Analysis of Self-Reported Data Accuracy Among Board-Certified and Trainee Dermatologists in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry

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Rebecca L Yanovsky
Tufts University School of Medicine

Gideon P Smith
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Dermatology

Keywords

quality improvement, national provider identifier, centers for medicare and medicaid services, data accuracy, health informatics, dermatology

Abstract

not available

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Sep 13, 2019
DOI https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.3.5.6

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Yanovsky, R. L., & Smith, G. P. (2019). Analysis of Self-Reported Data Accuracy Among Board-Certified and Trainee Dermatologists in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry. SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine, 3(5), 335–337. https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.3.5.6
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Vol. 3 No. 5 (2019)
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Research Letters
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Author Biographies

Rebecca L Yanovsky, Tufts University School of Medicine

Rebecca L Yanovsky is a medical student at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA.

Gideon P Smith, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Dermatology

Gideon Smith, MD MPH PhD is a board-certified dermatologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.