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con

(esp US), conn Nautical
the place where a person who cons a vessel is stationed
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con

[SF fandom] A science-fiction convention. Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional meetings. This term, unlike many others of SF-fan slang, is widely recognised even by hackers who aren't fans. "We'd been corresponding on the net for months, then we met face-to-face at a con."
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CON

(CONsole) A common device name for the keyboard and screen. See Copy con and device names.
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That facility, which is undergoing the full certificate of need process for a new hospital building, will become the hospital hub of the Eastern Shore's mid-Shore counties.
Eastern Shore medical center receives regulatory approval
Additionally, a report from the Mercatus Center, a free-market-oriented think tank at George Mason University, found that states with certificate of need programs have 131 fewer hospital beds per 100,000 people than states without programs and between one and two fewer hospitals that offer MRI services per 500,000 people.
Debate renewed over contentious health care law
"Does Certificate of Need Affect Cardiac Outcomes and Costs?" International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 6(4): 300-24.
Does "Excess Supply" Drive Excessive Health Spending? The Case of Certificate-of-Need Laws
Later, proponents also claimed that CON laws could reduce mortality: "repeal of certificate of need regulations may have adverse effects on patient outcomes and may promote the development of low-volume surgical programs....
The Effect of Certificate of Need Laws on All-Cause Mortality
In 36 states and the District of Columbia, health care providers must obtain what's known as a "certificate of need" (CON) in order to open up new facilities.
Medical cronyism: certificates of need
However, he said, the project has been approved by the New Hampshire Health Services Planning and Review Board, which administers the state's certificate of need program.
LRGH looks to double emergency department
"The state governments have gotten in on the action, as well, by enacting, for instance, Certificate of Need laws.
Corrupting healthcare: public-private partnerships: federal and state governments are colluding with favored corporate interests to prevent the competition needed to raise the quality and lower the cost of medical care
Starting in the 1960s, the American Hospital Association lobbied states to enact certificate of need (CON) laws.
License to cure: medical protectionism
State health officials are set to grant a certificate of need for the proposed psychiatric hospital in Junction City, thereby allowing the project to clear another bureaucratic hurdle.
New hospital clears hurdle
Mesa Power Group has received a certificate of need and site permit for the Goodhue Wind Project, from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
-Mesa Power Group receives approval for Goodhue Wind Project

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