title: Implementing an automated financial management system for medical practices.
abstract: The increase in availability, affordability, and sophistication of computer technology over the past few years has prompted the development of numerous high-quality software packages for management of medical practice. Although the prices of computer hardware and software continue to decrease, the purchase of an automated system remains a major investment. To ensure a successful purchase and implementation of a system, physicians and office managers must first become knowledgeable about computers and their applicability to medical practice and then devise a strategy for the purchase of a system.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D003657:Decision Making; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D014481:United States