title: Telecommuting and health care: a potential for cost reductions and productivity gains.
abstract: Health care administrators are striving to maintain positive operating margins while remaining responsive to community needs. As they look for ways to reduce costs and improve productivity, they may consider the benefits associated with telecommuting. Telecommuting refers to the work performed by organizational employees who use computers and telecommunication equipment to work at home or at remote sites one or more days a week. Benefits to the health care industry include release of valuable hospital space, reduced employee turnover, and increased productivity. The time away from the institution may provide administrators with valuable planning time, free from interruptions.
authors.affiliation: Management Information Systems, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pelfrey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Sell
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009042:Motivation; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000639:trends*; D011590:Psychology, Industrial; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States