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Managed Care October 2007 Frank Diamond	Proceduralists Seem Up To the Task Proceduralists might help to keep hospital costs down and prevent some hospital-acquired conditions.
Managed Care October 2007	Lessons From the Front: A Conversation with William Winkenwerder Jr., MD, MBA The former assistant secretary of defense for health affairs says that much that he learned might be applicable to the commercial sector.
Managed Care October 2007 Lola Butcher	Can Insurer, Oncology Practice Really Work Together? Premera Blue Cross and a large Spokane oncology practice agree on treatment protocols and on the importance of cost control.
Managed Care October 2007 John Marcille	The More Things Change ... The More Things Change Managed care is an industry in flux.
Managed Care October 2007	Data on Quality Lacking for Docs A new report says that insurers are better at providing quality information about hospitals than about physicians.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 Arlene Weintraub	Getting Hip to the Boomers Stryker's new orthopedic technology gives aging patients an alternative to full joint replacement.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 Reena Jana	My iPod, My Cell, My Insulin Pump In an effort to provide better care for the world's surging population of diabetics, medical device makers are teaming up with industrial designers and seeking inspiration in popular consumer products such as MP3 players and cell phones.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 Catherine Arnst	America's Angry Patients U.S. patients pay more, wait longer to be seen, and suffer a higher rate of medical mistakes.
Chemistry World November 2, 2007 Rebecca Trager	GSK Blocks US Patent Law Changes Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has temporarily blocked the US Patent and Trademark Office from implementing new rules, which it fears could prevent innovators from obtaining adequate patent coverage on their inventions.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2007 Rich Smith	More Than Meets the Eye at LCA-Vision Lasik surgery specialist LCA-Vision may be a true bargain, after a quarterly earnings miss and share price drop leaves the stock trading at nine times earnings. Investors, take note.
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