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The eCHAT Program to Facilitate Healthy Changes in New Zealand Primary Care

Felicity Goodyear-Smith, James Warren and C. Raina Elley
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2013, 26 (2) 177-182; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.02.120221
Felicity Goodyear-Smith
From the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science (FG-S, RE), and the Department of computer Science, Faculty of Science (JW), University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
MBChB, MD
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James Warren
From the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science (FG-S, RE), and the Department of computer Science, Faculty of Science (JW), University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
BSc, PhD
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C. Raina Elley
From the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science (FG-S, RE), and the Department of computer Science, Faculty of Science (JW), University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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