小型医院的自动化：没有一家医院能负担得起没有它的后果。

Comput Healthc. 1989 Jul;10(7):20-1, 23, 25.

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.

过高的运营利润率、较低的报销政策以及高于平均水平的医疗保险基数，给小型医院带来了严峻的经济压力。综合医院信息系统有助于小型医院在竞争中脱颖而出，但这一市场领域的自动化进程却异常缓慢，令人沮丧。