Resource utilization and outcomes management: opportunities for the entrepreneurial pathologist.
Pathologists and laboratory managers are facing an increasingly uncertain place in the emerging managed care marketplace. Among the various opportunities available is outcomes management. The role of benchmarking in outcomes management and the initial steps in developing outcomes management programs are presented.
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Humana, Louisville, KY, USA.
D019985:Benchmarking; D019468:Disease Management; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000592:standards; D016520:Entrepreneurship; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000458:organization & administration*