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hAt is the futureofhealthcare?Thereare
likely as many opinions about that large
topic as there are people serving in and
around health care itself.
Along with a strong health care reform mentality from the governor’s
office, the Colorado Telehealth and CORHIO are bringing the Health
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Cover Feature The FuTure oF healTh Care
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A SHORTAGE IN Primary Care
Endocrinologist Joins Penrose- St. Francis Health
Michael S. Koren, M.D. and blood pr
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The Past: Medicine in Transition By Gabrielle Fer
100 YEARS AGO… Most people received medical care
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital ChoseN For medICa
L-R: Mark Ammons, M.D., cardiac surgeon at St. Jo
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The Present: The Wired Physician
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offices including all primary care and internal m
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stimulation for Parkinson’s. We are already seein
St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center ParTNers wITh hos
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should be doing and what questions they should be
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T he list of new proc
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Harbingers of tomorrow aT
A Closer Look at Laparoscopic Surgery T
The da Vinci Surgical System robot addresses
Digital Editions readers take action regarding
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