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SPOTLIGHT: A hospital CEO's pitch for transparency
While we, as consumers, demand transparency from the other professionals we deal with--including insurance companies, car dealers, computer sales specialists, stock brokers, architects and more--is the industry prepared to step up and offer detailed information on its operations to consumers? In this column, hospital CEO Nick Jacobs offers his reasons why he feels we can't put off doing so anymore. Blog
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