Quality health care requires quality patient data

Roger A. Côté

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638171

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 2003; 12(01): 1-4
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638171

Preface

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Quality health care requires quality patient data

Roger A. Côté

¹Faculty of Medicine Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

› Author Affiliations

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