ICES report: using data from electronic medical records: theory versus practice
Mitiku TF, Tu K. Healthc Q. 2008; 11(4):23-5.
Publications
Health impact of hospital restrictions on seriously ill hospitalized patients: lessons from the Toronto SARS outbreak
Stukel TA, Schull MJ, Guttmann A, Alter DA, Li P, Vermeulen MJ, Manuel DG, Zwarenstein M. Med Care. 2008; 46(9):991-7.
The effect of tracheostomy timing during critical illness on long-term survival
Scales DC, Thiruchelvam D, Kiss A, Redelmeier DA. Crit Care Med. 2008; 36(9):2547-57.
Impact of varicella vaccination on healthcare outcomes in Ontario, Canada: Effect of a universal program?
Kwong JC, Tanuseputro P, Zagorski B, Moineddin R, Chan KJ. Vaccine. 2008; 26(47):6006-12. Epub 2008 Aug 30.
Cancer Care Ontario guaiac fecal occult blood test (FOBT) laboratory standards: Evidentiary base and recommendations
Rabeneck L, Zwaalb C, Goodman JH, Mai V, Zamkanei M. Clin Biochem. 2008; 41(16-17):1289-305. Epub 2008 Aug 29.
Potentially preventable strokes in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation who are not adequately anticoagulated
Gladstone DJ, Bui E, Fang J, Laupacis A, Lindsay MP, Tu JV, Silver FL, Kapral MK. Stroke. 2009; 40(1):235-40. Epub 2008 Aug 28.
A simplified, oninvasive stool DNA test for colorectal cancer detection
Itzkowitz S, Brand R, Jandorf L, Durkee K, Millholland J, Rabeneck L, Schroy PC 3rd, Sontag S, Johnson D, Markowitz S, Paszat L, Berger BM. Am J Gastroenterol. 2008; 103(11):2862-70. Epub 2008 Aug 27.
Effect of regulatory warnings on antipsychotic prescription rates among elderly patients with dementia: a population-based time-series analysis
Valiyeva E, Herrmann N, Rochon PA, Gill SS, Anderson GM. CMAJ. 2008; 179(5):438-46.
The impact of rural residence on medically serious medicinal self-poisonings
Rhodes A, Bethell J, Jaakkimainen RL, Thurlow J, Spence J, Links PS, Streiner DL. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008; 30(6):552-60. Epub 2008 Aug 22.
Validation of quality indicators for radical prostatectomy
Chan EO, Groome PA, Siemens DR. Int J Cancer. 2008; 123(11):2651-7.