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Successful Trial of Practice Facilitation for Plan, Do, Study, Act Quality Improvement

Kent F. Sutton, Erica L. Richman, Jennifer R. Rees, Liza L. Pugh-Nicholson, Macie M. Craft, Shannon H. Peaden, Monique Mackey, Jacqueline R. Halladay and Southeastern Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Writing Group
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2021, 34 (5) 991-1002; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210140
Kent F. Sutton
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (KFS, ELR, JRH); Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (KFS); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (JRR); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (LLP, MMC); Samford University, Birmingham, AL (LLP, SHP); East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (MM); Area L Area Health Education Center, Rocky Mount, NC (JRH).
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Erica L. Richman
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (KFS, ELR, JRH); Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (KFS); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (JRR); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (LLP, MMC); Samford University, Birmingham, AL (LLP, SHP); East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (MM); Area L Area Health Education Center, Rocky Mount, NC (JRH).
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Jennifer R. Rees
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (KFS, ELR, JRH); Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (KFS); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (JRR); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (LLP, MMC); Samford University, Birmingham, AL (LLP, SHP); East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (MM); Area L Area Health Education Center, Rocky Mount, NC (JRH).
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Liza L. Pugh-Nicholson
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (KFS, ELR, JRH); Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (KFS); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (JRR); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (LLP, MMC); Samford University, Birmingham, AL (LLP, SHP); East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (MM); Area L Area Health Education Center, Rocky Mount, NC (JRH).
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Macie M. Craft
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (KFS, ELR, JRH); Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (KFS); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (JRR); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (LLP, MMC); Samford University, Birmingham, AL (LLP, SHP); East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (MM); Area L Area Health Education Center, Rocky Mount, NC (JRH).
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Shannon H. Peaden
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (KFS, ELR, JRH); Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (KFS); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (JRR); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (LLP, MMC); Samford University, Birmingham, AL (LLP, SHP); East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (MM); Area L Area Health Education Center, Rocky Mount, NC (JRH).
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Monique Mackey
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (KFS, ELR, JRH); Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (KFS); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (JRR); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (LLP, MMC); Samford University, Birmingham, AL (LLP, SHP); East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (MM); Area L Area Health Education Center, Rocky Mount, NC (JRH).
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Jacqueline R. Halladay
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (KFS, ELR, JRH); Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (KFS); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (JRR); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (LLP, MMC); Samford University, Birmingham, AL (LLP, SHP); East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (MM); Area L Area Health Education Center, Rocky Mount, NC (JRH).
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From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (KFS, ELR, JRH); Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (KFS); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (JRR); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (LLP, MMC); Samford University, Birmingham, AL (LLP, SHP); East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (MM); Area L Area Health Education Center, Rocky Mount, NC (JRH).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2021, 34 (5) 991-1002; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210140
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