The 1990s has become a time when fewer employees are producing more work than ever for increasingly consolidated industries. Here's what that means in the american health care system: hospital networks, sharing laboratory services, contracting for outside services, and restructuring staffs.

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The Women's Health Initiative: studying interventions over the long term.

The women's health initiative is studying the effectiveness of several preventive measures among postmenopausal women. The ambitious project is also examining a wide variety of biomarkers and could uncover new and important disease markers over the next 10 years.

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What's new in blood banking? Plenty.

With appointment of new federal committees, creation of quality plans, increased oversight of blood banking services, and the advent of HIV antigen and other methods of testing, blood safety is making news again. The channels through which blood is distributed are also facing challenges and changes.

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Gaining links: health information networks arise--with integration challenges.

As chins gain favor and efficiency in several regions of the country, they are increasingly used to speed both financial and clinical data interchanges. Technologic advances in information management are shifting the laboratory from a passive entity generating data to an active medical support service.

Clinical Laboratory Information Systems↗