Tulare District Hospital Rural Health EMR Consortium
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An electronic medical record system for ambulatory care of HIV-infected patients in Kenya
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1Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK 2MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 3The Tazama Project, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania 4Department of Health Services Res...
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