title: Hospital laboratories as profit centers.
abstract: An aggressive business venture offers one solution to the growing competition and financial pressures hospital laboratories must overcome. For such a venture to be a success, a number of issues must be carefully considered. Properly met, today's challenges in the laboratory can become tomorrow's opportunities.
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D004465:Economic Competition; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000639:trends*; D006755:Hospital Shared Services; D007182:Income; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States