Perspectives on electronic medical records adoption: electronic medical records (EMR) in outcomes research
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Perspectives on electronic medical records adoption: electronic medical records (EMR) in outcomes research
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عنوان ژورنال: Patient Related Outcome Measures
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1179-271X
DOI: 10.2147/prom.s8896