title: A new pathway to product standardization.
abstract: As the benefits of product standardization become more evident in improved financial, managerial, and clinical outcomes, tools to make the process easier will be in demand. Once a standardization program is established, e-commerce offers tools to keep it on track.
authors.affiliation: Marketing Integrated Services, Fisher HealthCare, Pittsburgh, PA 15275, USA. jwhitcom@aol.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whitcomb
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D020407:Internet; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control