BC-PHCRN collaborates with researchers and other stakeholders on a wide range of projects aiming to improve primary care, including patient-led projects. If you are interested in learning more about collaborating with BC-PHCRN on a project please email us.
Current projects
SPIDER: Improving Care for Complex Older Patients with Polypharmacy
BC: Rubee Dev
OECD Patient Reported Indicators Survey (PaRIS)
BC: Sabrina Wong, Rubee Dev
Development of a Frailty Screening Tool – The Electronic Frailty Index
BC: Manpreet Thandi, Sabrina Wong, Morgan Price, Jennifer Baumbusch
Past projects
Estimating the Prevalence of Primary Non-adherence in British Columbia
BC, ON: Mike Law, Sabrina Wong, Seraphine Zeitouny, Mary DeVera, Anne Holbook
Clinician-Patient Communication Interaction and Health Outcomes
BC, MB, QC: Lorienne Jenstad, Gayle Halas, Olivier Jamoulle, Marie-Thérèse Lussier, Michael Ross McKenzie, Monika Wetzel
Supporting Integration Through Primary Health Care Teams: A Comparative Policy Analysis Across Five Canadian Provinces
BC, AB, ON, QC: Nelly Oelke, Darlene Arsenault, Shannon M Berg, Phil Graham, Brenda Jagroop, Genevieve Landry, Shana Ooms, Mylaine Breton, Sharon E Johnston, Stephanie R Montesanti
A Scoping Review of the Literature on Different Models of Allocating Funds to Facilitate Integrated Care
AB, BC: Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Gail MacKean, Nicolette McGuire, Judy Seidel, Jason Sutherland
Policies and Program Innovations that Connect Primary Health Care, Social Services, Public Health and Community Supports in Canada: A Comparative Policy Analysis
QC, PE, NS, ON, BC, NL, NB, MB, NS: Jeannie Haggerty, Marilyn Barrett, Shannon M Berg, Anne Junker, Denis Roy, Cheryl Tschupruk, Yves Couturier, Leanne Currie, Russell Dawe, Shelly Doucet, William Montelpare, Catherine Scott, Tara Stewart, Jason Sutherland, Robin Urquhart
Integrating Paramedics into Primary Care to Optimize Patient Time in the Community at End of Life
BC, NS: Alix Carter, Judah Goldstein, Fred Burge, Grace Warner, Doris Barwich, Jennifer Kryworuchko, Kim McGrail, Sabrina Wong
Validation of Administrative and Primary Care Electronic Medical Record Derived Frailty Algorithms
BC, AB, MB: Sabrina Wong, Tyler Williamson, Alan Katz
The PREFeR (PRioritiEs For Research) Project: Results from a Multistage Patient Priority Setting Project for Primary Care Research in BC
BC: Ruth Lavergne, Louisa Edwards, Vanessa Brcic, Carolyn Canfield, Rita McCracken, Kim McGrail, Sabrina Wong
CompaReport: A User-centered EMR Tool for Querying and Comparison Among Clinicians
BC: Billy Augustine, Abdulai Abdul-Fatawu, Natalya Lebedeva, Hanieh Shakeri
A Comparative Analysis of Centralized Waiting Lists for Unattached and Complex Patients Implemented in Six Canadian Provinces
BC, MB, ON, QB, NS, NB, PEI: Mylaine Breton, Michael Green, Jalila Jbilou, Sara Kreindler, Jason Sutherland, Valorie Crooks, Damien Contandriopoulos, Mélanie Ann Smithman, Astrid Brousselle, Jay Shaw, Emily Marshall, Sabrina Wong
BC Primary Health Care Research Network 