In Alberta, Clinical Laboratories Adapt to One Integrated Province-Wide Health Services Administration Model

Jul 20, 2011 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Pathologists and medical lab managers regularly challenged to provide high-quality cost-effective services with limited resources. DATELINE: EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA—Over the past decade and a half, this economically-prosperous province has re-aligned its healthcare regional bodies more than once in an effort to control costs while supporting clinical services that meet the expectations of its patients. In some cases, these realignments have subjected Alberta’s clinical laboratories to deep...
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