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  1. Length of initial prescription at hospital discharge and long-term medication adherence for elderly, post-myocardial infarction patients: an interventional study protocol (Preprint)
  2. Patient-oriented pharmacy practice research: Why should we care?
  3. Exploration of volunteers as health connectors within a multicomponent primary care‐based program supporting self‐management of diabetes and hypertension
  4. Community pharmacists as catalysts for deprescribing: An exploratory study using quality improvement processes
  5. Lessons learned from 3 attempts to use data sources to evaluate pharmacist prescribing in Ontario
  6. Pharmacy in the 21st century: Enhancing the impact of the profession of pharmacy on people’s lives in the context of health care trends, evidence and policies
  7. The Use and Effects of Electronic Health Tools for Patient Self-Monitoring and Reporting of Outcomes Following Medication Use: Systematic Review
  8. Feasibility study of goal setting discussions between older adults and volunteers facilitated by an eHealth application: development of the Health TAPESTRY approach
  9. Descriptive analysis of pharmacy services provided after community pharmacy screening
  10. How electronic health records could be used to share information
  11. Title: Playing Telephone: Understanding the state of medication decision making in growing healthcare teams in the time of electronic health records (Preprint)
  12. Community Pharmacists' Perspectives of a Decision Aid for Managing Type 2 Diabetes in Ontario
  13. Evaluating the potential for pharmacists to prescribe oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation
  14. The Use and Effects of Electronic Health Tools for Patient Self-Monitoring and Reporting of Outcomes Following Medication Use: Systematic Review (Preprint)
  15. Activities performed by pharmacists integrated in family health teams: Results from a web-based survey
  16. Using the ecological framework to identify barriers and enablers to implementing Namaste Care in Canada’s long-term care system
  17. Implementation of a reimbursed medication review program: Corporate and pharmacy level strategies
  18. Sustainability and scalability of a volunteer-based primary care intervention (Health TAPESTRY): a mixed-methods analysis
  19. Uptake of Community Pharmacist-Delivered MedsCheck Diabetes Medication Review Service in Ontario between 2010 and 2014
  20. Choosing the optimal method of blood pressure measurement for limited-resource rural communities in the “Community Health Assessment Program-Philippines”
  21. Effectiveness of a community paramedic-led health assessment and education initiative in a seniors’ residence building: the Community Health Assessment Program through Emergency Medical Services (CHAP-EMS)
  22. High prevalence of modifiable stroke risk factors identified in a pharmacy-based screening programme
  23. Factors affecting the delivery of community pharmacist-led medication reviews: evidence from the MedsCheck annual service in Ontario
  24. Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertension in Relation to Achieved Blood Pressure Using Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurement
  25. The effectiveness of a nurse practitioner-led pain management team in long-term care: A mixed methods study
  26. Pharmacy practice research produces findings that inform how pharmacists contribute to optimal drug therapy outcomes for Canadians
  27. MedsCheck medication review uptake in Ontario
  28. Effect of a Proton Pump Inhibitor Deprescribing Guideline on Drug Usage and Costs in Long-Term Care
  29. Adoption of Electronic Personal Health Records in Canada: Perceptions of Stakeholders
  30. A protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial using the Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality (Health TAPESTRY) platform approach to promote person-focused primary healthcare for older adults
  31. Assessment of a hypertension screening and education intervention in Charlestown, Guyana
  32. Reducing the confusion and controversies around pragmatic trials: using the Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP) trial as an illustrative example
  33. Thresholds for Diagnosing Hypertension Based on Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurements and Cardiovascular Risk
  34. Participation in online continuing education
  35. Rationale and methods of a multicentre randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a Community Health Assessment Programme with Emergency Medical Services (CHAP-EMS) implemented on residents aged 55 years and older in subsidised seniors' housin...
