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Should The Interoperability Of North Philadelphia Human Services

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There are many human services organization across the world, and all of them work in differently when helping someone. When doing my research, I came across the North Philadelphia Human Services Development Corporation. The North Philadelphia Human Services Development Corporation strengthens by connecting families. With the opportunity, resources, and with a great team to give that support system they need to raise healthy educated and happy children. As well as the support for adults. The way NPHSDC was created out of the need to start a community-based conduit that would create programs offering an array of intervention and preventive services for individuals and families residing in north central Philadelphia and surrounding communities. …show more content…

Interoperability is an organization describe as the ability of different information technology systems and software application to be able to communicate, exchange many types of data, and use that information that has been exchanged. Dick schoech explain his point of the article to have future social worker understand the changes that are being made with service delivery. He goes on to explain that since the main focus of his paper is on the impact of global data interchange. The difficult technical issues surrounding user authentication, security, and privacy as well ( interoperability," 2010). Interoperability is one of the most critical concept facing the adoption and implantation of enhancing electronic information technologies into the health and human services as well. The article explains that historically, the real power of technological innovation is always due to link, through railroad, telephones, and electronic …show more content…

One major task of a travel agency is to develop travel plans based on a traveler's need and wants. A similar set of social worker task is to develop an intervention plan based on a client's needs and wants. Contrasting how these tasks are handling illustrates the features of the network model of interoperability. This model goes on to explain that today's interconnected information available to a travel agent has caused major changes in how travelers find vacations that meet their needs. Some of these organizations even use the information provided by the traveler to further their goals. An example the model gives is that immediately after the traveler makes an airline reservation on a travel site. The information can automatically be used by an airline application that optimize airline profits by ensuring that each plane is full with the highest paying passenger. Advantage this model has it that now u can consider technology is typically used when clients want to find a counseling service that meets their needs. Clients can just call 211 if implemented in their area to obtain a list of possible agencies to contact. Having this type of access they don't have to feel alone on making the decision about traveling they can feel confident with the decision that is made. Disadvantage on this model Schoech explain the major issues is how to make a globally connected system out of many independent local agencies. They face

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