By Pamela J. Gallagher

In recent decades, many companies have adopted the maxim, “Do what you do best, and outsource the rest.” From the ability to focus on the core of their business to gaining outside expertise to boosting their quality of service, there are many reasons outsourcing may be appealing to an organization.

The healthcare industry, however, has long been resistant to the idea of outsourcing parts of their operations, with a tendency toward believing healthcare is “different” than other industries. But healthcare is a business too, and we need to take a look at the numbers before rejecting outsourcing. By keeping everything in-house, organizations drive expenses up unnecessarily. Hospitals don’t need a whole team of people for everything.

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