Publications

Proposal	PI	Project ID
Bundling of chronic disease screening and prevention in primary care: a descriptive study using Affinity Analysis	Michelle Greiver	2015SRSC42
Using Local and National EMR Data to Examine Paediatric and Adult Weight Trends in Primary Care	Alan Monavvari	2016SRSC59
Epidemiology of Multimorbidity: A Comparative Study between Scottish and Ontario Primary Care Populations	Frank Sullivan	2016SRSC60
Impact of CDA guideline dissemination strategy on the use of vascular protective agents in Canada	Catherine Yu	2016SRSC67
Evaluation of a List of Essential Medicines for Canadian Primary Care	Nav Persaud	2016SRSC73
Incidence and treatment of Bell’s Palsy in Canada from 2001 to 2015 using electronic medical health records of primary care providers	Frak Sullivan	2016SRSC82
Trends in Systematic recording errors for blood pressure in Primary Care	Michelle Greiver	2016SRSC83
Diabetes Action Canada –Patient, Practice and Population Diabetes Risk Management (PPPDRM) System	Michelle Greiver	2017SRSC88
Patterns of thyroid screening and case detection in patients without thyroid disease in Canadian primary care	Michelle Greiver	2017SRSC89
Deep neural network-assisted hypertension diagnosis	Zhong-Ping Feng	2017SRSC98
Comparing trends in diabetes medications in the era of SGLT2s and GLP1s in Canada, the UK and Australia: a repeated cross sectional analysis	Michelle Greiver	2018SRSC109

 

 

Project Title	PI	Participating sites
Exploring the Primary Care Mental Health Experiences of Eating Disorder Patients: A Thematic Analysis	Kim Lazare NYGH	NYGH
Coordinated Care Planning in Toronto’s First Wave Health Links: A Qualitative Study of Caregiver and Patient Experiences	Blaise Clarkson & Tia Pham TEGH/MGH	Sunnybrook, TEGH/MGH
Trends in the Use of Trazodone associated with Public Reporting of the Indicator: "Potentially Inappropriate Antipsychotic use”  in Long-Term Care in Ontario	Evelyn Williams Sunnybrook	Sunnybrook
Determining Patient Preferences Regarding STATIN Therapy For Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease After Utilization of A Shared Decision Aid	Patricia Marr TWH	TWH
A Feasibility Study of an Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Group to Enhance Coping and Resilience in Family Medicine Patients Living with Common Mental Illnesses	Rodelyn Wisco & Cleo Haber Mt Sinai	Mt Sinai
Role Modeling of Professionalism in Family Medicine Residency	Stephen Marisette Markham	Markham, Sunnybrook
Use of email between family physicians and patients: A descriptive survey of family physician practices and knowledge	Raj Girdhari  St Michael's	Barrie, Markham, Mt Sinai, NYGH, Scarborough, Southlake, St Joseph's, St Michael's, Sunnybrook, TEGH, CVH, Summerville, TWH, WCH
Current practices and barriers to screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol and smoking during pregnancy among maternity care providers	Alice Ordean St Joseph's	Mt Sinai, Southlake
Pregnancy Risks and Women’s Future Cardiovascular Health: A Missed Primary Care Opportunity to Improve Women’s Health?	Karen Fleming Sunnybrook	Sunnybrook

 

2018

Wintemute K, Greiver M, McIsaac W, DelGiudice ME, Sullivan FM, Aliarzadeh B, Kalia S, Meaney C, Moineddin R, Singer A. Choosing Wisely Canada campaign associated with less overuse of thyroid testing: a retrospective parallel cohort study. CFP MFC – submitted Sep 2018

UTOPIAN by CFP's Editor, Dr. Pimlott in his editorial: "As an academic family physician at the University of Toronto in Ontario, I am part of a practice-based research network, UTOPIAN,1 which has access to data about my practice and which sends me quarterly reports about my patient demographic characteristics and some key aspects of the care that I provide." http://www.cfp.ca/content/64/6/408

Greiver M, Sullivan F, Kalia S, Aliarzadeh B, Sharma D, Bernard S, Meaney C, Moineddin R, Eisen D, Rahman N, D'urzo A. Agreement between hospital and primary care on diagnostic labeling for COPD and heart failure in Toronto, Canada: a cross-sectional observational study. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. 2018 Mar 9;28(1):9. doi: 10.1038/s41533-018-0076-8PubMed

Chu GWC, Lazare K, Sullivan FM. Serum and blood based biomarkers for lung cancer screening: a systematic review. BMC Cancer. 2018 Feb 13;18(1):181. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4024-3.PubMed

