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Non-Visit-Based Cancer Screening Using a Novel Population Management System

Steven J. Atlas, Adrian H. Zai, Jeffrey M. Ashburner, Yuchiao Chang, Sanja Percac-Lima, Douglas E. Levy, Henry C. Chueh and Richard W. Grant
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2014, 27 (4) 474-485; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.04.130319
Steven J. Atlas
From the General Medicine Division, Medical Services (SJA, JMA, YC, SP-L), the Laboratory of Computer Science (AHZ, HCC), and the Mongan Institute for Health Policy (DEL), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and the Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland (RWG).
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Adrian H. Zai
From the General Medicine Division, Medical Services (SJA, JMA, YC, SP-L), the Laboratory of Computer Science (AHZ, HCC), and the Mongan Institute for Health Policy (DEL), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and the Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland (RWG).
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Jeffrey M. Ashburner
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Douglas E. Levy
From the General Medicine Division, Medical Services (SJA, JMA, YC, SP-L), the Laboratory of Computer Science (AHZ, HCC), and the Mongan Institute for Health Policy (DEL), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and the Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland (RWG).
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Henry C. Chueh
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Richard W. Grant
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Steven J. Atlas, Adrian H. Zai, Jeffrey M. Ashburner, Yuchiao Chang, Sanja Percac-Lima, Douglas E. Levy, Henry C. Chueh, Richard W. Grant
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2014, 27 (4) 474-485; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.04.130319

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Steven J. Atlas, Adrian H. Zai, Jeffrey M. Ashburner, Yuchiao Chang, Sanja Percac-Lima, Douglas E. Levy, Henry C. Chueh, Richard W. Grant
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2014, 27 (4) 474-485; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.04.130319
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