title: The changing face of laboratory medicine: a more service and less academically oriented profession?
authors.affiliation: Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO;
authors.forename: Mitchell G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; nader.rifai@childrens.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Nader
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rifai
authors.affiliation: Professor and Chair of Laboratory Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT;
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Lower Saxony Distinguished Professor of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Clinical Chemistry, George-August-University, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany;
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oellerich
authors.affiliation: Full Professor and Director of the Chair of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Milan Medical School; Director of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and of Clinical Pathology Unit of the "Luigi Sacco" University Hospital in Milan; and Director of the Centre for Metrological Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (CIRME), University of Milan, Italy;
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panteghini
authors.affiliation: Medical Director of Clinical Laboratories, Hennepin County Medical Center; Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN;
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Apple
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne; Director of Clinical Support Systems, Sonic Healthcare; Chemical Pathologist, Melbourne Pathology, Australia;
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sikaris
authors.affiliation: Professor of Medicine, Queen's University Belfast; Associate Medical Director (Research and Development), Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland, UK.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D064790:Clinical Laboratory Services / Q000191:economics; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D012106:Research / Q000191:economics