As Simple as Taking a Picture-How Use of QR Codes Improved Evaluation Response Rates, Documentation, and Timeliness

Nirmala D Ramalingam¹, H Nicole Tran^{2

3}, Aditya Gangopadhyay^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Medical Education, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA. nirmala.d.ramalingam@kp.org.
² Graduate Medical Education, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA.

Nirmala D Ramalingam et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;35(5):1615-1616.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05674-9. Epub 2020 Feb 4.

Nirmala D Ramalingam¹, H Nicole Tran^{2

3}, Aditya Gangopadhyay^{2

3}

¹ Graduate Medical Education, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA. nirmala.d.ramalingam@kp.org.
² Graduate Medical Education, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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