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  • Are freestanding emergency rooms following the money?

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    By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Freestanding emergency departments (EDs) are becoming more common in many communities across the U.S., often popping up in places where people are wealthier and likely to have private health insurance, a recent study suggests. Freestanding EDs can provide many of the same services as their traditional counterparts housed inside…

  • Intuitive Surgical second-quarter profit jumps past expectations

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    (Reuters) – Intuitive Surgical Inc on Tuesday reported much higher than expected second-quarter profit, driven by an increase in sales of its da Vinci surgical robots and in procedures using the pricey machines, and its shares rose more than 5 percent. The company during the quarter shipped 130 da Vinci systems, which sell for about…