Overview
- First dedicated text on utilization management in the clinical laboratory
- Describes ways to establish utilization management programs for multiple specialties
- Provides numerous examples of specific utilization management initiatives
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
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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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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."
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Utilization Management in the Clinical Laboratory and Other Ancillary Services
Editors: Kent Lewandrowski, Patrick M. Sluss
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34199-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34197-2Published: 16 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81700-2Published: 07 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-34199-6Published: 29 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 303
Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pathology, Health Informatics