title: Internet supply ordering. Helping medical group practices improve business operations.
abstract: Technology has opened the door to a new world of management tools in the physician practice environment. Productivity aids on the Web promise to alter forever the way we do everything--from interacting with vendors to caring for patients. Online medical, surgical and pharmaceutical supply acquisition sites, for example, already offer more efficient alternatives to phone and fax ordering, back-order challenges and supply cost monitoring. Not all sites are the same, however, and physicians and practice administrators must compare and contrast their needs with site offerings.
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authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020407:Internet; D017146:Models, Organizational; D014481:United States