Integration and standardization within the mayo foundation laboratories: The centralized laboratory purchasing group

Clinical Leadership and Management Review

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Hernandez, James S ^a   Newton, Nancy C ^b   O'Hara, Susan K ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COST SAVINGS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GROUP PURCHASING; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744982113     PISSN: 15273954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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