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Learn a lesson from industry. Future planning.

R C Bohlmann
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The future need not be viewed as gloomy. In fact, competition creates opportunity. The experience of the manufacturing industry during the last sixty years has been a foreshadowing for the healthcare industry. Successful corporations have emerged from the recession knowing exactly who they are, what their market is, and where they are going. The healthcare industry can learn a great deal from these experiences. The author offers seven steps to medical groups that wish to logically relate to their future.

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R C Bohlmann. Learn a lesson from industry. Future planning.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10299950/

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