Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents Appl Clin Inform 2014; 05(04): 988-1004DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2014-08-RA-0060 Research Article Schattauer GmbH Assessment of Readiness for Clinical Decision Support to Aid Laboratory Monitoring of Immunosuppressive Care at U.S. Liver Transplant Centers J. Jacobs 1 Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA , C. Weir 1 Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA , R. S. Evans 1 Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 2 Medical Informatics, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA , C. 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