Kalia S, Greiver M, Zhao X, Meaney C, Moineddin R, Aliarzadeh B, Grunfeld E, Sullivan F. Would you like to add a weight after this blood pressure, doctor? Discovery of potentially actionable associations between the provision of multiple screens in primary care.J Eval Clin Pract. 2018 Jan 19. doi: 10.1111/jep.12877.PubMed

 

2017

Sullivan FM, O’Brian MA, Carson A, Siddiqui R, Syed S, Paszat L. Piloting electronic screening forms in primary care: findings from a mixed methods study to identify patients eligible for low dose CT lung cancer screening. BMC Fam Pract. 2017; 18: 95. Published online 2017 Nov 28. doi: 10.1186/s12875-017-0666-5 PMCID: PMC5704529 PubMed

Coons MJ, Greiver M, Aliarzadeh B, Meaney C, Moineddin R, Williamson T, Queenan J, Yu CH, White DG, Kiran T, Kane JJ. Is glycemic control in Canadians with diabetes individualized? A cross sectional observational study using CPCSSN data. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2017 Jun 8;5(1):e000316. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000316. eCollection 2017. PubMed

Francis NA, Ridd MJ, Thomas-Jones E, Butler CC, Hood K, Shepherd V, Marwick CA, Huang C, Longo M, Wootton M, Sullivan F; CREAM Trial Management Group. Oral and topical antibiotics for clinically infected eczema in children: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in ambulatory care. Ann Fem Med AFM-408-16 Version 2 Ann Fam Med. 2017 Mar;15(2):124-130. doi: 10.1370/afm.2038. PubMed

Sullivan FM, Farmer E, Mair FS, Treweek S, Kendrick D, Jackson C, Robertson C, Briggs A, McCowan C, Bedford L, Young B, Vedhara K, Gallant S, Littleford R, Robertson J, Sewell H, Dorward A, Sarvesvaran J, Schembri S. Detection in blood of autoantibodies to tumour antigens as a case-finding method in lung cancer using the EarlyCDT®-Lung Test (ECLS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer. 2017 Mar 11;17(1):187. doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3175-yTop of Form PubMed

Greiver M. Les extracteurs de données de DME. LeMEDECINduquebec.org https://lemedecinduquebec.org/archives/2017/7/les-extracteurs-de-donnees-de-dme-des-outils-qui-peuvent-changer-votre-pratique/

Gagyor I, Sullivan FM, Madhok V. A young woman with recent one-sided facial paralysis. CMAJ. (reference no. CMAJ-16-0108.R1)

Birtwhisle R, Greet M, Frymire E, Dahrouge S, Whitehead M, Khan S, Greiver M, Glazier R. Hospital admission rates and emergency department use in relation to glycated hemoglobin in people with diabetes mellitus: a linkage study using electronic medical record and administrative data in Ontario. CMAJ Open. 2017 Jul 11;5(3):E557-E564. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170017. PubMed

Wylie G, Menz HB, McFarlane S, Ogston S, Sullivan F, Williams B, Young Z, Morris J. Podiatry intervention versus usual care to prevent falls in care homes: pilot randomized controlled trial (the PIRFECT study). 2017 BMC Geriatrics 17:143. BMC Geriatrics link PubMed

Persaud N, Lee T, Ahmad H, Li W, Taglione MS, Rajakulasingam Y, Umali N, Boozary A, Glazier RH, Gomes T, Hwang SW, Jüni P, Law M, Mamdani MM, Manns B, Martin D, Morgan S, Oh P, Pinto AD, Shah BR, Sullivan FM, Thorpe KE, Tu K, Laupacis A. Protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effects of providing essential medicines at no charge: the Carefully seLected and Easily Accessible at No Charge Medicines (CLEAN Meds) trial. BMJ Open. 2017 Jun 12;7(5):e015686. PubMed

Loudon K, Zwarenstein M, Sullivan F, Gágyor I, Donnan P, Krishnan J, Hobbelen h, Althabe F, Treweek S. The PRECIS-2 tool has good inter-rater reliability and modest discriminant Validity. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017. 88 (2017) 113-121 PubMed

Loo CKJ, Greiver M, Aliarzadeh B, Lewis D. Association between neighbourhood walkability and metabolic risk factors influenced by physical activity: a cross-sectional study of adults in Toronto, Canada. BMJ Open 2017;7: e013889. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013889 PubMed

Southgate D, Greiver M, Hubka G, Kostka K, Moineddin R, Moienedin M, Pencharz J, Bogetta H, Mazariegos C, Guindon JA, Petroff A. Effect of a Group Behavioural Management Program on Emotional Regulation of Food Choices: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Can Can J Diet Pract Res. 2017 Sep 1;78(3):137-140 doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2017-006. PubMed

