title: Managing and improving efficiency of an outpatient vascular laboratory.
abstract: Noninvasive vascular diagnostic testing is efficient and cost-effective, and it is an integral part of vascular surgery practice. Integration of the laboratory into the practice can add significant income to a practice as well as increase the quality of the patient's experience. Maintaining a successful vascular laboratory is a key component of the practice's remaining competitive in an ever-changing health care system. Attention must be paid to staffing, operations, financial performance, revenue cycle, and patient and referring physician satisfaction to grow the business.
authors.affiliation: Peripheral Vascular Laboratory, Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Division of Vascular Diseases and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Electronic address: loren.masterson@osumc.edu.
authors.forename: Loren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Masterson
authors.affiliation: Peripheral Vascular Laboratory, Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Division of Vascular Diseases and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: Bhagwan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Satiani
authors.affiliation: Vascular Laboratory Vein Solutions, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Peripheral Vascular Laboratory, Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Vascular Laboratory Vein Solutions, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Division of Vascular Diseases and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: Patrick S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Vaccaro