MT637 HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM-

LABORATORY
UNIT 1: DATA PROCESSING (DATABASE, WORD PROCESSING AND SPREADSHEETS)
 Can store office 365 documents in one
SOFTWARE TOOLS drive in order to access them anywhere
WHY USE SOFTWARE TOOLS?
1. Improve productivity INTEGRATED SIDEBAR: helps to share files
 Faster to produce and organize directly from the application
instructional materials
2. Improve appearance 2. Resume reading your word documents
 Produces polished-looking materials -allows you to pick up where you left off
3. Improve accuracy -even on different devices, word automatically
 Create and keep precise records and bookmarks the last page you were reading
materials
4. Support interaction 3. Retrieving the right version of a document
 Encourage cooperative group learning -version control has been improved with office
activities and Microsoft 365 co-authoring
-can see which changes were made: by whom
THE BASIC THREE SOFTWARE TOOLS and when
1. Word processing -can revert back to a previous version of the file
2. Database if necessary
3. Spreadsheet
MICROSOFT EXCEL
OFFICE 365  A spreadsheet program which can be used to store
 MICROSOFT OFFICE: most widely used data and format data, create charts, and run calculations
processing program nowadays based on available values
 OFFICE 365: latest version of Microsoft office  Storing data such as:
 Attendance
 MAIN WINDOW: present in all Office 365 program  Employee invoicing
-where in the main function of the program can be  Laboratory inventory
completed

 RIBBON: colored toolbar; top of the window SPECIAL FEATURE:

-clicking will cause the toolbar options to change
Power Map: turning data into a map
-part of the powerful and interactive data visualization
feature in excel
-enhanced with power BI, the solution for analyzing,
visualizing and sharing data insights
-turn rows of data into 3D interactive map which includes
the ability to filter data using three different filters:
 List
 Range
 Advanced

MICROSOFT WORD
 a classic program used to create text documents
which can include:
 Formatting
 Images; and
 various publication options

SPECIAL FEATURES: (various publication options)

1. Real-Time co-authoring
-collaborate online
-can see others changes as they happen
-can save the file to one drive or share point so
others can work on it with you
-also works with Excel and PowerPoint

ONE DRIVE: cloud storage service connected to

Microsoft accounts