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Achieving Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in Primary Care: Proposed Critical Processes from the Kentucky Ambulatory Network (KAN)

Martha C. Riddell, Katherine G. Sandford, Andrew O. Johnson, Carol Steltenkamp and Kevin A. Pearce
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2014, 27 (6) 772-779; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140030
Martha C. Riddell
From the Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health (MCR, KGS); Institutional Research and Advanced Analytics, University of Kentucky Analytics and Technologies (AOJ); and the Departments of Pediatrics (CS) and Family and Community Medicine (KAP), College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
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Katherine G. Sandford
From the Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health (MCR, KGS); Institutional Research and Advanced Analytics, University of Kentucky Analytics and Technologies (AOJ); and the Departments of Pediatrics (CS) and Family and Community Medicine (KAP), College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
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Andrew O. Johnson
From the Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health (MCR, KGS); Institutional Research and Advanced Analytics, University of Kentucky Analytics and Technologies (AOJ); and the Departments of Pediatrics (CS) and Family and Community Medicine (KAP), College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
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Carol Steltenkamp
From the Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health (MCR, KGS); Institutional Research and Advanced Analytics, University of Kentucky Analytics and Technologies (AOJ); and the Departments of Pediatrics (CS) and Family and Community Medicine (KAP), College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
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Kevin A. Pearce
From the Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health (MCR, KGS); Institutional Research and Advanced Analytics, University of Kentucky Analytics and Technologies (AOJ); and the Departments of Pediatrics (CS) and Family and Community Medicine (KAP), College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
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Martha C. Riddell, Katherine G. Sandford, Andrew O. Johnson, Carol Steltenkamp, Kevin A. Pearce
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2014, 27 (6) 772-779; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140030

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Martha C. Riddell, Katherine G. Sandford, Andrew O. Johnson, Carol Steltenkamp, Kevin A. Pearce
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2014, 27 (6) 772-779; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140030
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