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September 24, 2006
Rich Heintz |
Health Careers Present a Bright Prognosis Quick, affordable training can buy you job security in these healthcare careers.   |
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March 5, 2006
Julia Hollister |
Medical Trainees Find Strong Vital Signs Chronic staffing shortages are opening doors for entry-level medical trainees. |
Managed Care
March 2007 |
Competition Wins Over Centralization Insurers who recommend a particular provider or health care organization to a patient considering a surgical procedure need to determine how complex the procedure is and how frequently the surgeon performs the procedure. |
Job Journal
November 23, 2003 |
Health Careers for the Squeamish Plenty of healthcare opportunities are waiting in the front office. |
Job Journal
February 25, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Pharmacy Technician The shortage of both pharmacists and pharmacist technicians is projected to get worse, meaning plenty of job opportunities. |
BusinessWeek
March 14, 2005
Carol Marie Cropper |
The Robot Is In -- And Ready To Operate More and more surgeries -- from prostate to heart -- are being performed by doctors remotely guiding robotic arms. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2009
Devon Rackle |
An Intuitively Obvious Buy Virtually limitless growth, a monopolistic position, and a cheap valuation all make Intuitive Surgical a compelling opportunity. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2006
Querna & Fischman |
Good Medical Help Close to Home Your local hospital might be just as good as any glittery big-name center. Finding out if your local hospital is up to snuff requires some homework. Here are the major factors in judging the quality of care, courtesy of U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue. |
Nursing Management
May 2011
Kirsten Drake |
SCIP core measures: Deep impact In August 2005, the SIP project grew to become a multiyear, national quality partnership of organizations called the Surgical Care Improvement Project, or SCIP, with the goal of decreasing surgical complication by 25% by 2010. |
Job Journal
December 17, 2006 |
Career Snapshot: Psychiatric Technician Working with a team of mental health professionals, psych techs forge the primary link with patients. Job Prospects: Good. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Intuitive Surgical Sells Itself A hospital's mailing on the company's da Vinci Surgical System could boost demand from patients. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Intuitively Waiting Systems sales are down; no surprise there. |
Managed Care
September 2005
Ed Silverman |
No Easy Fit For Specialty Hospitals Insurers worry that specialty hospitals will ultimately increase costs at nearby community hospitals |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2005
Rick Munarriz |
Daily Double: Intuitive Surgical While growth investors may not balk at paying 69 times this year's profits for a dynamic growth company like Intuitive Surgical, they may think twice if a bottom line dip prices the company at nearly 80 times forward earnings. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2011
Brian Orelli |
What Will Intuitive Surgical Do for an Encore? Intuitive Surgical managed just a 10% year-over-year increase in revenue from sales of its da Vinci Surgical Systems in the fourth quarter of last year. Yet its total revenue increased a solid 21%. How? |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2009
Brian Orelli |
1,111 Reasons to Love This Company Intuitive Surgical's already installed base of 1,111 da Vinci surgical machines will drive sales through the use of consumables. |
Nursing
December 2011
Judith A. Nagle |
Getting "hip" to hip hemiarthroplasty This article discusses arthroplasty, the surgery used to restore motion to a joint and function to the muscles, ligaments, and other soft tissues that control the joint. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2010
Tekla S. Perry |
Dream Jobs 2010: Catherine Mohr Designs Surgical Robots Catherine Mohr went from designing solar planes to surgical robots and couldn't be happier |
Nursing Management
June 2011
LaRocco & Pinchera |
The emerging trend of medical tourism Although it's difficult to find accurate data, there's general agreement that the number of Americans seeking medical care abroad is growing. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Intuitive Surgical Is a Cut Above The maker of medical robots offers hot growth and a red-hot valuation to match. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Intuitive Surgical's Beating Heart Investors, there are a lot of reasons to like Intuitive Surgical. Better software will continue to improve surgeons' performance levels in meeting the demanding requirements of cardiovascular surgery. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2009
Brian Orelli |
The Best Stocks for 2010: Intuitive Surgical Intuitive Surgical never looks cheap. Then again, good growth stocks usually don't. |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
Surgery to Go If ambulatory surgery centers can benefit patients and contain health costs, can they benefit investors, too? A few players in the market show potential: AmSurg... Symbion... United Surgical Partners... |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Of Robots and Rocket-Powered Returns Intuitive Surgical is a stock that meets your need for speed and security, all at once. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2006
Rosen & Hannaford |
Doc at a Distance Robot surgeons promise to save lives in remote communities, war zones, and disaster-stricken areas. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2011
