Research ArticleOriginal Research

Cross-Sectional Comparison of Electronic and Paper Medical Records on Medication Counseling in Primary Care Clinics: A Southern Primary-care Urban Research Network (SPUR-Net) Study

Grace M. Kuo, Patricia Dolan Mullen, Amy McQueen, Paul R. Swank and John C. Rogers
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2007, 20 (2) 164-173; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.02.060113

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