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Increased Health Information Technology Adoption and Use Among Small Primary Care Physician Practices Over Time: A National Cohort Study

Diane R. Rittenhouse, Patricia P. Ramsay, Lawrence P. Casalino, Sean McClellan, Zosha K. Kandel and Stephen M. Shortell
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2017, 15 (1) 56-62; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1992
Diane R. Rittenhouse
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
2Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • For correspondence: Diane.Rittenhouse@ucsf.edu
Patricia P. Ramsay
3School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California
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Lawrence P. Casalino
4Division of Health Policy and Economics, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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Sean McClellan
5American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC
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Zosha K. Kandel
3School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California
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Stephen M. Shortell
3School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California
6Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, California
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vol. 15 no. 1 56-62
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1992
PubMed 
28376461

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication November 23, 2015
  • Revision received June 21, 2016
  • Accepted for publication July 5, 2016
  • Published online January 6, 2017.

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  1. Diane R. Rittenhouse, MD, MPH1,2⇑,
  2. Patricia P. Ramsay, MPH3,
  3. Lawrence P. Casalino, MD, PhD4,
  4. Sean McClellan, PhD5,
  5. Zosha K. Kandel, BA3 and
  6. Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA3,6
  1. 1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
  2. 2Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California
  3. 3School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California
  4. 4Division of Health Policy and Economics, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
  5. 5American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC
  6. 6Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, California
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Diane R. Rittenhouse, MD, MPH, Department of Family and Community, Medicine and Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Ave, MU308-E, San Francisco, CA 94131, Diane.Rittenhouse{at}ucsf.edu

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