title: Laboratory administration--visions into the future. Success in the future will require financially skilled laboratory leaders.
abstract: The health-care industry will continue to undergo dramatic changes aimed at reducing cost and improving quality. A high cost department like the clinical laboratory will be a prime candidate for restructuring, reengineering, or outsourcing. The new realities require the laboratory manager to have a working knowledge of financial issues facing both the laboratory and the entire organization. These skills coupled with formal education in medical technology will place the laboratory manager in a leadership position.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Butros
mesh_terms: D005376:Financial Management; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000592:standards*; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D007857:Leadership; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States