  36. Managing pain medications in long-term care: nurses' views
  37. Successful knowledge translation intervention in long-term care: final results from the vitamin D and osteoporosis study (ViDOS) pilot cluster randomized controlled trial
  38. Development of a community health and wellness pilot in a subsidised seniors’ apartment building in Hamilton, Ontario: Community Health Awareness Program delivered by Emergency Medical Services (CHAP-EMS)
  39. Mobile phone text messaging interventions for HIV and other chronic diseases: an overview of systematic reviews and framework for evidence transfer
  40. Initial uptake of the Ontario Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Program
  41. Nurses' Perception and Comfort Level with Diabetes Management Practices in Long-Term Care
  42. ClereMed: Lessons Learned From a Pilot Study of a Mobile Screening Tool to Identify and Support Adults Who Have Difficulty With Medication Labels
  43. The effectiveness of computerized drug-lab alerts: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  44. Refinement of indicators and criteria in a quality tool for assessing quality in primary care in Canada: a Delphi Panel study
  45. Lone workers attitudes towards their health: views of Ontario truck drivers and their managers
  46. Primary health care needs for a priority population: A survey of professional truck drivers
  47. Improving care after hip fracture: the fracture? Think osteoporosis (FTOP) program
  48. Mobile phone text messages for improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART): an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials
  49. The impact of a cardiovascular health awareness program (CHAP) on reducing blood pressure: a prospective cohort study
  50. Evaluation of a pilot e-learning primary health care skills training program for pharmacists
  51. Guidelines for pharmacists integrating into primary care teams
  52. Developing a Theoretical Framework for Complex Community-Based Interventions
  53. Community Mobilization, Participation, and Blood Pressure Status in a Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program in Ontario
  54. Economic Appraisal of a Community-Wide Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program
  55. Mobile phone text messages for improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART): a protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials
  56. The Cameroon Mobile Phone SMS (CAMPS) Trial: A Randomized Trial of Text Messaging versus Usual Care for Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy
  57. Characteristics of Pharmacists Who Enrolled in the Pilot ADAPT Education Program: Implications for Practice Change
  58. The Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Pain Protocol in Long Term Care
  59. Barriers and facilitators to implementing Decision Boxes in primary healthcare teams to facilitate shared decisionmaking: a study protocol
  60. Designing a novel continuing education program for pharmacists: Lessons learned
  61. An interdisciplinary knowledge translation intervention in long-term care: Study protocol for the vitamin D and osteoporosis study (ViDOS) pilot cluster randomized controlled trial
  62. Ontario Pharmacists Practicing in Family Health Teams and the Patient-Centered Medical Home
  63. The excess burden of osteoarthritis in the province of Ontario, Canada
  64. Agreement between self-report and medical records on signs and symptoms of respiratory illness
  65. Pharmacist provision of primary health care: a modified Delphi validation of pharmacists' competencies
  66. The effectiveness of integrated health information technologies across the phases of medication management: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
  67. Trends and determining factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Cameroon: a systematic review and analysis of the CAMPS trial
  68. Shared Electronic Vascular Risk Decision Support in Primary Care
  69. Defining adverse events in manual therapy: An exploratory qualitative analysis of the patient perspective
  70. Exploring Pharmacists' Understanding and Adoption of Prescribing in 2 Canadian Jurisdictions: Design and Rationale for a Mixed-Methods Approach
  71. PILOTING A RENAL DRUG ALERT SYSTEM FOR PRESCRIBING TO RESIDENTS IN LONG-TERM CARE
  72. Developing Recommendations for the Reimbursement of Expanded Professional Pharmacist's Services in Ontario
  73. Imputation strategies for missing binary outcomes in cluster randomized trials
  74. Improving cardiovascular health at population level: 39 community cluster randomised trial of Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP)
  75. The Effectiveness of Web-Based Tools for Improving Blood Glucose Control in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis
  76. An Action-Based Approach to Improving Pain Management in Long-Term Care
  77. Community based intervention to optimize osteoporosis management: randomized controlled trial
  78. Nurses' perceived barriers to optimal pain management in older adults on acute medical units
  79. A team-based approach to warfarin management in long term care: A feasibility study of the MEDeINR electronic decision support system
  80. Practice-based collection of quality indicator data for a comprehensive quality assessment programme in Canadian family practices
  81. Osteoporosis Knowledge Among Individuals With Recent Fragility Fracture
  82. Implementing a Mentorship Program for Pharmacists Integrating into Family Practice: Practical Experience from the IMPACT Project Team
  83. Utilization and Expenditure on Blood Glucose Test Strips in Canada
  84. Shifts in expectations: Evaluating physicians' perceptions as pharmacists become integrated into family practice
  85. Pharmacist's identity development within multidisciplinary primary health care teams in Ontario; qualitative results from the IMPACT (†) project
  86. Implementing a standardized community-based cardiovascular risk assessment program in 20 Ontario communities
  87. Iterative diagnosis
  88. Community-based intervention to optimise falls risk management: a randomised controlled trial
  89. Individualized electronic decision support and reminders to improve diabetes care in the community: COMPETE II randomized trial
  90. Comparison of Bayesian and classical methods in the analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials with a binary outcome: The Community Hypertension Assessment Trial (CHAT)
  91. Osteoporosis risk perceptions among patients who have sustained a fragility fracture
  92. Prevention ofClostridium difficileInfection withSaccharomyces boulardii: A Systematic Review
  93. Integrating into family practice: the experiences of pharmacists in Ontario, Canada
  94. Methodologic Issues in Health Informatics Trials: The Complexities of Complex Interventions
  95. Reliability testing of a case-leveling framework for assigning level of difficulty of pharmacist's initial patient medication assessments
  96. GPs' approach to insulin prescribing in older patients: a qualitative study
  97. Quality of anticoagulation and use of warfarin-interacting medications in long-term care: A chart review
  98. Enhancing hypertension awareness and management in the elderly: Lessons learned from the Airdrie Community Hypertension Awareness and Management Program (A-CHAMP)
  99. Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP): A community cluster-randomised trial among elderly Canadians
  100. Medication recommendations to physicians by pharmacists for seniors: expected clinical impact in relation to implementation and expected time frame to effect
  101. It's all about relationships: A qualitative study of health researchers' perspectives of conducting interdisciplinary health research
  102. Demonstrating value, documenting care: Lessons learned about writing comprehensive patient medication assessments in the IMPACT project: PART II
  103. Do patients perceive a link between a fragility fracture and osteoporosis?
  104. Integrating Family Medicine and Pharmacy to Advance Primary Care Therapeutics
  105. Demonstrating value, documenting care: Lessons learned about writing comprehensive patient medication assessments in the IMPACT project
  106. Narrative Reports to Monitor and Evaluate the Integration of Pharmacists Into Family Practice Settings
  107. Developing a tool to measure contributions to medication-related processes in family practice
  108. Examining physicians' perspectives during the integration of a pharmacist into family practice: Qualitative results from the IMPACT study
  109. Pain Management Decision Making Among Long-Term Care Physicians and Nurses
  110. The effect of pharmacist education on asthma treatment plans for simulated patients
  111. Comparison of self, physician, and simulated patient ratings of pharmacist performance in a family practice simulator
  112. Exploring design-related bias in clinical studies on receptor genetic polymorphism of hypertension
  113. Long-Term Cost-utility Analysis of a Multidisciplinary Primary Care Diabetes Management Program in Ontario
  114. Patient Adherence to Osteoporosis Medications
  115. The State of Science and Research in Clinical Pharmacy
  116. Patient Compliance
  117. Drug-related problems in elderly general practice patients receiving pharmaceutical care
  118. A randomized trial of mail vs. telephone invitation to a community-based cardiovascular health awareness program for older family practice patients [ISRCTN61739603]
  119. Are Brand-Name and Generic Warfarin Interchangeable? Multiple N-of-1 Randomized, Crossover Trials
  120. The Impact of Reference Pricing of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents on the Use and Costs of Analgesic Drugs
  121. In Response
  122. Attitudes of Women Who are Currently Using or Recently Stopped Estrogen Replacement Therapy With or Without Progestins: Results of the Aware Survey
  123. The Diabetes Continuity of Care Scale: the development and initial evaluation of a questionnaire that measures continuity of care from the patient perspective*
  124. Prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to elderly people
  125. Providing evidence-based information to patients in general practice and pharmacies: what is the acceptability, usefulness and impact on drug use?
  126. Collaboration Between Community Pharmacists and Family Physicians: Lessons Learned from the Seniors Medication Assessment Research Trial
  127. Bupropion versus Selective Serotonin-Reuptake Inhibitors for Treatment of Depression
  128. Promoting Optimal Antibiotic Therapy for Otitis Media Using Commercially Sponsored Evidence-Based Detailing: A Prospective Controlled Trial
  129. Azithromycin-Related Ototoxicity in Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus