Smokestacks, widgets and radiology: perspectives on productivity.
Productivity in radiology is a complex and elusive issue. The fact that radiology is the practice of medicine makes management of it very different from management in traditional "smokestack" industry. Management itself is very young, and more familiar with smokestacks and widgets than with radiology or any other service industry. Before management can hope to affect productivity in radiology, it must first come to understand what it (radiology) is, and how it works.
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