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Doctors use symptoms (eg chest discomfort, and), electrocardiograms, and bloodwork (with Troponins, which are very specific to heart tissue) to diagnose heart attacks. However, bloodwork does have dr…
PI: Green, Adam
HIV prevention work for men who have sex with men (MSM) represents a front-line institutional response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but one that is highly contested and complex in its organization, subs…
PI: Pauly, Robert P
End-stage kidney disease occurs when the kidneys stop functioning and a person becomes dependent on dialysis or transplantation to remain alive. At present, this condition affects over 32,000 Canadia…
PI: Green, Adam
HIV prevention work for men who have sex with men (MSM) represents a front-line institutional response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but one that is highly contested and complex in its organization, subs…
PI: Strumpf, Erin C
Despite differences in health care system design, all developed countries wrestle with ensuring access to high-quality health services, improving population health, and controlling health care costs.…
Enormous scientific advances have been made in the area of nutrition, and several diets are now advocated for the management of chronic diseases including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesit…
PI: Sewitch, Maida J
Despite widespread distribution of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening guidelines, many Canadians are not screened for CRC. Our research shows that in 2003 only 30% of Canadians received CRC screening …
PI: Garg, Amit
Health-care workers often search the MEDLINE database for journal articles to keep up with the latest advances in medicine. MEDLINE, which is freely available online through the PubMed service (www.p…
PI: Brehaut, Jamie C
Ever since the development of the Nuremberg Code in response to Nazi war crimes, informed consent has been a cornerstone of the ethical practice of healthcare research. Despite the fundamental import…
We know that screening mammograms to find breast cancer save lives, from many reliable studies. However, no reliable study has ever been done to find out if the same is true about check-up mammograms…
PI: Ko, Dennis
Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Canada. Recently, treatment of heart disease patients has increasingly relied upon minimally invasive procedures such as …
In Canada today, there is a serious shortage of doctors and midwives who can take care of mothers and babies, and regional inequities in available birth settings. A woman's choice of birth site assum…
Development of audit with feedback intervention to improve acute cardiovascular care using APPROACH
PI: Sales, Anne E; Ghali, William A; Knudtson, Merril L
In this research project, we are proposing to develop highly effective reports to give health care professionals, including heart specialists, primary care doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, to help t…
Actuellement, on constate un nombre encore très limité des études d'impact des nanotechnologies dans leur cycle de vie, de leur production à leur destin final. Or l'expérience des OGM a fait comprend…
PI: Sales, Anne E
Humans are social, and our social interactions have a strong effect on our behavior and how we respond to change. Over the last hundred years, ways of drawing and analyzing social networks have been …
PI: Morgan, Steven G
Our goal is to measure differences in the use of prescription drugs across ethnic groups in British Columbia. We will also determine whether government communications about prescription drug benefits…
Privatization of healthcare system financing and delivery has been on and off Canadian reform agendas for the past 20 years. During the past decade, it became a central feature of the reform discours…
PI: Shachak, Aviv
Electronic health Record (EHR) systems have the potential to improve patient safety and quality of care, as well as reduce the costs associated with health care. Canada is still lagging behind other …
PI: Cambrosio, Alberto; Keating, Peter
Promoters of genomic medicine, that is to say, medicine informed by the results of the recent mapping of the human genome, promise a revolution in all areas of clinical practice ranging from diagnosi…
Environmental Scan and Stakeholder Consultation on Electronic Personal Health Records in Canada
PI: Archer, Norman P; Mckibbon, Kathleen Ann; Straus, Sharon E; Willison, Donald J
The Canadian healthcare system is moving towards a reduction of operating cost by an increased emphasis on caring for the elderly and patients with chronic diseases of all ages at home instead of ins…