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The Ability of Primary Care Practices to Measure and Report on Care Quality

Michael L. Parchman, Laura-Mae Baldwin, Ross Howell and Jeffrey Hummel
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2024, 37 (2) 316-320; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230116R1
Michael L. Parchman
From the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle WA (MLP); Department of Family Medicine and the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle WA (LMB); Comagine Health, Seattle WA (RH).
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Laura-Mae Baldwin
From the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle WA (MLP); Department of Family Medicine and the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle WA (LMB); Comagine Health, Seattle WA (RH).
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Ross Howell
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Jeffrey Hummel
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Michael L. Parchman, Laura-Mae Baldwin, Ross Howell, Jeffrey Hummel
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