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COVER STORY WORLD-CLASS UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY CARE FOR SOUTH TEXAS AT CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA HEALTH SYSTEM 06 Established in 2017, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hea lth System's Comprehensive Urologic Oncolog y Program brings together oncologists, medica l oncologists, radiation oncologists, geneticists, pathologists, radiologists, interventiona l radiologists and other specia lists from CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hea lth System, UT Hea lth San Antonio and medica l practices across the city to care for patients with a variety of genitourinary cancers. SPECIAL FE ATURE TEST FOR DEADLY LUNG DISEASE IS USED FOR FIRST TIME IN TEXAS 10 A UT Hea lth San Antonio lung specia list is the first in Texas to use a new genomic test to better and less invasively diagnose a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a serious chronic, progressive and scarring lung disease with an average surviva l time of less than five years after diagnosis. 06 contents ON THE COVER /////// APRIL 2019 FE ATURES THE UNEXAMINED EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK IS NOT WORTH HAVING 05 Employee handbooks can be priceless in solving problems, resolving issues and providing benefits to employers and employees a like. LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND: INNOVATIONS IN COMBAT CASUALTY CARE 12 The U.S. Army Institute of Surgica l Research helps save the lives of wounded warriors through extensive research and contributions to advanced medica l technologies and techniques. IS THE DIRECT PRIMARY CARE MODEL FOR YOU? 14 Some primary care physicians in San Antonio are turning to the direct primary care model and decreasing their reliance on third-party payers. 10 12