Automation within small hospitals: no hospital can afford to be without it.
Excessively tight operating margins, lower reimbursement policies and a higher-than-average Medicare base have put a tight economic squeeze on small hospitals. Comprehensive hospital information systems can help small hospitals get ahead of the game, yet this segment of the marketplace has been frustratingly slow to automate.
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