title: Procurement for a comprehensive cancer center.
abstract: The director of materials management services at M.D. Anderson is a position of endless opportunities, as well as continual challenges. The procurement process provides the opportunity to be an integral part of a team that has made a significant difference to many of the patients in the areas of cancer prevention, education, detection, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and rehabilitation. All involved in health care purchasing derive a personal fulfillment not available to purchasers in other industries. At MDA, however, this goes even one step further, as our department supports a team in the battle against cancer--a battle that affects nearly every household in America today. MDA can state that more than half of all patients treated are considered cured, and that is certainly a great team with which to be associated. But even more exciting are the years to come, as materiel management services supports the M.D. Anderson mission of eliminating cancer and allied diseases as significant health problems throughout the world.
authors: The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
authors: P C
authors: PC
authors: Poulides
authors: G J
authors: GJ
authors: Robertson
authors: R O
authors: RO
authors: Groom
authors: G D
authors: GD
authors: Marsh
authors: D S
authors: DS
authors: Earles
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002497:Centralized Hospital Services; D005521:Food Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D013781:Texas