If electronic medical records are so great, why aren't family physicians using them? - Original Research

Journal of Family Practice, July, 2002 by Glenn A. Loomis, J. Scott Ries, Robert M. Saywell, Jr, Nitesh R. Thakker

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS * This study was undertaken as part of the faculty development fellowship at the University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine and funded by the Bureau of Health Professions grant no. HRSA#1-D14-HP00019. We thank the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians, St Francis Family Practice Residency, Indiana University Department of Family Medicine, Bowen Research Center. UNC Faculty Development Fellowship 2000-2001 fellows, Nancy Loomis, and Jenny Kirby for their support.

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