Part II: HMM research report. Inventory management in a changing environment.
Materials managers do not really control most hospital inventory. As indicated in the first article in this series published in the previous issue, there is more official inventory in user areas under user control than exists in general stores, central supply, and/or SPD. In addition, users control all unofficial inventory which HMM did not even attempt to measure.
D003625:Data Collection; D007445:Inventories, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000191:economics*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States