title: Hospitals not in a hurry to plug in computers by the bedside.
abstract: Despite years of talk about the coming day when there will be a computer at every bedside, terminals are still an uncommon sight in hospital rooms. While hospitals that have installed bedside systems rave about the quality-of-care improvements and time savings they've reaped, most administrators have opted to wait. For many hospitals, the systems currently available just don't fit their clinical needs or their budget limitations.
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mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006268:Health Facilities; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D014481:United States