title: Management services organizations: providing economies of scale.
abstract: Effective information management and other shared costs can reduce agencies' operating expenses as well as make new products available while providing opportunities to gain a competitive advantage. By taking a close look at ways of controlling documentation, such as the use of a management services organization for information system/computer-based management, agencies can prepare for the challenges of the next century.
authors: C L
authors: CL
authors: Schaffer
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services; D017046:Cost Savings; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D008331:Management Information Systems; D020399:Practice Management; D014481:United States