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Improving Immunization Rates Using Lean Six Sigma Processes: Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers National Initiative III Project

Hussaini Hina-Syeda, Christina Kimbrough, William Murdoch and Tsveti Markova
Ochsner Journal September 2013, 13 (3) 310-318;
Hussaini Hina-Syeda
Wayne State University and Crittenton Hospital Medical Center, Rochester Hills, MI
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Christina Kimbrough
Wayne State University and Crittenton Hospital Medical Center, Rochester Hills, MI
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William Murdoch
Wayne State University and Crittenton Hospital Medical Center, Rochester Hills, MI
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Wayne State University and Crittenton Hospital Medical Center, Rochester Hills, MI
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