title: Forging partnerships that work: a strategy for near-patient testing.
abstract: Near-patient testing systems, which bring innovative technologies to the site of patient care, also offer management challenges to effectively integrate clinical and laboratory services. A two-tiered committee structure--composed of an umbrella "advisory" organization supported by several subcommittees operating as the "working arms" of the program--offers a viable strategy to address issues involved in implementing and monitoring near-patient testing systems.
authors.affiliation: Barnes Hospital.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration; D007318:Inservice Training; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008923:Missouri; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development