title: Bedside technology: seven keys to success.
abstract: Bedside technology offers a unique opportunity to enhance patient care and improve labor resource utilization. Achieving success with bedside technology in this environment is a difficult proposition with considerable risk. Based on the experience of the authors, there are seven keys to success which reduce the risk and drive the long-term usefulness of bedside technology.
authors.affiliation: KPMG Peat Marwick, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bolster
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herring
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014481:United States