title: E-procurement in hospitals.
abstract: This article describes the history, current status, advantages of and opposition to the implementation of e-procurement in hospitals and examines the results of its implementation in a psychiatric hospital.
authors.affiliation: International Postgraduate Institute, Universidad Abierta de Cataluña (Open University of Catalonia).
authors.forename: Julio Villalobos
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Orrit
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Villalobos
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D020407:Internet; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000379:methods*