Bhatia says that TigerText is a targeted solution that can accommodate the devices that doctors and other workers want to use, and is also far less expensive than large-scale Hospital Information Management System software or integrated tablet-software solutions from vendors like Cisco or Alcatel.

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Payments to its parent hospital system for information technology and financial services aren't captured, nor is equipment depreciation, he says.

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