Passing the "Yo' Mama" test.

Robin Blair

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Passing the "Yo' Mama" test.

June 28, 2006

Blair R. Health Manag Technol. 2006;27(6):14, 16, 18.

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This article discusses how a chief medical information officer worked with the team at his hospital to generate the needed physician buy-in and commitment for the implementation of a computerized physician order entry system.

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