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Managing change in laboratory services.

A P Johnson

    Health Services Management
    |May 9, 1988
    PubMed
    Summary
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    To control costs and reduce duplication, health service managers are considering laboratory service centralization and rationalization. However, viewing these services solely as supply and demand systems is insufficient for effective planning and change implementation.

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    Area of Science:

    • Healthcare Management
    • Laboratory Services Optimization
    • Health Economics

    Background:

    • Increasing budget constraints necessitate cost containment and duplication reduction in healthcare services.
    • Diagnostic and clinical laboratory services are under scrutiny for efficiency improvements.
    • Centralization and rationalization are common strategies considered by Directors General of Health (DGMs) and Undersecretaries General of Health (UGMs).

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the suitability of current approaches to laboratory service rationalization.
    • To identify limitations in planning and implementing changes in laboratory services.
    • To propose a more adequate framework for managing laboratory service restructuring.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of current planning and implementation strategies for laboratory service changes.

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  • Critique of the supply and demand model applied to laboratory services.
  • Review of management perspectives on cost containment and duplication reduction.

    • Main Results:

    • The prevalent approach to laboratory service rationalization relies on a simplistic supply and demand model.
    • This model is inadequate for addressing the complexities of laboratory service management and change.
    • Current strategies may not achieve desired cost containment or duplication reduction effectively.

    Conclusions:

    • Rethinking the approach to laboratory service management is crucial for effective cost containment and duplication reduction.
    • A more sophisticated model than simple supply and demand is needed for planning and implementing rationalization.
    • Successful restructuring requires a deeper understanding of laboratory service operations beyond basic economic principles.