Automated and ambulatory record systems: a comparative cost analysis.
The cost of labor has continued to increase, while the cost of computers has decreased dramatically. Has this inverse cost relationship between labor and computers progressed far enough to affect large ambulatory medical record operations? That is the question addressed in this article.
D002140:California; D003201:Computers / Q000191:economics; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D008499:Medical Records / Q000191:economics*; D012984:Software / Q000191:economics