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Reply to Webster and Osborne

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rachel R. Bailey,
Dianna R. Stuckey,
Bryan A. Norman,
Andrew P. Duggan,
Kristina M. Bacon,
Diana L. Connor,
Ingi Lee,
Robert R. Muder and
Bruce Y. Lee
Rachel R. Bailey*
Affiliation:
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dianna R. Stuckey
Affiliation:
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bryan A. Norman
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Andrew P. Duggan
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kristina M. Bacon
Affiliation:
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Diana L. Connor
Affiliation:
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ingi Lee
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCenter for Evidence-Based Practice of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert R. Muder
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bruce Y. Lee
Affiliation:
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
Public Health Computational and Operations Research (PHICOR), University of Pittsburgh, 3520 Forbes Avenue, First Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (RRB16@pitt.edu)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 10 , October 2011, pp. 1047 - 1048
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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