There Is No Doubt That High Technology Is a Main

There is no doubt that high technology is a main component of health care today. However, the advanced technology associated with hospitals is in the areas of diagnosis and treatment of illness. Using automation technology and sophisticated information systems in the operation of a hospital is becoming more common but is significantly behind the advances in industry. Its time has come, as evidenced in several studies of the implementation of bar coding in pharmacy inventory management. Results of this application have been reported to be those things listed below, with one exception. Which one is the exception?

A) increased manpower utilization
B) increased efficiency
C) decreased total inventory costs
D) improved storage space utilization
E) reductions in inventory values