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Implementation of a novel linkage of primary care electronic medical record data with hospital data in South Eastern Ontario [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Combining these datasets in a consolidated data repository could result in an improved understanding of the care journey, support the healthcare needs of Ontario Health Team priority populations, promote continuity of care improvements across sectors, and decrease burden on emergency departments (EDs) and primary care providers.

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Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access to care and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting/Dataset: 121,570 registered patients over 18 years of age with an email address available in their electronic medical record. Being a recently arrived immigrant (p=0.036), having less than a high school education (p=0.002) and being registered at a large clinic (p<0.001) were associated with experiencing booking difficulties.

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Electronically-delivered PHQ9s increase engagement in patients with depression [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Main Outcome Measures: Percentage of patients who booked a visit for mental health. of patients in the intervention geographies booked a visit, compared to 5.2% Conclusions: A population health outreach system that used reminders for PHQ9s resulted in patients booking appointments to treat their mental health condition.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So falls, mobility concerns, polypharmacy, comorbidities, nutrition, social support, and mental health. So pretty soon, I hope, we’ll be able to do this all electronically by anyone who wants to. Or electronically, to fill out, right? So we tend to talk in terms of a geriatric assessment, the key domains.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Jace 29:36 We see higher rates of mental health challenges that I think are due to overcoming adversity. It’s like this one big book that you can access. Jace 29:27 I mean, so we don’t have a lot of great longitudinal research to explain this. So where I would put it is stress. Eric 29:36 Yeah.