title: Laboratory services in the context of health care in the 1990's.
abstract: Third in a series of articles on the Clinical Laboratory of the Future, this paper explores the trends affecting the human dimension of laboratory services. The role of the medical laboratory technologist will change along a number of predictable trends over the next five years. Each of these trends is discussed in light of the adjustments to be made over the next five years.
authors.affiliation: People and Process Solutions, Inc., Toronto, Ont.
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Woodcock
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000639:trends; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000639:trends*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000639:trends