title: Changing from paper to paperless hospitals in busy academic centers.
abstract: To decide to change from paper to a paperless hospital, one decides to go on a journey. This chapter will outline the destination, the reasons to make the journey and describe the best route to the destination. Becoming paperless is the route taken to the destination.
authors.affiliation: The University Medical Center, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shelman
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003199:Computer Systems; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation