Although lower bandwidth systems are less costly, adequate clinical assessment cannot be assured. We have learned a great deal about the uses and benefits of integrating this technology within our region. These reports are in final draft and waiting publication by the Center for Mental Health Services. Both reports are available from Cumberland Mountain Community Services, P.O. Box 810, Cedar Bluff, VA 24609. All of us have been greatly affected by technological advances in our society.
Many people have home computers, who five years ago had never used one.
Daily items related to the Internet appear on the news. Our children are considered to be receiving a poor quality education if they do not have ready access to computers in their schools. Telecommunications technology is the merging of computers and television. Within five years telecommunications systems will be as commonplace as personal computers are now. Most of us grew up with televisions on most of the time.