Research ArticleOriginal Research

Improving Acute Respiratory Infection Care Through Nurse Phone Care and Academic Detailing of Physicians

Kim Pittenger, Barbara L. Williams, Robert S. Mecklenburg and C. Craig Blackmore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2015, 28 (2) 195-204; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.140197

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