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Learning from Primary Care Meaningful Use Exemplars

Steven M. Ornstein, Lynne S. Nemeth, Paul J. Nietert, Ruth G. Jenkins, Andrea M. Wessell and Cara B. Litvin
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2015, 28 (3) 360-370; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.140219
Steven M. Ornstein
From the College of Nursing (SMO, LSN); the Department of Public Health Sciences (PJN); the Department of Family Medicine (RGJ, AMW); and the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (CBL), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
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Lynne S. Nemeth
From the College of Nursing (SMO, LSN); the Department of Public Health Sciences (PJN); the Department of Family Medicine (RGJ, AMW); and the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (CBL), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
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Paul J. Nietert
From the College of Nursing (SMO, LSN); the Department of Public Health Sciences (PJN); the Department of Family Medicine (RGJ, AMW); and the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (CBL), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
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Ruth G. Jenkins
From the College of Nursing (SMO, LSN); the Department of Public Health Sciences (PJN); the Department of Family Medicine (RGJ, AMW); and the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (CBL), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
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Andrea M. Wessell
From the College of Nursing (SMO, LSN); the Department of Public Health Sciences (PJN); the Department of Family Medicine (RGJ, AMW); and the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (CBL), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
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Cara B. Litvin
From the College of Nursing (SMO, LSN); the Department of Public Health Sciences (PJN); the Department of Family Medicine (RGJ, AMW); and the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (CBL), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
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