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THE JOURNAL OF URGENT CARE MEDICINE®<br />
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www.jucm.com | The Official Publication of the Urgent Care Association of America<br />
IN THIS ISSUE<br />
FEATURES<br />
13 Pharyngitis: Diagnosis and<br />
Treatment in the Urgent<br />
Care Setting<br />
32 Managing Wait Times<br />
for Greater Customer<br />
Satisfaction<br />
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DEPARTMENTS<br />
23 Insights in Images:<br />
Clinical Challenge<br />
26 Abstracts in Urgent Care<br />
38 Health Law<br />
40 Occupational Medicine<br />
41 Coding Q&A<br />
48 Developing Data<b<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine September 2008 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/714f02a3?page=1">™ SEPTEMBER 2008 </a> ™ SEPTEMBER 2008 <a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine September 2008 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/714f02a3?page=2">Get rid of the pink in a blink.*VIGAMOX® soluti</a> Get rid of the pink in a blink.*VIGAMOX® soluti<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine September 2008 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/714f02a3?page=3">(moxifloxacin hydrochloride ophthalmicsolution) 0</a> (moxifloxacin hydrochloride ophthalmicsolution) 0<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine September 2008 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/714f02a3?page=4">“Don’t worry. This won’t hurt a bit.”We are ve</a> “Don’t worry. 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