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Research Posters
Using Machine Learning to Improve De-identification Accuracy in Primary Care EMR Data
This poster was presented at the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research annual conference in March 2024. This study aimed to improve de-identification accuracy by employing a novel machine learning approach.
Capturing Factors Associated with Frailty Using Routinely Collected EMR Data
This poster was presented at the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research annual conference in March 2024. Work is ongoing to use EMR data from CPCSSN to supplement the administrative data used to identify frailty.
Potentially Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Tract Infections in Canadian Primary Care
This poster was presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group conference in November 2022. The study used CPCSSN EMR data to examine rates of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care during the first year of the pandemic (2020), compared to baseline in 2019.
EMR Data as a Source of Insights into Primary Care Service Delivery
This poster was presented at the annual conference of the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research in March 2022, and presents an overview of the CPCSSN project including how the data are handled and used for research.
The Importance of Data Cleaning when Reporting Statistics from Electronic Medical Record Data
This poster was presented at the Family Medicine Forum in November 2016.
Selected Publications
Morkem R, Smith G, Knight B, Wong ST, Barber D. Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on antibiotic use in Canadian primary care: a matched-cohort study using EMR data. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2024 Jul 12;13(1):76.
Dev R, Behlouli H, Parry M, Raparelli V, Norris CM, Pilote L; GOING-FWD Consortium. Impact of Sex and Gender on Metabolic Syndrome in Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study From the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. Can J Diabetes. 2024 Feb;48(1):36-43.e2.
Hawkins NM, Peterson S, Salimian S, Demers C, Keshavjee K, Virani SA, Mancini GBJ, Wong ST. Epidemiology and treatment of heart failure with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Canadian primary care. ESC Heart Fail. 2023 Dec;10(6):3612-3621.
Garies S, Taylor M, Soos B, Lindeman C, Drummond N, Pham A, Aponte-Hao Z, Williamson T. Using machine learning to standardize medication records in a pan-Canadian electronic medical record database: a data-driven algorithm study focused on antibiotics prescribed in primary care. CMAJ Open. 2023 Oct 31;11(5):E1020-E1024.
Wong ST, Morkem R, Salman A, Barber D, Leis JA. Value in Primary Care: Evidence from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. Healthc Policy. 2023 May;18(4):57-71.
Thomas RD, Kosowan L, Rabey M, Bell A, Connelly KA, Hawkins NM, Casey CG, Singer AG. Validation of a Case Definition to Identify Patients Diagnosed With Cardiovascular Disease in Canadian Primary Care Practices. CJC Open. 2023 Apr 22;5(7):567-576.
Morkem R, Wong S, Patey A, Durance A, Levinson W, Barber D. Baseline Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Primary Care Patients with Viral Respiratory Tract Infections with 2019 and 2020. Ann Fam Med. 2023 Jan 1;21(21 Suppl 1):3678.
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