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Automation within small hospitals: no hospital can afford to be without it. 1989

E Pollock

Excessively tight operating margins, lower reimbursement policies and a higher-than-average Medicare base have put a tight economic squeeze on small hospitals. Comprehensive hospital information systems can help small hospitals get ahead of the game, yet this segment of the marketplace has been frustratingly slow to automate.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003201	Computers	Programmable electronic devices designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations.	Calculators, Programmable,Computer Hardware,Computers, Digital,Hardware, Computer,Calculator, Programmable,Computer,Computer, Digital,Digital Computer,Digital Computers,Programmable Calculator,Programmable Calculators
D003284	Contract Services	Outside services provided to an institution under a formal financial agreement.	Services, Contract,Contract Service,Service, Contract
D003625	Data Collection	Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.	Data Collection Methods,Dual Data Collection,Collection Method, Data,Collection Methods, Data,Collection, Data,Collection, Dual Data,Data Collection Method,Method, Data Collection,Methods, Data Collection
D005376	Financial Management	The obtaining and management of funds for institutional needs and responsibility for fiscal affairs.	Endowments,Financial Activities,Funds,Activities, Financial,Activity, Financial,Endowment,Financial Activity,Fund,Management, Financial
D006739	Hospital Administration	Management of the internal organization of the hospital.	Hospital Organization and Administration,Organization and Administration, Hospital,Administration, Hospital
D006743	Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100	The number of beds under 100 which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.
D006751	Hospital Information Systems	Integrated, computer-assisted systems designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information concerned with the administrative and clinical aspects of providing medical services within the hospital.	Multi-Hospital Information Systems,Information System, Hospital,Information System, Multihospital,Information Systems, Hospital,Information Systems, Multihospital,Multihospital Information Systems,Hospital Information System,Information System, Multi-Hospital,Information Systems, Multi-Hospital,Multi Hospital Information Systems,Multi-Hospital Information System,Multihospital Information System
D006780	Hospitals, Rural	Hospitals located in a rural area.	Rural Hospitals,Hospital, Rural,Rural Hospital
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.