Word: networked
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...Designed to lower costs by centralizing care. A member must choose a primary-care physician (PCP) from a network roster upon joining. He can visit this physician to his heart's content, unless his heart's content requires a cardiologist, in which case he'll need a referral. That's why PCPS are also called gatekeepers...
...According to an FAS Computer Services annual computer use survey, in 1997 only 74 percent of seniors had computers that were connected through their dorm room into the network. This year's survey didn't even bother to ask the question. The assumption was that nearly all of the 98 percent of students who have computers on campus also have them connected...
...building from the basics. When he arrived at Harvard from Yale in 1994, Steen quickly implemented a residential computing support system, House computer labs and general e-mail kiosks. "Unlike Yale's College system, Harvard equalizes things among Houses," Steen says. "Every House has a 10-base T network, seven computers in their labs...and up to three user assistants...
...This coming fall, Steen is introducing roaming ethernet, switch technology and other network upgrades--all of which promise to make computing faster and more readily available across campus. And changes won't stop there. "It's entirely possible that the incoming class of 2004 will experience a campus that has full wireless connectivity by the time they graduate," predicts Rick Osterberg '96, database applications specialist for FAS Computer Services...
...technological capabilities for Net-connected student life have grown faster than the central College administration and Houses have been able--or willing--to deal with.For example, Steen says, upcoming network improvements will largely serve to increase the entertainment potential of each student's desktop computer--thereby circumventing a decade-old argument between students, College administrators and House masters about installing cable access into dorm rooms...