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Improving the Transition of Care in Patients Transferred Through the Ochsner Medical Center Transfer Center

Ronald G. Amedee, Genevieve F. Maronge and William W. Pinsky
Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 318-322;
Ronald G. Amedee
*Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and
†The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Genevieve F. Maronge
‡Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic Foundation,
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William W. Pinsky
†The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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