Computer user groups: a shared rural hospital experience.
For the small or rural hospital with a stand-alone system, a user group can be a way to obtain programming, education and training, assistance from the manufacturer, and greater influence in the marketplace--abilities which many larger hospitals have. Moreover, the use of such a group is a way for individual hospitals to maximize the use of and make computer operators more comfortable with their systems. The UB-82 programming project is an illustration of how a group of hospitals with limited resources can work together to achieve a common goal.
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