Quality improvement interventions to enhance physician billing: A systematic review
Investigators
Rebecca Theal (Queen's University) Annabel Chan (Queen's University), Phillip Balyk (Caddie Health, Dr. Akshay Rajaram (Queen's University)
Contact
Rebecca Theal (rmt9@queensu.ca)
Progress
Manuscript submission underway
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