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Strategies for Primary Care Stakeholders to Improve Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

J. Nwando Olayiwola, Ashley Rubin, Theo Slomoff, Tem Woldeyesus and Rachel Willard-Grace
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2016, 29 (1) 126-134; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.01.150212
J. Nwando Olayiwola
From the Center for Excellence in Primary Care and Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (JNO, RW-G); West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg (AR); the Joint Medical Program, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley (TS); and University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco (TW).
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Ashley Rubin
From the Center for Excellence in Primary Care and Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (JNO, RW-G); West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg (AR); the Joint Medical Program, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley (TS); and University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco (TW).
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Theo Slomoff
From the Center for Excellence in Primary Care and Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (JNO, RW-G); West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg (AR); the Joint Medical Program, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley (TS); and University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco (TW).
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Tem Woldeyesus
From the Center for Excellence in Primary Care and Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (JNO, RW-G); West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg (AR); the Joint Medical Program, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley (TS); and University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco (TW).
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Rachel Willard-Grace
From the Center for Excellence in Primary Care and Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (JNO, RW-G); West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg (AR); the Joint Medical Program, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley (TS); and University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco (TW).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2016, 29 (1) 126-134; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.01.150212
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