Bedside terminals can improve nursing efficiency.

From: Healthcare Financial Management | Date: April 1, 1991| Author: | Copyright information

Bedside terminals can improve nursing efficiency

Although point-of-service information systems have been used in other industries for several years, health care has lagged behind in bedside and other point-of-care automation. Reasons for this can be traced to the origins of healthcare information systems (HIS). Healthcare administrators should understand this history before determining future directions in healthcare automation.

Hospital automation today looks different from information systems in most other large industries. While most industries, including health care, ...

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