Sg2 Letter April 2019: Growing Pains in the Quest for Scale
By Bill WoodsonThis year Sg2 is spending considerable time delving into where things currently stand in scaling the health care enterprise and what promise has yet to be fulfilled.
Email: wwoodson@sg2.com
This year Sg2 is spending considerable time delving into where things currently stand in scaling the health care enterprise and what promise has yet to be fulfilled.
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