title: Development and organization of an interventional pulmonology department.
abstract: Development and organization of an interventional pulmonology department requires careful consideration of many elements, including personnel, equipment, logistics, procedures performed, practice management, institutional vision and biases, practice setting, continued medical education, risk management, communication and fiscal responsibility. In this paper, a patient-centric approach is used to begin addressing these issues and present the strengths, weaknesses, advantages and disadvantages of an interventional pulmonology department.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California 82768, USA. hcolt@uci.edu
authors.forename: Henri G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Colt
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012139:Respiratory Therapy Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000078329:Workforce