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The Golden Letter: Innovation Collaboration to Reduce Avoidable Hospital Admissions

Mruga Nanavati, Stephen Saenz, Kiersten Swayne and Peter Carek
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2020, 33 (6) 1011-1015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.200077
Mruga Nanavati
the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (MN, SS, KS, PC).
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Stephen Saenz
the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (MN, SS, KS, PC).
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Kiersten Swayne
the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (MN, SS, KS, PC).
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Peter Carek
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