The 12 days of Christmas: Gifts we'd like to give healthcare this year
Medical Environment Update, December 26, 2019
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by John Palmer
It’s that time of year when the big guy in the red suit swoops by to unload bags of gifts upon us all. Whether it’s figgy pudding or a turtledove you’re hoping for, everyone has that special gift they’d like to receive.
After writing about stories and trends in the healthcare field for the last 12 months, we’ve thought of some gifts we’d like to bestow upon the busy healthcare clinic workers in the country—if we had the power to do so.
Here’s a list of 12 gifts we think are overdue in the healthcare field. Some of them are things that we ask for every year, some are out of reach, and some we think are right around the corner.
Flu shots for everyone
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