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Ethan Basch, MD, on Assessing Quality: Patient-Reported Data

2016 Quality Care Symposium

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Ethan Basch, MD, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, summarizes a session he chaired on the burgeoning use of patient-reported outcomes and wearable sensors in clinical practice and research.



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