A joint effort in cost containment at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.
The author discusses how nursing management of a critical care unit at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center worked with material management to reduce inventory and storage space. He also discusses how nursing attitudes toward cost containment need to be developed before they go to work at a healthcare facility.
Cyr
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University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester.
D003363:Cost Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004526:Efficiency; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007445:Inventories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D008404:Massachusetts; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009718:Nurse Administrators