Please pass this information (if available) to all of us on the Histonet.
I raised this question a few weeks ago and didn't receive any information.
I did receive several requests that I pass along any information that I
received.
Note to Vendors- There is a "need" and this is an excellent opportunity for
someone out there to provide a Cost Analysis program specific to Anatomic
Pathology. 
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
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> From: 	Verrucous@aol.com[SMTP:Verrucous@aol.com]
> Sent: 	Monday, March 15, 1999 1:43 PM
> To: 	HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: 	cost studies
> 
> Hi there Histonians,
>    I've just been through my latest cost study for our histology dept. I
> know
> I could set this up on my home computer, in fact I started to do so, but
> the
> Pathologists needed my "numbers" sooner than later. Sound familiar?
>    Could any of you fine people, recommend software you've used in your
> lab
> for cost studies? I thought it would be wonderful if I set this up in the
> Lab,
> that every time our bookkeepers pay a vendor bill, and the price of that
> item
> goes up (or down), it would adjust the cost study right then and there. 
>    I'm getting too busy to play with these numbers over and over.
> 
> Respectfully
> Bruce Gapinski HT(ASCP) 
>