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The Motley Fool January 6, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Off Course at Arrow International It's going to take time for the medical device company to add capacity; will customers still be waiting on the other side? Investors, take note.
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 Robert N. Charette	Picture of Health The creation of an electronic health record (EHR) for every U.S. citizen, which can be sent to any doctor, hospital, or insurer, would promise to improve overall patient health care, but it also raises many concerns.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Arlene Weintraub	Bucking The Odds at Amylin With Ginger Graham at the helm, Amylin Pharmaceuticals has two approved diabetes drugs.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2006 W.D. Crotty	A Value Test for SFBC Its stock soars after the two most senior executives leave the drug development company. So, is this a value play?
Managed Care December 2005 John Carroll	Consumers Don't Know What They Don't Know Experts have been taking a close look at health literacy in America and have concluded that this is one area where even relatively well-educated people will have trouble finding their way.
Managed Care December 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	The Ethical Way In a Season of Change Advancing technologies and new coverage designs are creating opportunities -- and obligations -- for health plan medical directors.
Managed Care December 2005 Jack McCain	Flu's Other Cost If the next pandemic is anything like the 1918 outbreak, hospitals could be overburdened, while some small regional health plans might see their membership decimated, or worse.
Managed Care December 2005 Ricardo Guggenheim	Putting EBM To Work (Easier Said Than Done) Through widespread implementation of evidence-based medicine, the United States has its best chance of erasing the variations in care that currently extract such huge costs -- both human and financial -- from the health care system.
Managed Care December 2005	Health Plan Medical Directors Doing Well Medical directors at health plans saw a 7.2% rise in mean direct compensation from 2003 to 2005.
Managed Care December 2005	Pharmacy Cost Increases Below Medical for the First Time in Four Years According to a survey of 70 health care insurers, prescription costs are expected to increase at a lower rate than medical costs during the next 12 months.
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