Published in Ann Emerg Med on December 06, 2012
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A system-wide intervention to improve HIV testing in the Veterans Health Administration. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.46
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A brief HIV stigma reduction intervention for service providers in China. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2008) 1.41
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Implementing and evaluating a regional strategy to improve testing rates in VA patients at risk for HIV, utilizing the QUERI process as a guiding framework: QUERI Series. Implement Sci (2008) 1.27
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Evaluating the use of existing data sources, probabilistic linkage, and multiple imputation to build population-based injury databases across phases of trauma care. Acad Emerg Med (2012) 1.24
An evaluation of the Veterans Health Administration's clinical reminders system: a national survey of generalists. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.23
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Essential surgery: Integral to the right to health. Health Hum Rights (2010) 1.18
Evaluating age in the field triage of injured persons. Ann Emerg Med (2012) 1.18