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Abhyankar S, Vreeman DJ, Westra BL, Delaney CW.Comments on the Use of LOINC and SNOMED CT for Representing Nursing Data [Letter]. Int J Nurs Knowl. 2017 Aug 30. doi: 10.1111/2047-3095.12183. [Epub ahead of print]
McDonald CJ, McDonald MH.Electronic medical records and preserving primary care physicians' time: comment on "electronic health record-based messages to primary care providers" [Letter]. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Feb 13;172(3):285-7. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1678.
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McDonald CJ, Tierney WM.The effect of electronic health records on test ordering [Letter}. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Jun;31(6):1365; author reply 1366. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0471.
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