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Procedures on Wheels
Could you benefit from services that bring equipment and technicians to you?
Nathan Hall, Associate Editor

While there was no shortage of patients needing cataract surgery when the Physicians Surgery Center in Rolla, Mo., started an ophthalmology service, the facility kept coming up short: short on storage space for the equipment and short on profits. That's when nurse manager Rhonda Chambers, RN, stepped in and suggested outsourcing.

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