title: Laboratory reengineering facilitates cost management.
abstract: In 1993, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston undertook a change management initiative to achieve a more cost-competitive position in its market and become a more attractive partner for a possible future affiliation with another provider organization. A key element of this change process was a reorganization of the medical center's laboratory department. Through consolidation of MUSC's separate laboratories and the introduction of a new, more efficient chemistry analyzer system, the medical center realized annual laboratory savings of approximately $1.3 million.
authors: Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Ravitan, NJ, USA.
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Ellis
authors: L H
authors: LH
authors: Moser
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000191:economics; D017046:Cost Savings; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013022:South Carolina