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Comment
. 2015 Apr;22(e1):e216-7.
doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocu006. Epub 2015 Mar 9.

Using realist reviews to understand how health IT works, for whom, and in what circumstances

Rebecca Randell  1 , Joanne Greenhalgh  2 , Dawn Dowding  3
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Using realist reviews to understand how health IT works, for whom, and in what circumstances

Rebecca Randell et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2015 Apr.
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Keywords: medical informatics; realist evaluation; realist review; realist synthesis; review; systematic.

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