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Article: A lab director's view: interfacing with the hospital administrator.
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- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- October 1, 1988
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1988 Nelson Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Lab directors seek adequate resources to do their job, and administrators seek support in expanding hospital business while holding down costs. The author, a member of MLO's Editorial Advisory Board, is department head and medical director of pathology and laboratory medicine at Method st Hospital of Indiana in Indianapolis This article is adapted from his presentation at the MLO '88 Conference on Laboratory Management.
From my vantage point as a laboratory director, I regard the triumphs and tragedies of the hospital laboratory world as a drama with three players-the hospital administrator, the medical staff, and the laboratory director. Each player has a ...