Open AccessCost Effective Printing of Laboratory Reports: Biochemist’s and Physician’s debate and Institutions Dilemma
Author(s) -
Arun Kumar Harith,
Anil Kumar Avs,
Sampath Somanna
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24462.9430
Subject(s) - digital printing , quality (philosophy) , 3d printer , business , 3d printing , dilemma , government (linguistics) , operations management , computer science , engineering , advertising , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology
Laboratory investigations account for significant percentage of healthcare expenses. Every hospital and laboratory especially in the government sector wants to cut down the expenses on reports and offer inferior printouts of reports. The debate of printing attractive reports (clientele aspiration) Vs costs cutting (managerial issues) continues. It becomes the moral responsibility of doctors to guide the management into implementing an effective and economical option of report transcription. Cutting cost is always good but it should be achieved in an effective way keeping in mind the expectation of all the stake holders and ensuring that quality is not significantly compromised. The data regarding economics of printing available on the Internet may be market driven and not a true reflection of printing cost. The present study was undertaken to generate data on the economics of printing reports on various platforms to enable managers to make informed decision on choice of optimal printing option.