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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Rates Banner Health's  $424.6MM Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook Stable]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitch Ratings has assigned its 'AA-' rating to $225.6 million Arizona Health Facilities Authority revenue bonds Banner Health series 2008 A, and $199 million Arizona Health Facilities Authority Variable Rate Revenue Bonds Banner Health series 2008 B and 2008 C. Fitch has also affirmed its 'AA-' rating...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix; Award of Excellence/built.(Banner Health System, DPR Construction Inc.)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6375/is_200509/ai_n25526255]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Type of facility: Hospital    Client: Banner Health    Project architects: NBBJ, Seattle    Construction Manager: DPR Construction, Phoenix    Completed: January 2005    Size: 451,896 gross square feet    Cost: $91.5 million    Cost per...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TGen and Northern Arizona University Awarded a Multi-Million Dollar Grant to Identify Genetic Signatures of Pathogens; Research Projects to Be Conducted Utilizing Applied Biosystems Real-Time PCR Technology]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute TGen and Northern Arizona University NAU today announced the award of a multi-million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that encompasses several projects, the first of which aims to improve the understanding and management of sepsis and community...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banner hires benchmark firm to provide data for improvement of operational procedures.(Banner Health System, Healthcare Management Council)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6488/is_200506/ai_n25824061]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Banner Health, Phoenix, Ariz., in May awarded a contract to  Healthcare Management Council, Needham, Mass., for performance  improvement consulting.    The company develops benchmarks for clinical and administrative  procedures.    Implementation will be gradual at Banner's 21 facilities as  their individual contracts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Negligence.(Banner Health System's negligence in handling drug abuse patients)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6380/is_200407/ai_n25553040]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Negligence. The Alaska Supreme Court ruled in a recent case that an  out-patient substance abuse treatment facility had a duty to protect its  patients from harm during the course of the treatment. Specifically, the  court said that the center should have taken steps to warn patients that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Affirms Banner Health System Revenue Bonds At 'AA-']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_May_7/ai_n6017646]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors  NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 7, 2004  Fitch Ratings affirms the outstanding 'AA-' underlying rating on approximately $461 million in outstanding Arizona Health Facilities Authority revenue bonds issued on behalf of Banner Health System BHS. The outstanding issues affected are listed below. The Rating Outlook is Stable. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Initiate Systems Selected as Enterprise Master Person Index &#151;EMPI&#151; Provider for Banner Health]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers  CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 4, 2004  Leading healthcare provider looks to award-winning EMPI software  to reduce risk and improve patient data  Initiate Systems, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Master Person Index EMPI software and services for managing patient and provider identities, today announced that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Court dismisses Banner case.(The Week in Healthcare; Banner Health System)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6375/is_200308/ai_n25523164]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Patrick Reilly    How much claim states have on the charitable assets of healthcare  systems remains an unresolved issue after a North Dakota court's  ruling last week in a case involving Banner Health System.    District Court Judge Georgia Dawson in Cass County,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trust challenged; AHA considers involvement in charitable trust fight.(The Week in Healthcare)(American Hospital Association)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Patrick Reilly    At the urging of one of its larger hospital system members, the  American Hospital Association is considering whether to step into a  growing fray over charitable trust challenges by state attorneys  general.    Banner Health System, which is battling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banner's end run must end; Company plays chess with assets it inherited while communities pay the price.(Opinions-Commentary)(Column)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Barbara Gorham    Can a national company operating not-for-profit hospitals and  nursing homes sell off facilities without any obligation to the  communities these institutions once served? That question is at the  heart of a major legal battle between Phoenix-based Banner Health System  and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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