title: Outsourcing on the outs.
abstract: Pest control, medical equipment maintenance, and laundry services are out--that is, outsourced--this year. But most clinical services won't be going to the highest bidder anytime soon. In fact, outsourcing as a whole may be on the outs, according to H&HN's ninth annual Contract Management Survey. Two-thirds of hospital executives expect to maintain the status quo on their outsourcing levels, although they see food service, pharmacy, housekeeping, and groundskeeping as areas for growth. H&HN's annual survey gives you the scoop on what jobs and services hospitals are farming out these days.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sunseri
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States