David Meier |
Why I Am Buying MAKO Surgical MAKO Surgical is changing orthopedic surgery, one robot at a time. |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Shareholders Slap Stryker A little earnings miss sends the medical technology company down more than necessary. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Of Intuition and Intuitive Surgical Price has decoupled from value, but the company is growing like a weed. Investors, take note. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000
Ronald Schneeweiss, M.B., Ch.B. |
Curbside Consultation What is the role of a consultant in the referral process? What constitutes a "good" referral? |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Making Short Work of Surgery United Surgical Partners prospers by working with hospitals instead of against them. While valuation isn't cheap, that has to be considered in the context of a company that is growing at a 30%-plus clip. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Intuitive Surgical's Transparent Future When combined with the latest advances in computer software, it is clear that Intuitive Surgical's future is becoming increasingly transparent -- and positive. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2011
Brian Orelli |
This High-Tech Company Still Has the Touch Intuitive Surgical beats analysts' expectations. Again. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Slicing and Dicing Intuitive Surgical's Quarter Not the best we've seen, but still solid. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2000
Mitchell S. King |
Preoperative Evaluation The purpose of a preoperative evaluation is not to "clear" patients for elective surgery, but rather to evaluate and, if necessary, implement measures to prepare higher risk patients for surgery... |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 5, 2006
Porter & Olmsted Teisberg |
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare The new book Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, takes a systemic approach to healthcare reform. |
Nursing Management
April 2009
Sharon H. Pappas |
Profits, Payers, and Patients: Responding to Changes Profit is necessary for hospitals to fulfill their missions, invest in expansion and new technologies, and reinvest in existing patient care infrastructures. Profitability is the work of the financial team and the clinical team to produce the hospital's desired financial outcome. |
Nursing Management
May 2010
Urbanowicz & Taylor |
Hybrid OR: Is it in your future? Having the availability of a hybrid suite creates new opportunities to combine endovascular and open surgery into one operative episode. |
Nursing
January 2009
Susan Gallagher Camden |
Shedding Health Risks with Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery More obese patients are turning to bariatric weight loss surgery, which is proving its worth by decreasing or eliminating dangerous comorbidities of obesity. Here's how to help prepare your patient for surgery and care for her afterward. |
Fast Company
May 2009
Chuck Salter |
The Doctor of the Future Cost, access, quality -- the prognosis for American health care may look grim, but innovation is the cure. The medicine of tomorrow is being born today. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2010
Brian Richards |
Intuitive Surgical: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats A look inside the business of the da Vinci robot maker. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
I Love Intuitive Surgical Robotic surgeries should have investors' hearts pumping. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2009 |
Robotic Surgeons Take Over at a Hospital Near You The tool-wielding wrists of the da Vinci can rotate 540 degrees and have seven degrees of freedom, making the tools of the mechanical surgeon more dexterous than instruments held in human fingers. |
Science News
February 26, 2000 |
Surgery Guide Web site on surgical procedures. |
Civil War Times
August 19, 2004
Alfred Jay Bollet |
The Truth About Civil War Surgery If you think Civil War surgeons were ill-trained sawbones who loved to amputate -- usually without anaesthesia -- you need to read this! |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2009
Brian Orelli |
The Impressive Number No One Is Talking About Future growth still looks good for Intuitive Surgical. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Intuitive Surgical and Internet2 A more advanced Internet could open up new possibilities in robotic surgery. What will that mean for Intuitive Surgical investors? |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Intuitive Surgical's Blowout Quarter The company makes analysts' estimates for the second quarter look anemic. The three analysts following the company will need to update their earnings forecasts for 2005. Still, investors may scoff at the stock's $65.00 price: too high. |
BusinessWeek
November 8, 2004
Lorraine Woellert |
How Much Is That Brain Scan? If turning Americans into price-conscious health-care shoppers is ever going to work, it will require wholesale changes in many of the industry's most basic business practices. |
Nursing Management
November 2010
Penprase et al. |
Preoperative communication to improve safety: A literature review Nurses should take the lead in championing the introduction and assessment of preoperative briefings, and in supporting other perioperative personnel who may be tasked with implementing them. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2010
Brian Orelli |
One Surgery Dominated, A Hundred More to Go Intuitive Surgical isn't slowing down. |
