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Identifying Practice Facilitation Delays and Barriers in Primary Care Quality Improvement

Jiancheng Ye, Renwen Zhang, Jennifer E. Bannon, Ann A. Wang, Theresa L. Walunas, Abel N. Kho and Nicholas D. Soulakis
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2020, 33 (5) 655-664; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200058
Jiancheng Ye
From the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (JY, AAW); Center for Health Information Partnerships (CHiP), Institute of Public Health & Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (JY, JEB, TLW, ANK); Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (RZ); Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Chicago, IL (ANK, NDS); Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Chicago, IL (TLW, ANK).
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Renwen Zhang
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Jennifer E. Bannon
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Ann A. Wang
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Theresa L. Walunas
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Abel N. Kho
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vol. 33 no. 5 655-664
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200058
PubMed 
32989060

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication January 31, 2020
  • Revision received May 11, 2020
  • Accepted for publication May 26, 2020
  • Published online September 28, 2020.

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  1. Jiancheng Ye, MS,
  2. Renwen Zhang, MPhil,
  3. Jennifer E. Bannon, MS,
  4. Ann A. Wang, MD,
  5. Theresa L. Walunas, PhD,
  6. Abel N. Kho, MD and
  7. Nicholas D. Soulakis, PhD
  1. From the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (JY, AAW); Center for Health Information Partnerships (CHiP), Institute of Public Health & Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (JY, JEB, TLW, ANK); Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (RZ); Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Chicago, IL (ANK, NDS); Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Chicago, IL (TLW, ANK).
  1. Corresponding author: Nicholas D. Soulakis, PhD, 625 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 (E-mail: nicholas.soulakis{at}northwestern.edu).
  1. Author contributions: JY was responsible for the study design, data analysis, and initial drafting of the manuscript. RZ was responsible for the data analysis. JB, AW, TW, AK, NS, helped to interpret the results. All authors contributed to the interpretation of data for the work, the revision, and final approval of the manuscript.

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