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Community Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of the Community While Caring for Patients
Lauren S. Hughes, Robert L. Phillips, Jennifer E. DeVoe and Andrew W. Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2016, 29 (3) 419-422; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.03.150172
Lauren S. Hughes
From the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg (LSH); the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (RLP); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland (JED); and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB).
MD, MPH, MScRobert L. Phillips Jr.
From the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg (LSH); the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (RLP); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland (JED); and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB).
MD, MSPHJennifer E. DeVoe
From the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg (LSH); the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (RLP); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland (JED); and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB).
MD, DPhilAndrew W. Bazemore
From the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg (LSH); the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (RLP); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland (JED); and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB).
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Lauren S. Hughes, Robert L. Phillips, Jennifer E. DeVoe, Andrew W. Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2016, 29 (3) 419-422; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.03.150172
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