Greiver M. Discusses audit and feedback using EMR data to improve practice. http://lemedecinduquebec.org/archives/2017/7/les-extracteurs-de-donnees-de-dme-des-outils-qui-peuvent-changer-votre-pratique/ Le Médecin du Québec, volume 52, numéro 7, juillet 2017       

Weir-McCall JR, Fitzgerald K, Papagiorcopulo CJ, Gandy SJ, Lambert M, Belch JJF, Cavin I, Littleford R, Macfarlane JA, Matthew SZ, Nicholas RS, Struthers AD, Sullivan FM, Waugh SA, White RD, Houston JG. Prevalence of unrecognized myocardial infarction in a low–intermediate risk asymptomatic cohort and its relation to systemic atherosclerosis European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging (2017) Jun 1;18(6):657-662.PubMed

Sullivan F, Farmer E, Mair FS, Treweek S, Kendrick D, Jackson C, Robertson C, Briggs A, McCowan C, Bedford L, Young B, Vedhara K, Gallant S, Littleford R, Robertson J, Sewell H, Dorward A, Sarvesvaran J, Schembri S. Detection in blood of autoantibodies to tumour antigens as a case-finding method in lung cancer using the EarlyCDT®-Lung Test (ECLS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer (2017) 17:187 DOI 10.1186/s12885-017-3175-y PubMed

Babl FE, Mackay M, Borland ML, Herd D, Kochar A1, Hort J, Rao A, Cheek JA, Furyk , Barrow L, George S, Zhang M, Gardiner K, Lee KJ, Davidson A, Berkowitz R, Sullivan F, Porrello E, Dalziel KM, Anderson V, Oakley E, Hopper S, Williams F, Wilson C, Williams A, Dalziel SR; PREDICT (Paediatric Research In Emergency Departments International Collaborative) research network. Bell's Palsy in Children (BellPIC): protocol for a multicentre, placebo-controlled randomized trial. BMC Pediatr. 2017 Feb 13;17(1):53. PubMed

Dorward A, Frances Mair F, Sullivan S, Vedhara K, Kendrick D, Treweek S, McCowan C, McConnachie A, Sproule M, Briggs A, Ritchie L, Milroy R, Taylor T, Littleford R, Brewster D, Schembri S. A randomised controlled study of lung cancer screening in Scotland using the detection of autoantibodies to tumour antigens (earlycdt-lung test). Thorax 2016 71: A78-A79    

McKinstry B, Sullivan FM, Vasishta S, Armstrong R, Hanley J, Haughley J, Philip S, Smith BH, Wood A, Palmer CAN. Cohort profile: the Scottish Research register SHARE. A register of people interested in research participation linked to NHS data sets. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e013351. PubMed

McSweeney L, O’Hara J, Rousseau N, Stocken D, Sullivan FM, Vale L, Wilkes S, Wilson J, Haighton K. COA-2015-0574.R1: “Thinking that somebody’s going to delay [a tonsillectomy] for one to two years is quite horrifying really”: A qualitative feasibility study for the NAtional Trial of Tonsillectomy IN Adults (NATTINA Part 2). Clin Otolaryngology. 2017 Jun;42(3):578-583. doi: 10.1111/coa.12781. Epub 2016 Nov 10. PMID: 27862965, PubMed

Somasundara D, Sullivan F. Management of Bell’s palsy. Aust Prescr. 2017 Jun;40(3):94-97. doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2017.030. Epub 2017 Jun 1. PubMed

 

2016

Terry AL, Stewart M, Fortin M, Wong S, Grava-Gubins I, Ashley L, Sullivan-Taylor P, Sullivan F, Zucker L, Thind A. 2016. Stepping Up to the Plate: An Agenda for Research and Policy Action on Electronic Medical Records in Canadian Primary Health Care. Healthcare Policy. 12(2):19-31.PubMed

Weir-McCall JR, Yeap PM, Papagiorcopulo C, Firzgerald K, Gandy SJ, Lambert M, Belch JJF, Cavin I, Littleford R, Macfarlane JA, Matthew SZ, Nicholas RS, Struthers AD, Sullivan FM, Waugh SA, White RD, Houston G. Left Ventricular Noncompaction Anatomical Phenotype or Distinct Cardiomyopathy? J of American college of Cardiology 68(20):2016 h t t p://d x .doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.08.054 PubMed

Madhok VB, Gagyor I, Daly F, Somasundara D, Sullivan M, Gammie F, Sullivan F. Corticosteroids for Bell’s palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD001942. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001942.pub5.PubMed

