Automated nursing documentation system provides a favorable return on investment.
Severe competition for the limited investment capital available and the high acquisition cost of bedside terminal systems require that the full benefit potential they offer be identified and realized. The authors discuss a multiple-phase study process used to: 1) identify the savings potential offered (to cost-justify its acquisition); and 2) assure the savings potential offered was realized.
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St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI.
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