Fletcher F E, Roach W H, Broccolo B M
Health Prog. 1990 Oct;71(8):58-62.
Hospitals can cut costs and even generate new revenues by updating their telecommunications systems. Hospitals with sophisticated systems can cut costs in a number of ways. They can bypass local telephone service, use common carrier services, integrate internal transmission systems, establish private networks, and avail themselves of other specialized, cost-reducing services. A sophisticated system can also enable a hospital to generate revenue by reselling excess long-distance and local service, becoming a common carrier, installing pay telephones, and providing other services. Facilities or systems choosing to develop a large, complex system must, however, address certain legal and managerial issues. Not-for-profit organizations must, for example, determine whether selling services will endanger their tax-exempt status. A number of other legal issues will also arise. In addition, facilities or systems planning a large telecommunications upgrade should assemble a knowledgeable, experienced telecommunications project team early.
医院可以通过更新其电信系统来削减成本，甚至创造新的收入。拥有先进系统的医院可以通过多种方式削减成本。它们可以绕过本地电话服务，使用公共运营商服务，整合内部传输系统，建立专用网络，并利用其他专门的降低成本的服务。先进的系统还可以使医院通过转售多余的长途和本地服务、成为公共运营商、安装付费电话以及提供其他服务来创造收入。然而，选择开发大型复杂系统的设施或系统必须解决某些法律和管理问题。例如，非营利组织必须确定出售服务是否会危及其免税地位。还会出现许多其他法律问题。此外，计划进行大型电信升级的设施或系统应尽早组建一个知识渊博、经验丰富的电信项目团队。
