Strategies from a nationwide health information technology implementation: the VA CART story.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on January 01, 2010

Authors

Tamára L Box1, Mary McDonell, Christian D Helfrich, Robert L Jesse, Stephan D Fihn, John S Rumsfeld

Author Affiliations

1: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Cardiovascular Outcomes Research, 1055 Clermont Street, Denver, CO 80220, USA. tamara.box@va.gov

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