{"id":3062,"date":"2023-04-17T10:41:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2023-05-03T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T15:03:08","slug":"empire-and-ellis-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-3\/empire-and-ellis-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire and Ellis Medicine come to agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3074 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/Ellis-Story-56000.jpg\" alt=\"Ellis Medicine - Empire\" width=\"500\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/Ellis-Story-56000.jpg 500w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/Ellis-Story-56000-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>May 3, 2023 &#8212; 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