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.” Or conversely, “Hey, based on this, we saved you a trip to the cath lab, but let’s talk about your lipid management to prevent further issues down the road.” For hospitals, it’s probably a little different as far as what ultimately persuades them.
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Not for a hospital, it wouldn’t be that much, but whatever it is. $14 Not for a hospital, it wouldn’t be that much, but whatever it is. But even preventing this is a decision that’s being made that’s going to waste time and resources and make the workflow even worse. What goes into all that?”
Taking the next step here, what would you say are some key challenges or shortcomings that you see in our current system that prevents us from doing better. Now in the hospital, it’s probably even less if you really think about how sick our patients are. Totally agree. Jim [00:06:09]: So what would you say then?
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