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A Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Roadmap for Evaluating COVID-19 in Community Health Centers: A Report From the OCHIN PBRN

Jennifer E. DeVoe, Sonja M. Likumahuwa-Ackman, Heather E. Angier, Nathalie Huguet, Deborah J. Cohen, Susan A. Flocke, Miguel Marino and Rachel Gold
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2020, 33 (5) 774-778; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200053
Jennifer E. DeVoe
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Sonja M. Likumahuwa-Ackman
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Heather E. Angier
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Nathalie Huguet
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Deborah J. Cohen
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Susan A. Flocke
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Miguel Marino
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Rachel Gold
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Jennifer E. DeVoe, Sonja M. Likumahuwa-Ackman, Heather E. Angier, Nathalie Huguet, Deborah J. Cohen, Susan A. Flocke, Miguel Marino, Rachel Gold
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2020, 33 (5) 774-778; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200053

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Jennifer E. DeVoe, Sonja M. Likumahuwa-Ackman, Heather E. Angier, Nathalie Huguet, Deborah J. Cohen, Susan A. Flocke, Miguel Marino, Rachel Gold
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2020, 33 (5) 774-778; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200053
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