Successful laboratory consolidation depends on strong collaboration with the IT department.
Laboratory leaders must set their technology-related priorities and communicate those needs directly to IT.
Laboratories —not the IT department—should determine the consolidation project timeline.
AJ Miller Professor and Chair
Department of Pathology at University of Louisville
AJ Miller Professor and Chair
Department of Pathology at University of Louisville
Core planning concepts for lab consolidation
By Jeff Raasch, AIA, LEED AP and Jim Gazvoda, AIA
Consolidated labs can help to improve efficiencies and lead to better patient care.
All for one, one for all? Laboratory consolidation
By Anne Paxton
Consolidation among hospitals and laboratories can sometimes seem like too massive a tide for independent and hospital-based laboratories to effectively resist.
Consolidation of the Microbiology Laboratory Services: A Mini-Review of Finances and Quality of Care
By Hemangi Shah, MHA
To evaluate the impact of consolidation of microbiology laboratories on hospital finances and quality of care.