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E Gardner

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PubMed1991

Unless vendors differentiate, market could shrink--analyst.

Unless vendors become better at differentiating their systems from one another's and at proving that they benefit their clients, the total market for hospital information systems will remain static and could shrink during the next several years, a new analysis says. A recent survey of vendors shows them cutting their prices in 1990 to generate sales. To increase their sales, vendors have to get on the bandwagon of reducing healthcare costs, the analysis says.

Commerce↗
PubMed1991

Optical disk testing opens hospital's eyes.

After six months of testing, Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City is ready to say "yes" to optical disk storage of medical records. Eventually, the system is expected to help eliminate storage costs for 4 million pieces of paper per year, microfilming costs of $200,000 per year and labor costs for pulling and refiling 700 charts every day.

Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over↗
PubMed1991

Healthcare construction survives ailing economy. Architects, contractors see building demand for outpatient-care projects.

Capital for healthcare construction is tight and is likely to get tighter, but other forces in the industry are expected to foster moderate growth in building projects. While an ailing economy has afflicted commercial construction in other sectors, extensive renovation work associated with healthcare mergers and consolidations and a renewed emphasis on hospital-based, ambulatory-care facilities are trends that will continue to translate into new construction projects, according to MODERN HEALTHCARE's annual Construction & Architects survey.

Architecture↗
PubMed1991

Unix becoming healthcare's standard operating system.

An unfamiliar buzzword is making its way into healthcare executives' vocabulary, as well as their computer systems. Unix is being touted by many industry observers as the most likely candidate to be a standard operating system for minicomputers, mainframes and computer networks.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