title: Computerized systems cut dietary department's costs.
abstract: The department of dietetics at a large teaching hospital has substantially reduced its food and labor costs through use of computerized systems that ensure efficient inventory management, recipe standardization, ingredient control, quantity and quality control, and identification of productive man-hours and appropriate staffing levels.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D003296:Cooking; D003363:Cost Control; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods; D005521:Food Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000191:economics; D009820:Ohio; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D000078329:Workforce