Commentary: Opportunities for Innovation and Improvement in Advance Care Planning Using a Tethered Patient Portal in the Electronic Health Record

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-288

  Bose Brill, Seuli ^a   Pressler, Taylor R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community health; disease management; health promotion; impact evaluation; primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866236973     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131911435525     Document Type: Article

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