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Palestine Regional saves costs by switching to on-demand electronic forms system.(HOSPITAL PURCHASING)

Although predictions of a paperless office that were popular at the dawn of the computer era never came to pass, it is possible to drastically reduce the amount of paper a hospital uses.

Materials managers can take the lead in reducing paper use, with benefits ranging from substantial cost savings to a better environment for patients and employees, and even good publicity in the community.

Palestine (TX) Regional Medical Center, 100 beds, saved $89,000 in the first year of a paper reduction effort. Director of materials management Margie McCoy explained the project during the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management conference in Orlando, FL, in ...

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