Law W K, Ooten H
Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Hosp Mater Manage Q. 1992 Aug;14(1):46-53.
The survey findings reported here support the continued trend toward increasing application of computer linkages in hospital operations. A majority of the hospitals surveyed already had some sort of computer linkages with their suppliers, possibly an EOE system. There were strong indications of expanding computer linkages to other health care institutions, financial institutions, business partners (i.e., insurance companies), purchasing groups, supporting agencies (i.e., libraries, research laboratories, and counseling agencies), electronic mail, and patient billing. Private hospitals, especially nonprofit hospitals, were more aggressive in the implementation of computer linkages. The initial costs of electronic linkage systems seemed to be affordable, or well justified, as indicated by the relatively large number of medium-size hospitals already linked electronically to other institutions. Top management attention was positively related to the implementation of computer linkages to suppliers but played a lesser role in establishing other types of linkages. The overall optimism concerning future expansion of computer linkages suggests an increasingly important role for electronic linkages in materiel management.
此处报告的调查结果支持医院运营中计算机连接应用不断增加的持续趋势。大多数接受调查的医院已经与供应商建立了某种形式的计算机连接，可能是电子订单录入（EOE）系统。有强烈迹象表明，计算机连接正在扩展到其他医疗保健机构、金融机构、商业伙伴（即保险公司）、采购集团、支持机构（如图书馆、研究实验室和咨询机构）、电子邮件和患者计费。私立医院，尤其是非营利性医院，在实施计算机连接方面更为积极。电子连接系统的初始成本似乎是可以承受的，或者是合理的，这从已经与其他机构建立电子连接的相对较多的中型医院可以看出。高层管理人员的关注与与供应商建立计算机连接呈正相关，但在建立其他类型的连接方面作用较小。对计算机连接未来扩展的总体乐观态度表明，电子连接在物资管理中将发挥越来越重要的作用。
