June 2008

  From My Perspective (65K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (50K PDF)

• College backs bill to stop pay cuts
• Medicare trustees issue bleak report
• ACS supports performance charter
• New York requires accreditation for OBS

   Medicine in a vortex: Quantity versus quality (215K PDF)

   Georgia on our minds: General surgery wins fight for recognition (140K PDF)

   Contemporary surgeons bring technical and cognitive skills to patient care: A patterns of care survey (190K PDF)

   RAS: From residency to clinical ownership: Reflections of a young thoracic surgeon (90K PDF)

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• NTDB^® Data Points
• Socioeconomic tips of the month
• In Compliance... with HIPAA Rules
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• ACOSOG Articles Published in the ACS Bulletin
• Publications on Advocacy and Health Policy Issues

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