title: Hospital labs go under microscope.
abstract: Financial pressures are hitting hospital clinical labs on both the inpatient and outpatient sides. To control expenses, hospitals are teaming up to buy supplies, centralizing services and improving blood management.
authors.forename: Geri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aston
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D010414:Pennsylvania; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures