Hospital-Owned and Operated Outpatient Imaging Centers: Strategies for Success

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 900-906

  Boland, Giles W L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

business; competition; computed tomography; imaging centers; magnetic resonance imaging; market share; marketing; Outpatient; productivity; revenue; strategy; technologist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPETITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; MARKETING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST;

EID: 47649085037     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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