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Planning for Action: The Impact of an Asthma Action Plan Decision Support Tool Integrated into an Electronic Health Record (EHR) at a Large Health Care System

Lindsay Kuhn, Kelly Reeves, Yhenneko Taylor, Hazel Tapp, Andrew McWilliams, Andrew Gunter, Jeffrey Cleveland and Michael Dulin
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2015, 28 (3) 382-393; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.140248
Lindsay Kuhn
From the Department of Family Medicine (LK, KR, HT, AM, MD), Dickson Advanced Analytics (YT, MD), and Department of Pediatrics (AG, JC), Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC.
MHS, PA-C
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Kelly Reeves
From the Department of Family Medicine (LK, KR, HT, AM, MD), Dickson Advanced Analytics (YT, MD), and Department of Pediatrics (AG, JC), Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC.
BSN, RN
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Yhenneko Taylor
From the Department of Family Medicine (LK, KR, HT, AM, MD), Dickson Advanced Analytics (YT, MD), and Department of Pediatrics (AG, JC), Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC.
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Hazel Tapp
From the Department of Family Medicine (LK, KR, HT, AM, MD), Dickson Advanced Analytics (YT, MD), and Department of Pediatrics (AG, JC), Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC.
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Andrew McWilliams
From the Department of Family Medicine (LK, KR, HT, AM, MD), Dickson Advanced Analytics (YT, MD), and Department of Pediatrics (AG, JC), Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC.
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Andrew Gunter
From the Department of Family Medicine (LK, KR, HT, AM, MD), Dickson Advanced Analytics (YT, MD), and Department of Pediatrics (AG, JC), Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC.
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Jeffrey Cleveland
From the Department of Family Medicine (LK, KR, HT, AM, MD), Dickson Advanced Analytics (YT, MD), and Department of Pediatrics (AG, JC), Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC.
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Michael Dulin
From the Department of Family Medicine (LK, KR, HT, AM, MD), Dickson Advanced Analytics (YT, MD), and Department of Pediatrics (AG, JC), Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC.
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2015, 28 (3) 382-393; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.140248
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