Reducing computer hardware service costs.
This article reviews the process of designing and launching a group-purchasing effort to significantly reduce the single most expensive line item in the computer operating budgets for 16 Massachusetts hospitals.
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Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA, USA.
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D002017:Budgets; D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003164:Competitive Bidding; D017754:Group Purchasing / Q000191:economics*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D008404:Massachusetts; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D017008:Negotiating; D009936:Organizational Innovation