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Clinician and Staff Perspectives on a Social Drivers of Health Program Implementation

Stacie M. Vilendrer, Samuel C. Thomas, Kim Brunisholz, Grace Ann Kumar, Ishita Singh, Nancy Song, Raj Srivastava and Sara J. Singer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2024, 37 (6) 1103-1122; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230316R2
Stacie M. Vilendrer
MD, MS, MBA
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Samuel C. Thomas
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Kim Brunisholz
From the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SMV, GAK, NS, SJS); Healthcare Delivery Institute, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT (SCT, IS, RS); Department of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SJS).
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Grace Ann Kumar
From the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SMV, GAK, NS, SJS); Healthcare Delivery Institute, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT (SCT, IS, RS); Department of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SJS).
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Ishita Singh
From the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SMV, GAK, NS, SJS); Healthcare Delivery Institute, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT (SCT, IS, RS); Department of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SJS).
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Nancy Song
From the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SMV, GAK, NS, SJS); Healthcare Delivery Institute, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT (SCT, IS, RS); Department of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SJS).
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Raj Srivastava
From the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SMV, GAK, NS, SJS); Healthcare Delivery Institute, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT (SCT, IS, RS); Department of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SJS).
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Sara J. Singer
From the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SMV, GAK, NS, SJS); Healthcare Delivery Institute, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT (SCT, IS, RS); Department of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (SJS).
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