title: Integrated data system means better maintenance.
abstract: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has consolidated six databases into one integrated facilities management system. In the first year of implementation, the system has saved about $150,000 by cutting personel costs and reducing inventory by 27%. Keys to successful implementation include completely shutting off the old system before starting up the new one and testing the system in-house to work out glitches before it went on-line.
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D019985:Benchmarking; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017046:Cost Savings; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D018511:Systems Integration; D013781:Texas