title: Transferring inpatient specimen collection to nursing: the multidisciplinary path to success.
abstract: Declining reimbursement has been confronting all health-care providers over the last several years. Reactions are typically unique and cover many different aspects of clinical services. One of the more popular cost-saving ideas that has been adopted by many hospitals has been the transfer of inpatient specimen collection to nurses and their support personnel. This article will present the process used by a large academic medical center to eventually implement such a plan in 1995 to 1996.
authors.affiliation: Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marchwinski
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007587:Job Description; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009518:New York; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D018962:Phlebotomy; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013048:Specimen Handling