Toward reuse of clinical data for research and quality improvement: The end of the beginning?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 359-360

  Weiner, Mark G ^a   Embi, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 69749119820     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-5-200909010-00141     Document Type: Editorial

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