title: Networking pathology services: adjusting to managed care.
abstract: Health care reform is creating the need for pathologists to find new approaches to providing traditional pathology services in an increasingly competitive environment. This article reviews changes impacting pathology practices and describes a "messenger network" model as a solution for pathology practices desiring to retain and increase market share.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Service Associates, Florence, South Carolina, 29506, USA.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Pillinger
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003954:Diagnostic Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011786:Quality Control; D019113:Telepathology; D014481:United States