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Deployment of a Digital Advance Care Planning Platform at an Accountable Care Organization

R. Lynae Roberts, Desh P. Mohan, Katelin D. Cherry, Samantha Sanky, Taylor R. Huffman, Christina Lukasko, Anthony Comito, Dara Hashemi, Zachary K. Menn, Tatiana Y. Fofanova and Julia D. Andrieni
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2023, 36 (6) 966-975; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230133R2
R. Lynae Roberts
From the Koda Health, Houston, TX, USA (RLR, DPM, KDC, SS, TRH, CL, AC, DH, TYF); Population Health, Houston Methodist Coordinated Care Accountable Care Organization, Houston, TX (ZKM, JDA); Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (JDA); Houston Methodist, Department of Medicine, Houston TX (JDA).
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Katelin D. Cherry
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Taylor R. Huffman
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Christina Lukasko
From the Koda Health, Houston, TX, USA (RLR, DPM, KDC, SS, TRH, CL, AC, DH, TYF); Population Health, Houston Methodist Coordinated Care Accountable Care Organization, Houston, TX (ZKM, JDA); Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (JDA); Houston Methodist, Department of Medicine, Houston TX (JDA).
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Anthony Comito
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Zachary K. Menn
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Tatiana Y. Fofanova
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