title: Cutting down a paper mountain: a case study.
abstract: Here is a classic case study of how bar coding and computerization allowed an 800-bed facility to solve the enormous problem caused by a labor-intensive, paper-based patient account management system. As a plus, going to computers saved the hospital five full-time positions.
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authors: Waycie
mesh_terms: D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005371:Filing; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D007196:Indiana; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000458:organization & administration*