ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the secondary inventory appropriate to improve the stomatological hospital in cost control for medical consumables,standardizing patient charging,dynamic materials management,zero inventory and enhancing hospital economic benefit.Methods An enterprise resource planning (ERP) secondary inventory information system was developed to solve the problems in medical materials management of the stomatological hospital,and then went through practical trials in three departments to determine its efficacy and deficiencies.Results The information system facilitated cost control,standardized patient charging,and the trials in three departments showed the rate for material consumption was decreased greatly.The deficiencies still existed in the traceability,mobile App,manual input and etc.Conclusion The ERP secondary inventory information system reduces the running cost of the department,increases the hospital abilities in cost control and management,and thus is worthy promoting practically.