Primary Health Care System
RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
The PHCS Program has the following mechanisms in place to support research and knowledge transfer:
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH ROUNDS
The PHCS Program has begun “Research Rounds” that are presented to
the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) of Ontario, Primary Health Care Branch (and all interested Ministry staff) via in-person and video conference. The MOHLTC is presented with abstracts from relevant research projects and chooses those that are the most relevant/interesting to them for presentation.
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An Innovative Model of Care for Enhancing the Management of Dementia in Primary Care
Linda Lee, McMaster University, The Centre for Family Medicine
Additional information:
Building Capacity for Dementia Care. Training program to develop primary care memory clinics. Linda Lee, MD MISc(FM) CCFP, FCFP, M. Janet Kasperski, RN, MHSc, CHE, W. Wayne Weston, MD, CCFP, FCFP Can Fam Physician 2011;57:e249-52
Enhancing Dementia Care: A Primary Care-Based Memory Clinic. Linda Lee, MD, MCISc, Loretta M. Hillier, MA, Paul Stolee, PHD, George Heckman, MD, MSc, Micheline Gagnon, MD, Med, Carrie A. McAiney, Phd and David Harvey, MA. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Nov;58(11):2197-204
October 11, 2012
Comparison of Primary Care Models in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Presenters: Clare Liddy and Jatinderpreet Singh. Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa
For more information please visit www.idocc.ca
Publication Citations: Liddy C, Singh J, Hogg W, Dahrouge S, Taljaard M. Comparison of primary care models in the prevention of cardiovascular disease – a cross sectional study. BMC Fam Pract 2011 October 18;12(1):114. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/12/114 Liddy C, Hogg W, Russell G et al. Improved Delivery of Cardiovascular Care (IDOCC) through Outreach Facilitation: Study protocol and implementation details of a cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care. Implementation Sci 2011 September 27;6(1)110. http://www.implementationscience.com/content/6/1/110
September 13, 2012
A Comprehensive Assessment of Primary Care Performance: What does it tell us? Relationship Between Performance Dimensions
Simone Dahrouge and William Hogg, University of Ottawa
June 21st , 2012
The effectiveness and cost of financial incentives for cancer screening among primary care physicians in Ontario
Tara Kiran Staff Physician, Family & Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Associate Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, New Investigator, Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto and Richard Glazier, Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Scientist, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital, Professor, Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital
May 17, 2012
Better care for less money: The outreach facilitation quality improvement model
William Hogg, Élisabeth-Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa.
April 19, 2012
Complex-vulnerable patients in primary care: Highlights of a ten-year program of research on disability and primary care
Mary Ann McColl, PhD, MTS, Centre for Health Services & Policy Research, Queen's University
April 6, 2012
Community Health Centre and Aboriginal Health Access Centre Research Strategy
Arron Service, Ph.D, Community Health Centre Regional Decision Support Specialist, East (Champ and SE LHINs)
March 15, 2012
Characteristics of Primary Care Settings That Succeed in Achieving High Quality of Care for Chronic and Acute Conditions
Marie-Dominique Beaulieu Université de Montréal and Bill Hogg, University of Ottawa
February16, 2012
Canadian Primary Health Care Research Network (CPHCRN)
Bill Hogg, University of Ottawa
January 25, 2012
Development of a National Framework for Performance Measurement in Primary Care
Brenda Tripper, Canadian Institutes of Health Information (CIHI) and Bill Hogg, University of Ottawa
January 25, 2012
Integrating Communication Supports into Primary Care Practice: Interpreters, Cultural-Brokers, and Google Translated
Kevin Pottie MD, CCFP, MClSc, FCFP, University of Ottawa
January 19, 2012
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The Feasibility of Using a Patient-Controlled Health Record
Lisa Dolovich and David Price, McMaster University
November 17, 2011
Can Quality Improvement Initiatives Improve Diabetes Care? The Partnerships for Health Project
Stewart Harris, Jann Paquette-Warren, The University of Western Ontario
October 20, 2011
Linking primary care physicians with specialists through E-Consultation
Clare Liddy, University of Ottawa
September 15, 2011
Patterns of Specialty Medical Referral: Analysis of a Primary Health Care Electronic Medical Record Database
Dr. Joshua Shadd, Dr. Bridget L. Ryan, Dr. Moira Stewart, Dr. Armadeep Thind
May 19, 2011
Just-in-time (JIT) Librarian Consultation Service
William Hogg, Jessee McGowen
April 14, 2011
Improved Weight Management in Primary Care
P. Brauer, D. Royall, J.J.M. Dwyer, A.M. Edwards, R. Goy, T. Hussey,
N. Kates, O. O'Young,
H. Smith, and R. Kirkconnell,
Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition,
University of Guelph
March 17, 2011
Home Birth: Facts, Biases and Liability
Katrina Kilroy, Mount Sinai Hospital/Midwifery Collective of Toronto
March 2, 2011
Primary care utilization among adults with dual diagnosis (developmental disability and psychiatric disorder)
Yona Lunsky, Elizabeth Lin, Paul Kurdyak, Rob Balogh, Jennifer Bennie, Julie Klein-Geltink, Drew Wilton, Alexander Kopp,
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
February 17, 2011
Disability and primary care: Accessibility and Quality of Care
Mary Ann McColl, PhD,
Queen's University
February 2, 2011
Primary Care Reform and the Provision of Care to Patients with Mental Illness
Leah Steele,
University of Toronto
January 19, 2011
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Virtual Ward, South East Toronto Family Health Team Vision: To provide for safe and seamless transition of patients between primary care and acute care.
