Is the Term "Outsourcing" appropiate?

Came acroos this excellent article followed by discussions from various people in the Fersht's Outsourcing Blog. Fersht's says in his blog-"Having worked on a large number of "O" initiatives with enterprises over the last few years, the term outsourcing has given me nothing but problems. The minute the "O" word is uttered, staff get defensive, passions get stirred, resistance occurs..." Do read the complete article.

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Radiologist Salary versus Medical Practise Profits

SALARIES are on the rise for both interventional and non-interventional diagnostic radiologists,
reflecting a trend seen among medical specialties across the nation. However, many practices are still losing money as a result of the higher costs of doing business. (According to the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) 2006 Medical Compensation and Financial Survey)

Source- RSNA News

Probably this further supports the collabrative model used by Teleradiology Providers, where we offer the preliminary reads by Indian radiologists thereby benefiting the practise by increasing the work output to generate more revenues.

Radiology Outsourcing Discussion Group

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