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Management of Test Results in Family Medicine Offices

Nancy C. Elder, Timothy R. McEwen, John M. Flach and Jennie J. Gallimore
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2009, 7 (4) 343-351; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.961
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Results management steps and specific tasks.

EHR=electronic health record; lab=laboratory; Pap=Papanicolaou.

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