Sullivan F, McKinstry B, Palmer C. Opt-in method is vital for data sharing. BMJ 2016; 354:i4293. PubMed

Cooper S-A, Ademola T, Caslake M, Douglas E, et al. Towards onset prevention of cognition decline in adults with Down syndrome (The TOP-COG study): A pilot randomised controlled trial. Trials 2016; 17:370. DOI 10.1186/s13063-016-1370-9. PubMed

Meaney C, Moineddin R, Voruganti T, O'Brien MA, Krueger P, Sullivan F. Text mining describes the use of statistical and epidemiological methods in published medical research. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Jun;74:124-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.10.020. Epub 2015 Dec 19. PubMed

Mole DJ, Gungabissoon U, Johnston P, et al. Identifying risk factors for progression to critical care admission and death among individuals with acute pancreatitis: a record linkage analysis of Scottish healthcare databases. BMJ Open 2016; 6:e011474. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011474. PubMed

Gandy SJ, Lambert M, Belch J, Cavin I, Crowe E, Littleford R, MacFarlane JA, Matthew SZ, Martin P, Nicholas RS, Struthers A, Sullivan F, Waugh SA, White RD, Weir-McCall JR, Houston JG. 3T MRI investigation of cardiac left ventricular structure and function in a UK population: The tayside screening for the prevention of cardiac events (TASCFORCE) study. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2016 Nov;44(5):1186-1196. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25267 PubMed

Greiver M, Keshavjee K, Dattani N, Melady D, Goel R, Allan GM. Dangerous ideas: Top 4 proposals presented at Family Medicine Forum. Can Fam Physician. 2016 Feb 1;62(2):120-1.PubMed

Francis NA, Ridd MJ, Thomas-Jones E, Shepherd V, Butler CC, Hood K, et al. A randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral and topical antibiotics for children with clinically infected eczema in the community: the ChildRen with Eczema, Antibiotic Management (CREAM) study. Health Technol Assess 2016;20(19).PubMed

Bharathi R, Sullivan F, Aliarzadeh B, Greiver M (2016) Validation of Identification of Bell’s palsy Cases in Canadian Primary Care EMR Data-A Pilot Study. Ann Otolaryngol Rhinol 3(1): 1082.

Greiver M, Wintemute K, Aliarzadeh B, Martin K, Khan S, Jackson D, Leggett J, Lambert-Lanning A, Siu M. Implementation of data management and effect on chronic disease coding in a primary care organisation: a parallel cohort observational study. J Innov Health Inform. 2016;23(3):580-590. PubMed

Sullivan F, Daly F, Gagyor I. Antiviral Agents Added to Corticosteroids for Early Treatment of Adults With Acute Idiopathic Facial Nerve Paralysis (Bell Palsy). JAMA. 2016 Aug 23-30;316(8):874-5. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.10160. PubMed link

Aliarzadeh B, Meaney C, Moineddin R, White D, Birken C, Parkin P, Greiver M. Hypertension screening and follow-up in children and adolescents in a Canadian primary care population sample: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2016 May 5;4(2):E230-5. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20150016. PubMed link

Sullivan F. Atomic data: James Mackenzie Lecture 2015. Br J Gen Pract. 2016 May;66(646):e368-70. doi: 10.3399/bjgp16X685153 PubMed

 

2015

Greiver M, Aliarzadeh B, Meaney C, Moineddin R, Southgate CA, Barber DT, White DG, Martin KB, Ikhtiar T, Williamson T. Are We Asking Patients if They Smoke?: Missing Information on Tobacco Use in Canadian Electronic Medical Records. Am J Prev Med. 2015 Aug;49(2):264-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.01.005. Epub 2015 May 18. PubMed link

Leggett JA, Greiver M, Manca D, Williamson T, Martin K, Queenan J. Facilitating informatics for research using health data aggregated from EMRs across multiple jurisdictions through the implementation of a Privacy by Design privacy and information security architecture. Proceedings of the 17th international symposium for health information management. 2015 Jun 26;17:231-242.

