CEO SUMMARY: In the 1990s, managed care was the dominant change agent to the nationās healthcare system. During the 2000s, it will be patient safety. However, unlike the unpleasant consequences of HMOs, capitation, and utilization risk, patient safety will prove to be a benevolent trend for physicians, hospitals, and laboratories. THROUGHOUT the American healthcare system, […]
Why Patient Safety Is Change Agent for Labs
Emphasis on reduction of medical errors and raising quality will alter lab operations
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume X No. 4 - March 24, 2003 Issue
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