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Resources for You at Chiroeco.Com Building Better Practices Since 1954 Get your leadership in alignment How to teach a life of wellness Should you be involved in corporate wellness? The mechanics of finding good staff members Fabrizio Mancini, DC A healthy approach to Chiropractic Education PLUS Supplies Resource Guide p. 84 Issue #1: January 21, 2010 www.ChiroEco.com CHEC_3.ps 12/28/09 7:18 PM Page 3 CHEC_4.ps 12/30/09 12:35 PM Page 4 contentsCHIROPRACTIC ECONOMICS • VOLUME 56, ISSUE 1 clinical research IN EVERY ISSUE Keeping current with the evidence . .17 EDITOR’S MESSAGE . .8 By Ronald Rupert, DC NEWS . .10 DATEBOOK . .94 marketing ADVERTISERS INDEX . .96 Are your gatekeepers hurting your bottom line? . .23 PRODUCTS . .98 By Lisa Roberts MARKETPLACE . .103 Team Tips: Plant the seed for referrals . .26 CLASSIFIEDS . .104 By Susan Hoy SUPPLIES GUIDE . 84 personal development It it’s broken, fix it! . .33 By Dennis Schone, DC Chiropractic Economics (ISSN 1087-1985) (USPS 019-178) is published 18 times per Align your leadership . .36 year and two of the issues, in July and By Monica Wofford, CSP November, will include a special editorial supplement. 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