Comparative trial of a web-based tool to improve the quality of care provided to older adults in residency clinics: Modest success and a tough road ahead

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 627-634

  Holmboe, Eric S ^a   Hess, Brian J ^a   Conforti, Lisa N ^a   Lynn, Lorna A ^a  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84860743480     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31824cecb3     Document Type: Article

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