title: Cost cutting using radio frequency inventory control.
abstract: Bar coding should be a staple in every hospital by now--but it's not. The author tells how bar coding and the use of radio frequency transmission of inventory data direct to their mainframe computer has saved them time and money.
authors: St. Mary's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Weber
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000191:economics*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000191:economics*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D007445:Inventories, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D008824:Michigan; D011845:Radio / Q000191:economics*