title: The lab manager's role in assessing new technology.
abstract: Without the benefit of the lab manager's experience, as well as the ability to solicit input from all necessary parties, a lab's short-term ¿savings¿ due to new technology could amount to long-term disaster. Here are some common mistakes made by labs and how to avoid them.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Technology and Management, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Leiken
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Geidner
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D003284:Contract Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009013:Morale; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States