The article has a legal viewpoint because Best Consultant Physicians in Chennai of the situation (in the US and other countries) where different legal healthcare entities exists (specialists are organized in separate entities beyond the legal hospital organization. The radiology entity (for example) is not only a department within a hospital but may exercise private activities for other entities. Without this legal focus, the "turf" wars happen anyhow in hospitals.
The technical evolution of radiology equipment makes it possible to shift away from its original diagnostic field towards / entering the field of surgery (invasive technology) and that is how one field of expertise (radiology) enters the other (surgery). This is one way to show how specialties compete and rival amongst each other.
"At the same time, a number of other specialties developed procedures which relied on the use of technology that was generally only available in the radiology department: the imaging modalities. Other specialist all wanted access to this advanced technology as well." (2)
This is where hospital management comes in. Whether one specialist perceives this situation as a threat or an opportunity depends on the vision and policy of the hospital as a group (of individual companies).
Hospital management should most of all understand the change of productivity (the radiologist expanding from diagnosis towards curing) and how this will affect the overall organization.
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