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Assessing the Quality of the After-Visit Summary (AVS) in a Primary-Care Clinic

Tasaduq Hussain Mir, Amimi Osayande, Kimberly Kone, Kate Bridges and Philip Day
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2019, 32 (1) 65-68; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.01.180055
Tasaduq Hussain Mir
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX (THM); Family Medicine Residency Program, Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, GA (AO); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center–San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (KK); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas–Southwestern Medical School, Dallas (KB, PD).
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Amimi Osayande
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX (THM); Family Medicine Residency Program, Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, GA (AO); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center–San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (KK); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas–Southwestern Medical School, Dallas (KB, PD).
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Kimberly Kone
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX (THM); Family Medicine Residency Program, Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville, GA (AO); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center–San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (KK); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas–Southwestern Medical School, Dallas (KB, PD).
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Kate Bridges
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