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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

New Jersey medical authorities are investigating the incidence of and issuing alerts on unlicensed cosmetic surgery providers after 6 women suffered...

Rotator Cuff Repair Restores Strength, Not Function

Rotator cuff surgery may restore a patient's normal shoulder strength, but mobility issues persist in the repaired joint, according to researchers a...

Do Patients Expect Too Much From Joint Replacement?

Even with a thorough pre-op education program, more than two-thirds of joint replacement patients don't share the expectations that their surgeons d...

Archive > October, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 10
Secrets to Saving With Your GPO
Find out how to get your money's worth.
Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

The Surgery Center of Centralia (Ill.) used to pay $22 per oxygen tank. Now it pays $6 per tank. All thanks to a happy coincidence that illustrates the first lesson of maximizing your GPO: know your GPO's contracts.

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