Reorganizing for optimum efficiency.

With the health care industry becoming increasingly competitive, laboratories must discover new, more effective ways to provide services. Re-organizing the laboratory and perfecting quality assurance activities, the author says, will increase the chances for survival. This article is adapted from Dr. Bernstein's presentation at the Bridgeport Symposium entitled "Performance Requirements for Clinical Laboratories Under Prospective Reimbursement and DRGs." The Nov. 15-16, 1984 symposium was sponsored by Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Conn., and supported by contributions from 20 companies (listed on page 29). Dr. Bernstein was chairman of the symposium.