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Transferring inpatient specimen collection to nursing: the multidisciplinary path to success
1Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA.
Clinical Laboratory Management Review : Official Publication of the Clinical Laboratory Management Association
|October 4, 1997
Abstract:
Declining reimbursement has been confronting all health-care providers over the last several years. Reactions are typically unique and cover many different aspects of clinical services. One of the more popular cost-saving ideas that has been adopted by many hospitals has been the transfer of inpatient specimen collection to nurses and their support personnel. This article will present the process used by a large academic medical center to eventually implement such a plan in 1995 to 1996.