Hospitals everywhere share the responsibility for the health of their patients among several internal and even external units. Often, providing the best care possible requires the transfer of hospital material from one inventory location to another, between hospital units, from one hospital to another or even between a research facility and a hospital in as timely a manner as possible. Each hospital material transfer also requires the accurate and timely transfer of information right along with it, even when several thousands of such transfers occur in a single month. Accurate record keeping of several types (accounting, financial, and operational) is essential, but effecting each transfer in as short a time as possible is necessary for effective use of the materials transferred or exchanged. On more than one occasion, Belmoro’s support for optimum application of PeopleSoft systems as well as Belmoro’s knowledge and experience in integrating PeopleSoft with systems outside the PeopleSoft net has vastly improved the efficiency with which such transfers can be made. In one case, the average time required for a transfer was reduced from several hours to as little as ten minutes, while at the same time, accounting errors and inaccuracies that led to the overhaul were corrected, and accounting was made more complete, thus improving managers’ ability to monitor material transfers. How was this possible? Belmoro standardized the process and reduced the number of steps involved, simplified accounting by removing overcomplication and an unnecessary modification. In addition, Belmoro rectified past accounting and updated the accounts, making it possible for finance to deal with them on a monthly basis. Reconciliation now occurs automatically. Thus the visibility of such transfers to hospital managers responsible for accounting, finance, and operations is now up to the standard they desired. Belmoro handles cross-module issues involving both business and information technology with ease.
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