title: Managing human resources in a changing health-care environment.
abstract: Managing human resources in this era of precipitous change poses one of the most difficult challenges and opportunities for leaders in the clinical laboratory. Shifts in health systems integration, cost control, patient-focused managed care, and provider changes have led to trends which fundamentally alter the way in which clinical laboratory services are organized, provided, and funded. To be successful change agents, laboratory managers must understand the cycle of human resource development and how people adopt change. They must embrace a systems thinking perspective and develop strategic leadership skills to share a vision of what the laboratory of the future will be. These new, advanced human resource management skills can be acquired through a variety of formal and informal learning experience.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Best
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D007857:Leadership; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000639:trends; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000592:standards*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000639:trends; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce