title: Plan carefully when selecting a patient accounting system.
abstract: For hospitals that have experienced it, choosing and implementing a new patient accounting system can be a grueling and tedious task--a once-in-a-lifetime undertaking. But with careful planning and some notable precautions, a hospital can ensure that the system selected is the system desired.
authors: Mills-Peninsula Hospital, Burlingame, CA.
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authors: Haray
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting; D002140:California; D003164:Competitive Bidding; D003657:Decision Making; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection