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Primary Care Physicians Could Play a Role in Improving Colonoscopy Quality Measures

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The Yale Liver Center, NIH/NIDDK Digestive Disease Core Research Center Grant #P30 DK034989.

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  1. North East Medical Group, Hospital Medicine, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    Karl M. Langberg

  2. Information Technology Services, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    Yauheni Solad

  3. St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Ascension Health System, Bridgeport, CT, 06606, USA

    Pavel Teslya

  4. American University of Integrative Sciences, Cole Bay, 60 Well Rd, Cole Bay, Sint Maarten

    Mohommed M. Chowdhury

  5. Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    Maria Ciarleglio & Nitin Sukumar

  6. Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208056, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, USA

    Harry R. Aslanian

  7. Northeast Medical Group, Yale New Haven Hospital, 20 York St, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    Karl M. Langberg

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All study participants (primary care physicians) provided their informed consent prior to completing a survey.

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Langberg, K.M., Solad, Y., Ciarleglio, M. et al. Primary Care Physicians Could Play a Role in Improving Colonoscopy Quality Measures. Dig Dis Sci 62, 1383–1384 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-017-4551-9

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