title: Realizing system benefits: one planned step at a time.
abstract: The qualitative benefits of improved access to or more timely capture of information will no longer suffice as justification for purchase. New system installations must now offer quantitative benefits such as reduced labor and materials costs or improved cash flow.
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000592:standards*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005376:Financial Management / Q000592:standards*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008824:Michigan; D010934:Planning Techniques