title: Clinical management where medicine meets management. Path of enlightenment.
abstract: Three distinct pathology services in Kent merged into a single network. By working under a single directorate, there have been cost and efficiency benefits. The new service has improved recruitment and retention of biomedical staff through the availability of better training.
authors: Carol
authors: C
authors: Lewis
mesh_terms: D002497:Centralized Hospital Services; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010560:Personnel Selection; D013192:Staff Development; D006113:United Kingdom