June 1, 2009
Automation for ASCs picking up speed
Electronic commerce, slow to come to hospitals, has been even slower to reach ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Part of the reason is that large, distributor-hosted ordering systems were impractical for small clients such as ASCs. Even most Internet-based systems, now in common use, were designed for high-volume transactions.
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