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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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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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The Annals of Family Medicine Jan 2017, 15 (1) 56-62; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1992

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