Hospitals often outsource important services to companies that prioritize profit over patients

Photo caption: Emergency rooms are often staffed by people who do not work directly for the hospital. Photo credit: Raysohno/WikimediaCommons. Article by Leonard L. Berry and Paul Barach. The Conversation – August 20, 2021.

Hospitals have long embraced the practice of outsourcing some services to specialized companies. Much of this outsourcing is for nonclinical tasks such as laundry, information technology and cybersecurity, and outsourcing those types of services can boost efficiency and quality. However, over the past few years there has been a […]

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