Kavita Mehta, Tia Pham,
South East Toronto Family Health Team
December 16, 2010
Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioners
Alba DiCenso,
McMaster University
December 2, 2010
Performance feedback to interdisciplinary primary care teams
Sharon Johnston1*, Michael Green, Patricia Thille, Colleen Savage, Lynn Roberts, Grant Russell, William Hogg1
1CT Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute. University of Ottawa, Department of Family Medicine. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada *These authors contributed equally to this work §Corresponding author
November 23, 2010
Determining the Reliability and Validity of the Interprofessional Team Functioning Survey
Roberta Heale, Lorraine Carter, Patti Dickieson & Elizabeth Wenghofer
School of Nursing, Laurentian University
November 17, 2010
Organizational attributes of primary care associated with team functioning in Family Health Teams
Michelle Howard, Kevin Brazil, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Gina Agarwal,
McMaster University
November 5, 2010
Virtual Ward: An Integrated Care Model for Hospital-to-Home Transitions for Adults with Complex Health Care Needs, A partnership between acute, community and primary care providers
Ifran Dhalla, St. Michael’s Hospital
June 11, 2010
Comparison Models of Primary Health Care in Ontario,
Bill Hogg, Simone Dahrouge (PIs: Dr. Hogg & Louise Ogilvie),
University of Ottawa
April 19, 2010
Best Practices in Primary Care for Mental Health and Addictions Problems
Moira Stewart, Graham Reid, Cathy Thorpe, The University of Western Ontario
March 29, 2010
Performance Measurement and Feedback in Family Health Teams
Michael Green,
University of Ottawa
January 28, 2010
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Comparisons among patient enrolment models in: 1) Access to care (after-hours care, ED visits), 2) Technical performance including preventive health care and chronic disease management; 3) Equity (SES, immigration, case mix, urban-rural issues) and 4) Continuity and comprehensiveness of care
Rick Glazier,
ICES
November 2009
Quality in Family Practice
Cheryl Levitt, Lisa Dolovich, David Price, Kalpana Nair, Linda Hilts,
McMaster University
October 2009
PHCS PROGRAM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
These fellowships are offered to Ontario residents in order to build capacity in primary health care research in Ontario.
2012 - 2013: Each fellowship is $10,5000
2011 - 2012: Each fellowship is $15,000; - 6 applications received, 4 funded
2010 - 2011: Each fellowship is $15,000; - 15 applications received, 3 funded
JANUARY 2010: Four research fellowships were awarded at $10,000 each
PHCS PROGRAM SEED FUNDING PROJECTS
The seed funding competition grants are intended to build research capacity in primary health care system and should be designed to produce findings that can be used to support the preparation of a larger research proposal submitted for other external funding.
2012-2013:
2011-2012: 7 applications received, 4 awarded
2010-2011: 14 applications received, 5 awarded
JANUARY 2010: Three seed funding applications were successful:
APPLIED HEALTH RESEARCH QUESTIONS
2012-2013:
2011-2012:
2010-2011:
JANUARY 2010: Three applications were successful:
TRILLIUM PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH DAY
The Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day is an event held in June each year that brings together researchers, decision makers and policy makers working in the area of primary health care. The day consists of paper and poster presentations, distinguished lecture and keynote speaker as well as skill building workshops. This conference helps to raise awareness of the PHCS research recently completed or currently underway in Ontario.
Please visit the Trillium website for more information:
www.trilliumresearchday.com
13 th INTERNATIONAL HEALTH WORKFORCE COLLABORATIVE CONFERENCE - OCTOBER 2011
For conference details: http://rcpsc.medical.org/publicpolicy/imwc/conference13.php
The Primary Health Care System (PHCS) Program helped to support Dr. Marie-Helene Chomienne’s (University of Ottawa) trip to this conference. She has prepared a brief report on the panel entitled: