Utilization Management in the Clinical Laboratory and Other Ancillary Services - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 3319341979 ISBN 13: 9783319341972

Verlag: Springer, 2016

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This book is the first comprehensive text on utilization management in the clinical laboratory and other ancillary services. It provides a detailed overview on how to establish a successful utilization management program, focusing on such issues as leadership, governance, informatics, and application of utilization management tools. The volume also describes ways to establish utilization management programs for multiple specialties, including anatomic pathology and cytology, hematology, radiology, clinical chemistry, and genetic testing among other specialties. Numerous examples of specific utilization management initiatives are also described that can be imported to other heath care organizations. A chapter on utilization management in Canada is also included.

Edited by an established national leader in utilization management, Utilization Management in the Clinical Laboratory and Other Ancillary Services is a valuable resource for physicians, pathologists, laboratory directors, hospital administrators, and medical insurance professionals looking to implement a utilization management program.

 

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Kent Lewandrowski, M.D. is the Director of Pathology Laboratories and Molecular Medicine and Associate Chief of Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also director of the hospital point-of-care program and the Quality Chair of the Department of Pathology. He is a Professor at Harvard Medical School with research interests in the evaluation of point-of-care technologies and outcomes studies concerning implementation of point-of-care testing. Dr. Lewandrowski was trained in anatomic and clinical pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and has been on the staff of the department of Pathology since 1991. He is also editor in chief of the medical journal "Point of Care: The Journal of Near Patient Testing Technologies."

 

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This book is the first comprehensive text on utilization management in the clinical laboratory and other ancillary services. It provides a detailed overview on how to establish a successful utilization management program, focusing on such issues as leadership, governance, informatics, and application of utilization management tools. The volume also describes ways to establish utilization management programs for multiple specialties, including anatomic pathology and cytology, hematology, radiology, clinical chemistry, and genetic testing among other specialties. Numerous examples of specific utilization management initiatives are also described that can be imported to other heath care organizations. A chapter on utilization management in Canada is also included.

Edited by an established national leader in utilization management, Utilization Management in the Clinical Laboratory and Other Ancillary Services is a valuable resource for physicians, pathologists, laboratory directors, hospital administrators, and medical insurance professionals looking to implement a utilization management program.

  

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3319341979
• ISBN 13: 9783319341972
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 315
• Herausgeber: Lewandrowski Kent, Sluss Patrick M.
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