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Use of Mobile Health (mHealth) Tools by Primary Care Patients in the WWAMI Region Practice and Research Network (WPRN)

Amy M. Bauer, Tessa Rue, Gina A. Keppel, Allison M. Cole, Laura-Mae Baldwin and Wayne Katon
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2014, 27 (6) 780-788; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140108
Amy M. Bauer
From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (AMB, WK), the Department of Biostatistics (TR), the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (TR, GAK, AMC), and the Department of Family Medicine (GAK, AMC, L-MB), University of Washington, Seattle.
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Tessa Rue
From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (AMB, WK), the Department of Biostatistics (TR), the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (TR, GAK, AMC), and the Department of Family Medicine (GAK, AMC, L-MB), University of Washington, Seattle.
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Gina A. Keppel
From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (AMB, WK), the Department of Biostatistics (TR), the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (TR, GAK, AMC), and the Department of Family Medicine (GAK, AMC, L-MB), University of Washington, Seattle.
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Allison M. Cole
From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (AMB, WK), the Department of Biostatistics (TR), the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (TR, GAK, AMC), and the Department of Family Medicine (GAK, AMC, L-MB), University of Washington, Seattle.
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Laura-Mae Baldwin
From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (AMB, WK), the Department of Biostatistics (TR), the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (TR, GAK, AMC), and the Department of Family Medicine (GAK, AMC, L-MB), University of Washington, Seattle.
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Wayne Katon
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2014, 27 (6) 780-788; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140108

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Amy M. Bauer, Tessa Rue, Gina A. Keppel, Allison M. Cole, Laura-Mae Baldwin, Wayne Katon
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2014, 27 (6) 780-788; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140108
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