title: 6 new buying rules.
abstract: Times change--and so does software purchasing. Buying in bulk, paying top dollar for what a system does, trusting a vendor to watch out for you--that's old input. Here are six fresh rules for the buying game.
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authors.lastname: Pasternack
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000592:standards*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States