Rapid access clinic expedites patient connection with dermatologic services and improves productivity

Lauren Van Duyn Graham

doi:10.25251/skin.3.1.6

Lauren Van Duyn Graham

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Keywords

rapid access, wait times, productivity

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Jan 9, 2019

DOI https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.3.1.6

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Graham, L.V.D. 2019. Rapid access clinic expedites patient connection with dermatologic services and improves productivity. SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine. 3, 1 (Jan. 2019). DOI:https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.3.1.6.

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2019)

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Research Letters

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Lauren Van Duyn Graham, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology

Medical Director, Department of Dermatology

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