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Delivering The Full Potential Of Managed Print Services
By Noel O'Dwyer, VP of marketing and strategic alliances, Nuance Imaging Division
This article outlines how outsourcing print management to a service provider can cut the cost of printing for your healthcare facility and reduce the burden on your internal resources.
Effectively managing your printing and imaging environment is a challenge in any healthcare organization. However, the consequences of mismanagement leads to waste, overspending, security risks, and strain on IT resources for print-related issues. Many companies are turning to their multi-function printer (MFP) provider for help with overall fleet management using Managed Print Services agreements.
This is because MPS provides a way for organizations to gain control over complex and unmanaged print fleets and significantly reduce printing costs. Beginning with an assessment of current print devices and volumes, MPS can help to optimize the fleet and replace previously unknown print costs with a predictable, all-inclusive cost-per-page. But MPS is capable of so much more.
With print management integrated into its MPS engagement, an organization can gain a complete picture of its current print activity and better match devices to actual user requirements. More importantly, by focusing on the user, MPS integrated with print management can deliver the more significant results that device-focused MPS alone cannot. This includes the streamlining of business processes and the change in user behavior that result in more responsible printing. – leading to long-term, sustainable productivity improvements and cost optimization.
In fact, according to MPS industry analyst firm Photizo Group, "the best benefits, both in dollars and workflow improvements, are realized by those organizations that integrate print management into their MPS programs." Reaching several hundred dollars per user, those benefits remain stable across healthcare companies of any size, from large national hospitals to smaller and medium-sized practices. Access This Content To Read This Article In Its Entirety.
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