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Cutting down a paper mountain: a case study.

D Waycie
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Here is a classic case study of how bar coding and computerization allowed an 800-bed facility to solve the enormous problem caused by a labor-intensive, paper-based patient account management system. As a plus, going to computers saved the hospital five full-time positions.

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