An J, Keshavjee K, Mirza K, Vassanji K, Greiver M. Bridging a divide: architecture for a joint hospital-primary care data warehouse. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015 Jan 1;208:45-9. PubMed

Woodfield R, Grant I; UK Biobank Stroke Outcomes Group; UK Biobank Follow-Up and Outcomes Working Group, Sudlow CL. Accuracy of Electronic Health Record Data for Identifying Stroke Cases in Large-Scale Epidemiological Studies: A Systematic Review from the UK Biobank Stroke Outcomes Group. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 23;10(10):e0140533. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140533. eCollection 2015. PubMed

McCowan C, Thomson E, Szmigielski C, Kalra D, Sullivan FM, Prokosch HU, Dugas M, Ford I. Using electronic health records to support clinical trials: A report on Stakeholder Engagement for EHR4CR. BioMed Research International http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/707891 PubMed

Cooper Sally-Ann, McLean Gary, Guthrie Bruce, McConnachie Alex, Mercer Stewart, Sullivan Frank, Morrison Jill. Multiple physical and mental health comorbidity in adults with intellectual disabilities: population-based cross-sectional analysis. BMC Family Practice 2015 August 27, 16:110. DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0329-3. PubMed

Gagyor I, Madhok VB, Daly F, Somasundara D, Sullivan M, Gammie F, Sullivan F. Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015 Jul 1;7:CD001869. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001869.pub6 PubMed

Loudon K, Treweek S, Sullivan F, Donnan P, Thorpe KE, Zwarenstein M. The PRECIS-2 tool: designing trials that are fit for purpose.. BMJ. 2015 May 8;350:h2147. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h2147. PubMed

Rubie I, Haighton C, O'Hara J, Rousseau N, Steen N, Stocken DD, Sullivan F, Vale L, Wilkes, Wilson J. The NAtional randomised controlled Trial of Tonsillectomy IN Adults (NATTINA): a clinical and cost-effectiveness study: study protocol for a randomised control trial. Trials. 2015 Jun 6;16:263. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0768-0. PubMed

Gandy SJ, Lambert M, Belch JJ, Cavin ID, Crowe E, Littleford R, Macfarlane JA, Matthew SZ, Martin P, Nicholas RS, Struthers AD, Sullivan F, Waugh SA, White RD, Weir-McCall JR, Houston JG. Technical assessment of whole body angiography and cardiac function within a single MRI examination. Clin Radiol. 2015 Jun;70(6):595-603. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2015.02.003 PubMed

Greiver M. Rebuttal: Do electronic medical records improve quality of care? No. Can Fam Physician. 2015 Oct;61(10):e436, e438 PubMed

Greiver. Do electronic medical records improve quality of care? No. Can Fam Physician. 2015 Oct;61(10):847-9, 852-3. PubMed

Greiver M, Drummond N, Birtwhistle R, Queenan J, Lambert-Lanning A, Jackson D. Using EMRs to fuel quality improvement. Can Fam Physician. 2015 Jan;61(1):92, e68-9. PubMed

 

2014

Greiver M, Williamson T, Barber D, Birtwhistle R, Aliarzadeh B, Khan S, Morkem R, Halas G, Harris S, Katz A. Prevalence and epidemiology of diabetes in Canadian primary care practices: a report from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. Can J Diabetes. 2014 Jun;38(3):179-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2014.02.030. Epub 2014 May 14. PubMed link

Aliarzadeh B, Greiver M, Moineddin R, Meaney C, White D, Moazzam A, Moore KM, Belanger P. Association between socio-economic status and hemoglobin A1c levels in a Canadian primary care adult population without diabetes. BMC Fam Pract. 2014 Jan 10;15:7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-7. PubMed link

Sullivan F. The John Bryden memorial lecture: improving health with the community health index and developments in record linkage. Inform Prim Care. 2014;21(4):156–160. PubMed

Madhok VB, Al-Shahi Salman R, Sullivan F. The GP as an investigator. Br J Gen Pract. 2014 Aug;64(625):409. doi: 10.3399/bjgp14X681037. PubMed

Cooper S , Caslake M, Evans J, Hassiotis A, Jahoda A, McConnachie A, Morrison J, Ring H, Starr J, Stiles C, Sullivan F. Toward onset prevention of cognitive decline in adults with Down syndrome (the TOP-COG study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2014 15:202. PubMed

Fraser DM, Sullivan FM, Thompson AM, McCowan C. Aspirin Use and Survival After the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer: a population based cohort study. Br J Cancer 2014 doi:10.1038/bjc.2014.264 PubMed

McLernon D, Donnan PT, Sullivan FM, P Roderick P, Rosenberg WM, Ryder SD, Dillon JF. Prediction of liver disease in patients whose liver function tests have been checked in primary care: model development and validation using population-based observational cohorts. BMJ Open 2014;4:e004837. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014- 004837. PubMed

Sullivan F, Hinds A, Pitkethly M, Treweek S, Wilson P, Wyke S. Primary care research network progress in Scotland. European Journal of General Practice. 2014. (doi:10.3109/13814788.2013.879116) Primary PubMed