Electronic data interchange in hospital materiel management

Article Abstract:

Electronic data interchange (EDI) enables information exchange via computers among the different departments in a healthcare institution. A survey done among hospitals wih EDI showed that computer linkages can also include other health care facilities, financial institutions and purchasing groups. Other data bases such as libraries and research groups are also hooked into their systems. Although private hospitals, especially purchasing departments, have more advanced EDI systems, government facilities are also interested in updating their communication systems. There is an optimism towards expansion of EDI proving its worth in productivity of healthcare facilities.

Hospitals, Data processing and preparation, Electronic data interchange, EDI (Electronic data interchange), Hospital information systems, Hospital materials management

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The emerging roles of computers in materiel management

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A survey of 400 health service organization material managers in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, reported on the role of computers in hospital communications, transaction processing, and decision support. Computers were found most essential to inventory control and purchase orders and least essential for administrative responsibilities such as budgeting. Future computer applications could involve material managers further in accounting, finance, and information management functions within the organization and with vendors.

Computers, Digital computers, Medical centers

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Materiel management practices and inventory productivity

Article Abstract:

A survey of 400 hospitals in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, reported on current material management practices as they relate to inventor productivity, including vendor selection, inventory management practices, supplier selection, inventory turns, and computer usage level. The survey denoted a relationship between material and finance functions and indicated that material managers rely most heavily on reorder point and end-of-quarter inventory controls. Computerization correlated directly with inventory productivity.

Analysis, Inventory control, Hospital administration

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