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Evaluating the Impact of an eConsult Platform on Specialty Care Access for Medicaid Patients

Birpartap S. Thind, Moriah Maddalena, Waheed Baqai, Stanley K. Frencher and William W. Jih
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine August 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240322R1
Birpartap S. Thind
From the Medical Student, California University of Science and Medicine (BT); Medical Student, Loma Linda University School of Medicine (MM); Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University (WB); Associate Professor, UCLA DGSOM Department of Urology (SKF); Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine WWJ.
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Moriah Maddalena
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William W. Jih
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240322R1
PubMed 
40854704

Published By 
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication August 28, 2024
  • Revision received January 22, 2025
  • Accepted for publication January 29, 2025
  • Published online August 25, 2025.

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  1. Birpartap S. Thind, MHA,
  2. Moriah Maddalena, MD,
  3. Waheed Baqai, MPH,
  4. Stanley K. Frencher Jr., MD, MPH and
  5. William W. Jih, MD, MBA
  1. From the Medical Student, California University of Science and Medicine (BT); Medical Student, Loma Linda University School of Medicine (MM); Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University (WB); Associate Professor, UCLA DGSOM Department of Urology (SKF); Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine WWJ.
  1. Corresponding author: William Jih, MD, MBA, DubHEALTH Medical Group, 11332 Mountain View Ave STE C, Loma Linda, CA 92354 (E-mail: William{at}dubhealth.org).
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Birpartap S. Thind, Moriah Maddalena, Waheed Baqai, Stanley K. Frencher, William W. Jih
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Aug 2025, DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240322R1
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