Electronic health record use and the quality of ambulatory care in the United States.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on July 09, 2007

Authors

Jeffrey A Linder1, Jun Ma, David W Bates, Blackford Middleton, Randall S Stafford

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1620 Tremont St, BC-3-2X, Boston, MA 02120, USA. jlinder@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

Integrating Patient Generated Family Health History From Varied Electronic Health Record (EHR) Entry Portals | NCT00977847

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