Pay for Performance Pros and Cons for Histotechnicians – Part Two
So far, the argument for pay for performance sounds pretty great, doesn’t it? Pay for performance could result in increased quality in patient care and decreased costs for patient care, while facilities experience the same flow of income as before. However, as with most things there are some cons that histotechnicians might see. One negative aspect is that while the theory sounds good, the pay for performance plan is not always used as strictly as it could be. One reason for this is that facilities where histotechnicians work have a difficult time using the pay for performance system in all aspects of business. It can be hard for the facilities where histotechnicians work to get on board with the pay for performance plan in the first place, because there are barriers to entry such as the necessity to use time and money to hire employees to track the performance. Also, the equipment that is needed to track performance can be pricey, which is another reason it can be hard for some facilities to see the advantages.
Histotechnicians play a very important part in quality in lab tests. It is estimated that 40 percent of mistakes happen in the pre and post analysis process of samples. The pay for performance system could take away jobs from histotechnicians because automation of a lab could reduce errors by nearly 40 percent while simultaneously improving processing time by more than 50 percent. Facilities who study these advantages could decide to automate their systems and provide some histotechnicians of jobs.
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