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5 Ways to Improve Your Collaboration with Orthopedic Surgeons

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5 Things Orthopedic Surgeons Want Rheumatologists to Do

  1. Meet them.
  2. Know when a referral is needed.
  3. Refer early.
  4. Think broadly.
  5. Pick up the phone.

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