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The Role of Certifying Boards in Improving Health: The Example of the American Board of Pediatrics

Carole Lannon and David G. Nichols
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2020, 33 (Supplement) S36-S41; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.S1.200107
Carole Lannon
From the Learning Networks Program, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (CL); American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, NC (DGN, CL).
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David G. Nichols
From the Learning Networks Program, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (CL); American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, NC (DGN, CL).
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