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Promoting, building and sustaining a regional laboratory network in a changing environment.

J D More¹, S K Sengupta, P N Manley

¹Pathology Services, Regional Laboratory Outreach Program, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences.

Clinical Leadership & Management Review : the Journal of CLMA

|January 17, 2002

Summary

Queen's University's laboratory outreach program enhanced services and cost-effectiveness despite healthcare funding cuts. Reengineering and consolidation were key to managing challenges and improving regional laboratory medicine.

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Area of Science:

Laboratory Medicine
Healthcare Management
Pathology Services

Background:

A decade-long laboratory outreach program at Queen's University serves Southeastern Ontario.
The program provides reference testing and expertise to rural and urban community hospitals.
Publicly funded healthcare cuts in Ontario have significantly impacted laboratory medicine practice.

Purpose of the Study:

To discuss the internal and external challenges faced by the outreach program.
To detail strategies used to manage these challenges effectively.
To demonstrate the maintenance and enhancement of program services.

Main Methods:

Analysis of challenges within the regional laboratory outreach program.
Implementation of reengineering and consolidation strategies.
Focus on maintaining and enhancing service quality and cost-effectiveness.

Main Results:

Successful management of internal and external challenges.
Continued improvement in the quality of regional laboratory services.
Significant increases in cost-effectiveness through strategic changes.

Conclusions:

The laboratory outreach program adapted successfully to a changing healthcare environment.
Reengineering and consolidation led to enhanced services and cost-effectiveness.
The program serves as a model for sustainable laboratory medicine in resource-constrained settings.