Hospital materials managers should recognize and promote their roles in their institutions.
The hospital board has instructed the hospital administrator to make a study that will lead to a better organization of the lines of responsibility and authority within the hospital. The administrator has asked the materials manager to make recommendations as to where materials management should fit into the organizational structure of the hospital. In this dialogue, Dr. Decker speaks to the place of materials management in the internal organization of the hospital.
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D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012380:Role; D014481:United States