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Craig Earle, MD, on The Science of Quality

2016 Quality Care Symposium

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Craig Earle, MD, of Canada’s Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, summarizes abstracts discussed in a ticketed session that he co-chaired on this key topic. (Abstracts 173, 174, 175)



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