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Published on: February 13, 2020
Realizing information technology benefits
1Regional Medical Center, Memphis, TN.
Abstract:
The Regional Medical Center at Memphis--the oldest hospital in Tennessee--acknowledged that information technology is a critical key to the pursuit of medical and managerial excellence. By outsourcing much of the center's computing and telecommunications needs, the MED's CEO, Lucy Shaw, feels she has maximized information technology benefits to her institution with maximum cost control.
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