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No more dithering on e-health: let’s keep patients safe instead

Kimberlyn McGrail, Michael Law and Paul C. Hébert
CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.092189
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vol. 182 no. 6 535
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https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.092189
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20194558
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  • Published online April 5, 2010.

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  1. Kimberlyn McGrail, PhD MPH,
  2. Michael Law, PhD MSc,
  3. Paul C. Hébert, MD MHSc
  1. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
  2. Editor-in-Chief, CMAJ, With the editorial advisory team: Ken Flegel MDCM MSc, Noni MacDonald MD MSc, Matthew B. Stanbrook MD PhD and Joan Ramsay BA

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