Irfan A Dhalla,Monique A Smith,Niteesh K Choudhry et al.
Irfan A Dhalla et al.
Background: Although combination pharmacotherapy after myocardial infarction dramatically reduces morbidity and mortality, the full benefits of secondary prevention medications remain unrealized owing to medication non-ad...
The Value of Performance Measurement in Promoting Improvements in Women's Health [0.03%]
绩效评估在促进女性健康改善方面的价值
Emily C Y Siu,Carey Levinton,Adalsteinn D Brown
Emily C Y Siu
Objectives: To determine the factors associated with the use and impact of performance data relevant to women's health. Methods: We dev...
Differences in Mental Health Diagnoses between Recent Chinese Immigrants and a Comparison Population in British Columbia [0.03%]
与英属哥伦比亚省当地居民相比,近期中国移民的精神健康状况差异分析
Alice W Chen,Arminée Kazanjian,Hubert Wong et al.
Alice W Chen et al.
Linked administrative data indicate that the distributions of mental health diagnoses are different for recent Chinese immigrants in British Columbia compared to a matched group reflecting the general population, as recorded in payments to ...
Implementing and maintaining a researchable database from electronic medical records: a perspective from an academic family medicine department [0.03%]
电子病历的可研究数据库的建立与维护——一家学术家庭医学系的观点
Moira Stewart,Amardeep Thind,Amanda L Terry et al.
Moira Stewart et al.
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are posited as a tool for improving practice, policy and research in primary healthcare. This paper describes the Deliver Primary Healthcare Information (DELPHI) Project at the Department of Family Medicine...
Robert G Evans
Robert G Evans
On June 1, 2009 the town of McAllen, Texas rose to brief prominence on the American political stage. With the highest (bar Miami) per-beneficiary costs in the entire US Medicare program, it was featured in an essay in The New Yorker by Atul...
Graham J Reid,Thomas R Freeman,Amardeep Thind et al.
Graham J Reid et al.
Objective: Shortages of family physicians (FPs) have been reported, but accurate data on the scope of this problem are sparse. The study objective was to determine the proportion of the population in southwestern Ontario ...
Cara Tannenbaum,Joel Lexchin,Robyn Tamblyn et al.
Cara Tannenbaum et al.
Accurate measurement and improvement of population mental health requires the recording of indicators that capture the full spectrum of disease severity. This paper describes four different strategies for measuring the prevalence of depress...
Financial and work satisfaction: impacts of participation in primary care reform on physicians in ontario [0.03%]
金融和工作满意度:参与安大略省初级保健改革对医师的影响
Michael E Green,William Hogg,David Gray et al.
Michael E Green et al.
Governments in Ontario have promised family physicians (FPs) that participation in primary care reform would be financially as well as professionally rewarding. We compared work satisfaction, incomes and work patterns of FPs practising in d...
Factors affecting physician performance: implications for performance improvement and governance [0.03%]
影响医生绩效的因素:改善绩效和管理的启示
Elizabeth F Wenghofer,A Paul Williams,Daniel J Klass
Elizabeth F Wenghofer
Background: A physician's personal and professional characteristics constitute only one, and not necessarily the most important, determining factor of clinical performance. Our study assessed how physician, organizational...