Quality and continuity of information between primary care physicians and rheumatologists
Wong J, Tu K, Bernatsky S, Jaakkimainen L, Thorne JC, Ahluwalia V, Paterson JM, Widdifield J. BMC Rheumatol. 2019; 3:1. Epub 2019 May 24.
Publications
Measuring cardiovascular quality in primary care using Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonization of National Guidelines Endeavour and electronic medical record data in Ontario
Lee TM, Tobe SW, Butt DA, Ivers NM, Jaakkimainen L, Liu P, Walker K, Tu K. CJC Open. 2019; 1(1):1-9. Epub 2018 Dec 18.
Improving care for patients with or at risk for chronic kidney disease using electronic medical record interventions: a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial protocol
Nash DM, Ivers NM, Young J, Jaakkimainen RL, Garg AX, Tu K. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2017; 4:2054358117699833. Epub 2017 Apr 5.
Primary care screening and comorbidity management in rheumatoid arthritis in Ontario, Canada
Widdifield J, Ivers NM, Bernatsky S, Jaakkimainen RL, Bombardier C, Thorne JC, Ahluwalia V, Paterson JM, Young J, Wing L, Tu K. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017; 69(10):1495-1503. Epub 2016 Dec 20.
Improving stroke prevention therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation in primary care: protocol for a pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial
Lee TM, Ivers NM, Bhatia S, Butt DA, Dorian P, Jaakkimainen L, Leblanc K, Legge D, Morra D, Valentinis A, Wing L, Young J, Tu K. Implement Sci. 2016; 11(1):159. Epub 2016 Dec 3.
Patterns of care among patients referred to rheumatologists in Ontario, Canada
Widdifield J, Tu K, Thorne JC, Bombardier C, Paterson JM, Jaakkimainen RL, Wing L, Butt DA, Ivers N, Hofstetter C, Lyddiatt A, Ahluwalia V, Bernatsky S. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017; 69(1):104-14. Epub 2016 Nov 16.
Identification of physician-diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in population-based administrative data: a validation study using family physicians’ electronic medical records
Jaakkimainen RL, Bronskill SE, Tierney MC, Herrmann N, Green D, Young J, Ivers N, Butt D, Widdifield J, Tu K. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016; 54(1):337-49.
Wait times to rheumatology care for patients with rheumatic diseases: a data linkage study of primary care EMRs and administrative data
Widdifield J, Bernatsky S, Thorne JC, Bombardier C, Jaakkimainen RL, Wing L, Paterson JM, Ivers N, Butt D, Lyddiatt A, Hofstetter C, Ahluwalia V, Tu K. CMAJ Open. 2016; 4(2):E205-12.
The association between diabetes and breast cancer stage at diagnosis: a population-based study
Lipscombe LL, Fischer HD, Austin PC, Fu L, Jaakkimainen RL, Ginsburg O, Rochon PA, Narod S, Paszat L. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015; 150(3):613-20. Epub 2015 Mar 17.
Development and validation of an administrative data algorithm to estimate the disease burden and epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Ontario, Canada
Widdifield J, Ivers NM, Young J, Green D, Jaakkimainen L, Butt DA, O'Connor P, Hollands S, Tu K. Mult Scler. 2015; 21(8):1045-54. Epub 2014 Nov 12.