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Financial Outlook
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with strong 2003 revenues, Children’s faces challenges in 2004 and
beyond.
Positive performance for 2003 
The challenges ahead

Dialogue with CFO David Kirshner

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Web tools help poor nations fight TB, HIV

Unreliable electricity and tenuous Internet connections are not
typical Children’s problems, but in developing nations...
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DSW Award winner devoted to teen girls 
On January 8, Children’s honored Phaedra Thomas, RN, as the winner
of this year's David S. Weiner Award and a related $20,000 grant...
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Spotlight: Making first impressions count

Cathy Lee Irvin and five other Children's employees are often the
first employees patients and families meet...
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Shamberger named head of Surgery 
On December 18, Children’s announced the Robert Shamberger, MD,
as the new chief of Surgery and general surgeon-in-chief...
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Clear link between fast food, obesity 
Fast food consumption has risen 500 percent since 1970 and today
pervades nearly every segment of society, including some public
school cafeterias.
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Busier appendectomy centers have something
to teach 
A Children's study published in Pediatrics suggests that
needless appendectomies are performed less frequently at hospitals
with higher volumes of these cases.
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