Ramani K V
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.
J Health Organ Manag. 2006;20(2-3):218-26. doi: 10.1108/14777260610662744.
Aims to give an overview of the re-engineering of processes and structures at Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (GCRI), Ahmedabad.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: A general review of the design, development and implementation of reengineered systems in order to address concerns about the existing systems. Findings GCRI is a comprehensive cancer care center with 550 beds and well equipped with modern diagnostic and treatment facilities. It serves about 200,000 outpatients and 16,000 inpatients annually. The approach to a better management of hospital supplies led to the design, development, and implementation of an IT-based reengineered and integrated purchase and inventory management system. The new system has given GCRI a saving of about 8 percent of its annual costs of purchases, and improved the availability of materials to the user departments.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: Shows that the savings obtained are used not only for buying more hospital supplies, but also to buy better quality of hospital supplies, and thereby satisfactorily address the GCRI responsibility towards meeting its social obligations for cancer care.
旨在概述艾哈迈达巴德古吉拉特癌症研究所（GCRI）的流程与结构再造。
设计/方法/途径：对再造系统的设计、开发与实施进行总体回顾，以解决对现有系统的担忧。研究结果 GCRI是一家拥有550张床位的综合性癌症护理中心，配备了现代化的诊断和治疗设施。它每年为约20万名门诊患者和1.6万名住院患者提供服务。对医院物资进行更好管理的方法促使设计、开发并实施了一个基于信息技术的再造且集成的采购与库存管理系统。新系统使GCRI每年的采购成本节省了约8%，并提高了物资对用户部门的供应能力。
原创性/价值：表明所获得的节省资金不仅用于购买更多的医院物资，还用于购买质量更好的医院物资，从而令人满意地履行了GCRI在癌症护理方面的社会责任。
