Symposium participants will have the opportunity to work with nationally recognized experts to identify and prioritize issues critical to ensuring that patient-centered high-value healthcare delivery practices thrive and spread.

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Health care reform, putting the patient first and identifying the best solutions will be among the issues discussed at the 2010 Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center Symposium “Achieving the Vision: Advancing High-Value Health Care.”

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Health care reform, putting the patient first and identifying the best solutions will be among the issues discussed at the 2010 Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center Symposium “Achieving the Vision: Advancing High-Value Health Care.”

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The third annual RealShare MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS conference is taking place on November 10th and 11th in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is the leading national event for investors, owners, developers, lenders, users and anyone else who works in or with the medical real estate community.