoskeletal disorders, carpal tunnel, and psychological stress. It covers recent advances in keyboard design along with other novel approaches to limiting the associated strains on the body. It also covers worker's expectations and remote environments, identifying how these may lead to decrements in physical and mental health. Some health concerns occur in many workers, others are specific to teleworkers. This article moves on to computer-mediated collaboration and considers issues specific to work teams that coordinate efforts through technology. Furthermore, it introduces some newer developments in the technology arena. The list is by no means exhaustive, but rather, involve technologies that will either become more prevalent or carry the greatest implications for further changing the nature of work.
AB - This article reviews the link between technology and health. It begins with a brief discussion of workplace health issues brought about through technologically induced strains such as musculoskeletal disorders, carpal tunnel, and psychological stress. It covers recent advances in keyboard design along with other novel approaches to limiting the associated strains on the body. It also covers worker's expectations and remote environments, identifying how these may lead to decrements in physical and mental health. Some health concerns occur in many workers, others are specific to teleworkers. This article moves on to computer-mediated collaboration and considers issues specific to work teams that coordinate efforts through technology. Furthermore, it introduces some newer developments in the technology arena. The list is by no means exhaustive, but rather, involve technologies that will either become more prevalent or carry the greatest implications for further changing the nature of work.
KW - Carpal tunnel
KW - Computer-mediated collaboration
KW - Health
KW - Musculoskeletal disorders
KW - Psychological stress
KW - Technology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84923638651&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199211913.003.0015
DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199211913.003.0015
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84923638651
SN - 9780199211913
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well Being
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -