selected scholarly activity
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journal articles
- Global Funding Models: A Canadian Context.. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 84:599-600. 2024
- A needs assessment for formal emergency medicine curriculum and training in Zambia.. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 14:218-223. 2024
- Recommendations for patient-centered emergency care. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 26:513-519. 2024
- Cost Evaluation of the Ontario Virtual Urgent Care Pilot Program: Population-Based, Matched Cohort Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26:e50483-e50483. 2024
- Post-Pandemic Growth in 9-1-1 Paramedic Calls and Emergency Department Transports Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Rates in the COVID-19 Era: Implications for Paramedic Resource Planning. Prehospital Emergency Care. ahead-of-print:1-8. 2024
- The inseparability of context and clinical reasoning. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 30:533-538. 2024
- GridlockED as an Intervention for Nurses (GAAIN) Study. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 55:231-238. 2024
- Implementation, Clinical Benefit and Safety of a D-Dimer-Focused Pulmonary Embolism Testing Pathway in the Emergency Department. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 84:508-517. 2024
- Neighborhood socioeconomic factors and characteristics correlated with avoidable emergency department visits: A spatial analysis of a Canadian academic hospital.. PLoS ONE. 19:e0311575. 2024
- Validating the Emergency Department Avoidability Classification (EDAC): A cluster randomized single-blinded agreement study. PLoS ONE. 19:e0297689-e0297689. 2024
- Health care utilization and outcomes of patients seen by virtual urgent care versus in-person emergency department care. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 195:E1463-E1474. 2023
- Development of a machine learning-based acuity score prediction model for virtual care settings. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 23:200. 2023
- Was Virtual Care as Safe as In-Person Care? Analyzing Patient Outcomes at Seven and Thirty Days in Ontario during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare Quarterly. 26:31-36. 2023
- Storage conditions, sample integrity, interferences, and a decision tool for investigating unusual high-sensitivity cardiac troponin results. Clinical Biochemistry. 115:67-76. 2023
- Digging into the complex problem of mental health presentations to pediatric emergency departments: a how-to guide. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 25:261-262. 2023
- Identifying Very-Low-Risk Patients for Future Myocardial Infarction or Death. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 39:527-530. 2023
- The COVID‐19 impact and characterization on substance use‐related emergency department visits for adolescents and young adults in Canada: Practical implications. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 29:447-458. 2023
- Evaluating emergency department transfers from urgent care centres: insights for paramedic integration with subacute healthcare. BMJ Open Quality. 12:e002160-e002160. 2023
- Demographic characteristics, outcomes and experience of patients using virtual urgent care services from 14 emergency department led sites in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 25:65-73. 2023
- Quantifying the escalating impact of paramedic transported emergency department visits for opioid-related conditions in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study. PLoS ONE. 18:e0291194-e0291194. 2023
- “It saved me from the emergency department”: A qualitative study of patient experience of virtual urgent care in Ontario. PLoS ONE. 18:e0285468-e0285468. 2023
- Validation of a classification to identify emergency department visits suitable for subacute and virtual care models: a randomised single-blinded agreement study protocol. BMJ Open. 12:e068488-e068488. 2022
- Increased demand for paramedic transports to the emergency department in Ontario, Canada: a population-level descriptive study from 2010 to 2019. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 24:742-750. 2022
- Frontline connect: Evaluating a virtual technology program to enhance patient and provider communication during COVID‐19. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 28:641-649. 2022
- High-sensitivity cardiac troponin and the importance of cutoffs in patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting with suspected NSTEMI. International Journal of Cardiology. 356:36-37. 2022
- What Faculty Want: Academic and Community Emergency Physicians’ Perceptions of Learner Feedback. Cureus. 14:e23546. 2022
- In reply. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 79:317-318. 2022
- Virtual emergency care: Decoupling the need for emergency services and expedited care. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 28:10-12. 2022
- Designs, facilitators, barriers, and lessons learned during the implementation of emergency department led virtual urgent care programs in Ontario, Canada. Frontiers in Digital Health. 4:946734. 2022
- Feasibility of a quality improvement project to increase adherence to evidence-based pulmonary embolism diagnosis in the emergency department. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 7:4. 2021
- Improving diagnostic performance through feedback: the Diagnosis Learning Cycle. BMJ Quality and Safety. 30:1002-1009. 2021
- Do Patients Respond to Posted Emergency Department Wait Times: Time-Series Evidence From the Implementation of a Wait Time Publication System in Hamilton, Canada. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 78:465-473. 2021
- Can the Addition of NT-proBNP and Glucose Measurements Improve the Prognostication of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Measurements for Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome?. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 8:106-106. 2021
- Diagnostic Performance of Serial High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Measurements in the Emergency Setting. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 8:97-97. 2021
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Enabling positive practice improvement through
data‐driven feedback: A model for understanding how data and self‐perception lead to practice change. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 27:917-925. 2021 - Feeling the flow with a serious game workshop: GridlockED as Medical Education 2 study (GAME2 study). AEM Education and Training. 5:e10576. 2021
- Important Differences Between Manufacturers When Transitioning From a Contemporary Cardiac Troponin Assay to a High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assay. CJC OPEN. 3:841-842. 2021
- Disagreement between Cardiac Troponin Tests Yielding a Higher Incidence of Myocardial Injury in the Emergency Setting. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 8:31-31. 2021
- Acute Phase Response and Non-Reproducible Elevated Concentrations with a High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Assay. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10:1014-1014. 2021
- Misclassification of Myocardial Injury by a High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Assay. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 37:523.e7-523.e8. 2021
- Using administrative data on high system users to call for deeper health system interventions. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 23:141-142. 2021
- Admission High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin vs a Biochemical Score for Predicting Mortality in Patients With COVID-19. CJC OPEN. 3:130-131. 2021
- Comparison of two biomarker only algorithms for early risk stratification in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. International Journal of Cardiology. 319:140-143. 2020
- Going to the COVID-19 Gemba: Using observation and high reliability strategies to achieve safety in a time of crisis. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:738-741. 2020
- Using the clinical chemistry score in the emergency department to detect adverse cardiac events: a diagnostic accuracy study. CMAJ open. 8:E676-E684. 2020
- Risk Stratification for Patients with Chest Pain Discharged Home from the Emergency Department. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9:2948-2948. 2020
- Audit and feedback for individual practitioners in the emergency department: an evidence-based and practical approach. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:528-533. 2020
- High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I vs a Clinical Chemistry Score for Predicting All-Cause Mortality in an Emergency Department Population. CJC OPEN. 2:296-302. 2020
- Quality improvement in the time of coronavirus disease 2019 – A change strategy well suited to pandemic response. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:422-425. 2020
- Regional needs assessment for emergency physician audit and feedback. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:542-548. 2020
- Clinical evaluation of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics high-sensitivity cardiac Troponin I assay in patients with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome. Clinical Biochemistry. 80:48-51. 2020
- Side Effects May Include Fun: Pre- and Post-Market Surveillance of the GridlockED Serious Game. Simulation & Gaming. 51:365-377. 2020
- MP36: Reducing utilization of unnecessary coagulation tests by emergency providers. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:S55-S55. 2020
- MP39: Emergency department triage redesign: can elements designed to improve department flow reduce door-to-ECG times in self-presenting ED patients suspected of myocardial infarction?. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:S56-S57. 2020
- P077: Predicting positive practice improvement: a model for understanding how data and self-perception lead to practice change. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:S92-S92. 2020
- P101: Seasonal variations in modes of presentation in ST elevation myocardial infarction. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:S101-S101. 2020
- P115: Improving the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:S106-S106. 2020
- CJEM to create a dedicated section for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety publication. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:11-13. 2020
- Health Sector responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada – January to May 2020. Zeszyty Naukowe Ochrony Zdrowia. Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarzadzanie. 18:106-120. 2020
- When the system comes together to solve emergency department flow. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 22:3-5. 2020
- Clinical Improvement Interventions for Residents and Practicing Physicians: A Scoping Review of Coaching and Mentoring for Practice Improvement. AEM Education and Training. 3:353-364. 2019
- Implementation of Chest Compression Feedback Technology to Improve the Quality of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Emergency Department: A Quality Initiative Test-of-change Study. Cureus. 11:e5523. 2019
- An environmental scan of quality improvement and patient safety activities in emergency medicine in Canada. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 21:535-541. 2019
- How do emergency departments and emergency leaders catalyze positive change through quality improvement collaborations?. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 21:542-549. 2019
- Evidence‐based medicine: A cornerstone for clinical care but not for quality improvement. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 25:363-368. 2019
- P078: An environmental scan of quality improvement and patient safety activities in emergency medicine in Canada. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 21:S91-S91. 2019
- Authors’ response to ‘Impact of physician navigators: looking beyond productivity metrics and silver bullets’ by Leunget al. Emergency Medicine Journal. 35:334-334. 2018
- MP24: Doc in the box: effectiveness of physician initial assessment at triage in the emergency department. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 20:S49-S49. 2018
- Tackling the demand for emergency department services: there are no silver bullets. Emergency Medicine Journal. 35:3-4. 2018
- The case for quality improvement in emergency medicine. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 20:9-11. 2018
- Teaching Quality Improvement in Emergency Medicine Training Programs: A Review of Best Practices. AEM Education and Training. 1:301-309. 2017
- Teaching M&M rounds skills: enhancing and assessing patient safety competencies using the Ottawa M&M model. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 92:631-635. 2016
- Utility of an Ambulance Offload Nurse on Emergency Department Metrics. Madridge Journal of Internal and Emergency Medicine. 3:128-132.
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preprints
- Cost Evaluation of the Ontario Virtual Urgent Care Pilot Program: Population-Based, Matched Cohort Study (Preprint) 2023
- Virtual Emergency Care: Decoupling the need for emergency services and expedited care 2021
- Feasibility of a quality improvement project to increase adherence to evidence-based pulmonary embolism diagnosis in the emergency department. 2020
- Feasibility of a quality improvement project with an interrupted time series design to increase adherence to evidence-based pulmonary embolism diagnosis in the emergency department. 2020
- Feasibility of a quality improvement project with an interrupted time series design to increase adherence to evidence-based pulmonary embolism diagnosis in the emergency department. 2020
- Enabling Positive Practice Improvement through Data-Driven Growth: A model for understanding how data and self-perception lead to practice change 2020