title: Enhancing productivity in an integrated environment.
abstract: Fixed payment schemes have transformed departments that were once revenue centers into cost centers, and created the need to carefully manage resources and streamline procedures to improve operational efficiency. One key department in the hospital where these changes are having an impact is Pharmacy.
mesh_terms: D002497:Centralized Hospital Services; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004526:Efficiency; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013022:South Carolina