title: Preventing the cure from being worse than the disease: special issues in hospital outsourcing.
abstract: Like private sector organizations, hospitals are increasingly outsourcing services from food/cafeteria and security and facilities maintenance to the consulting and training of personnel and information technology (IT) functions. Also like private sector organizations, while hospitals seek the cure that will improve services at less cost, without careful management, the cure can be worse than the disease.
authors.affiliation: jbeardwood@tor.fasken.com
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beardwood
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alleyne
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000458:organization & administration*