This study focused on the clinical workflow evolutions when implementing the health information technology (HIT). The study especially emphasized on administrating medication when the electronic health record (EHR) systems were adopted at rural healthcare facilities. Mixed-mode research methods, such as survey, observation, and focus group, were…

With over 500,000 foreign students in United States colleges and universities, the Immigration and Naturalization Service is piloting a program to monitor the activities of foreign students and scholars. The Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students is being tried with 10,000 students in Alabama, Georgia, North…

This manual expresses the South Carolina State Department of Education's understanding of the new, computerized school administration system called OSIRIS and the policy regarding its use with the Student Accountability System (SAS). The SAS is a method used to obtain a cumulative headcount of students served in certain programs specified in the…

Single Audit Act of 1984 was passed to provide guidelines for organizationwide audits of federally funded programs. Explanatory notes for Educational Improvement Act (EIA) summer school accounting are given. Section 1 outlines audit requirements established for state and local governments that receive and administer federal assistance. An…

An automated record-keeping system for publicly supported day care centers, developed by the South Carolina Office of Child Development (OCD), is described here. This OCD Information System evolved around the need for accurate and timely data pertaining to publicly funded day care centers. Allowance was made for possible subsequent inclusion of…

This curriculum guide consists of materials for use in teaching a course in job skills for hospital ward clerks. Included in the front matter of the guide are an introduction, guidelines for using the guide, and a course outline. The second section contains a job description, seven categories of job duties and tasks, a final examination, sample…

This South Carolina guide was developed to provide a method for teaching the art of learning while teaching the subject matter of records management. The guide addresses the three domains of learning: psychomotor, cognitive, and affective. It is organized into 10 content units: records management--general; records organization and evaluation…

This instructor's guide consists of materials for use in teaching the first year of a two-year course in health occupations education that is designed for high school students. Included in the volume are an introduction, a list of modules, a list of tools and supplies, instructional references, a list of suggested instructional filmstrips, an…

Supporting performance objective 35 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on preparing federal and state tax deposits are included in this packet, which is one of a series. The student materials include information concerning income tax…

Supporting performance objective 37 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on preparing state unemployment tax returns are included in this packet, which is one of a series. The student materials include information concerning the…

This curriculum guide recommends the essential content for high school programs in business education in South Carolina. It contains course outlines which are based on competencies needed in the labor market and/or for personal business management. The guide contains 20 course descriptions which are arranged in alphabetical order. Each course is…