title: Houston cancer center improves productivity, saves big with reengineered info system.
abstract: Reengineer information systems the right way: Integrating disparate software programs is no small feat when complex webs of systems need to be dismantled and redesigned. That's what The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston discovered when reengineering its information systems within the facilities management department. The painstaking effort has already begun paying off, with improvements in productivity and savings on inventory. Learn how M.D. Anderson expects to save more than $100,000 a year with this new system.
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D003197:Computer Literacy; D003363:Cost Control; D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D013192:Staff Development; D018511:Systems Integration; D013781:Texas