Research

EON Research Projects

Applying patient segmentation in primary care to develop peer-to-peer support groups for patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Rebecca Theal, EON Research Associate

Ongoing Projects

Health Surveillance of Community-Dwelling, Persons-with-Dementia and Caregiver Dyads
Prevalence of moderate-to-severe Osteoarthritis pain of the hip and knee by Index Joints in Canadian Primary Care: A proof of concept study from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network
Patterns of High vs. Standard dose flu vaccinations in Canadian Primary Care: A Baseline Cohort Pilot Study
Segment-based Collective Intelligence for Population Health Improvement (SCI-PHI)
Screening patterns and the identification of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Children in Canadian Primary Care
The frequency and trends of use of antipsychotics in children and adolescents in the Canadian primary care population

EON 2021 Presentations

NAPCRG 49^th Annual Meeting

Morkem R., Barber D., Flemming J., Queenan J., Theal R., Kehar M. Screening patterns and identification of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese children in Canadian primary care. 49th Annual NAPCRG Meeting. November 19-23, 2021.

Queenan J., Theal R., Morkem R., Kinsella L., Barber D. Patterns of High vs. Standard dose flu vaccinations in Canadian Primary Care: A Baseline Cohort Pilot Study . 49th Annual NAPCRG Meeting. November 19-23, 2021.

Trillium Primary Care Research Day 2021

Lees J., and Barber D. Creating a Restricted Data EnviroNment (RDEN) for the Queen’s Department of Family Medicine's electronic medical record data, 2021.

Theal R., Paglialonga A., Kyba R., Keshavjee K., Barber D., Guergachi A. Applying patient segmentation in primary care to develop peer-to-peer support groups for patients with Type 2 Diabetes . Trillium PHC Conference, Ontario. October, 2021.

Queenan J., Theal R., Morkem R., Kinsella L., Barber D. Patterns of High vs. Standard dose flu vaccinations in Canadian Primary Care: A Baseline Cohort Pilot Study . Trillium PHC Conference, Ontario. October, 2021.

CPCSSN Publications 2021

For the full list of CPCSSN publications, please visit the CPCSSN website.

1. Abrams, E. M., Greenhawt, M., Shaker, M., Kosowan, L., & Singer, A. G. (2021). Primary care provider-reported prevalence of vaccine and polyethylene glycol allergy in Canada. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2021.05.011

2. Ahmed, Z., Hao, S., Williamson, T., McMorris, C. A., & Bousman, C. A. (2021). Psychotropic prescribing rates and pharmacogenomic testing implications for autism in the Canadian primary care sentinel surveillance network. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1097/FPC.0000000000000457

3. Aponte-Hao, S., Wong, S. T., Thandi, M., Ronksley, P., McBrien, K., Lee, J., Grandy, M., Mangin, D., Katz, A., Singer, A., Manca, D., & Williamson, T. Machine learning for identification of frailty in Canadian primary care practices. International Journal of Population Data Science, 6(1), 1650. https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v6i1.1650

4. Barber, D., Morkem, R., Dalgarno, N., Houlden, R., Smith, K., Anvari, M., & Zevin, B. (2021). Patients eligible and referred for bariatric surgery in southeastern Ontario: Retrospective cohort study. Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 67(1), e31–e40. https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6701e31

5. Black, J. E., Kueper, J. K., Terry, A. L., & Lizotte, D. J. (2021). Development of a prognostic prediction model to estimate the risk of multiple chronic diseases: constructing a copula-based model using Canadian primary care electronic medical record data. International Journal of Population Data Science, 6(1), 1395. https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1395

6. Ehsani-Moghaddam, B., Martin, K., & Queenan, J. A. (2021). Data quality in healthcare: A report of practical experience with the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network data. Health Information Management, 50(1-2), 88-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/1833358319887743

7. McAlister, F. A., Lethebe, B. C., Leung, A. A., Padwal, R. S., & Williamson, T. (2021). Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability is common in primary care patients: Retrospective cohort study of 221,803 adults. PLoS ONE, 16(4), e0248362. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248362

8. Miyagishima, R., Hopper, T., Hodgetts, B., Soos, B., Williamson, T., & Drummond, N. (2021). Development of a case definition for hearing loss in community-based older adults: a cross-sectional validation study. CMAJ Open, 9(3), E796-E801. https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200267

9. Pham, A. N. Q., Voaklander, D., Wagg, A., & Drummond, N. (2021). Epidemiology of dementia onset captured in Canadian primary care electronic medical records. Family Practice, cmab056. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmab056

10. Queenan, J. A., Ehsani-Moghaddam, B., Wilton, S. B., Dorian, P., Cox, J. L., Skanes, A., Barber, D., & Sandhu, R. K. (2021). Detecting patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network: First steps. CJC Open, 3(3), 367-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2020.10.012

11. Singer, A., Kosowan, L., Loewen, S., Spitoff, S., Greiver, M., & Lynch, J. (2021). Who is asked about alcohol consumption? A retrospective cohort study using a national repository of electronic medical records. Preventive medicine reports, 22, 101346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101346

12. Singer, A. G., Kosowan, L., Nankissoor, N., Phung, R., Protudjer, J. L. P., & Abrams, E. M. (2021). Use of electronic medical records to describe the prevalence of allergic diseases in Canada. Allergy, Asthma, & Clinical Immunology, 17(1), 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13223-021-00580-z

13. Singer, A. G., Kosowan, L., Soller, L., Chan, E. S., Nankissoor, N. N., Phung, R. R., & Abrams, E. M. (2021). Prevalence of physician-reported food allergy in Canadian children. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 9(1), 193–199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2020.07.039