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Automation and work-simplification in the urinalysis laboratory. A pilgrim's progress
1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
The evolution of the modern clinical laboratory has produced a gap between medical/scientific competence on the one hand and management skills on the other. Physician-managers need both sets of competencies. Concepts of operations management and cost accounting shape criteria for strategic decisions in technology improvement programs. Automation and work-simplification are key strategies for improving cost performance in clinical laboratories.