Grant Innes, University of Alberta

Research

Emergency Medicine Health Equity Health Services Research Indigenous Health Population And Public Health Priority Populations

Latest papers

Accountability frameworks: A critical evolution in healthcare.
Healthcare management forum · 2025 · first author
Does pain severity predict stone characteristics or outcomes in emergency department patients with acute renal colic?
The American journal of emergency medicine · 2021 · senior author
Sex-related differences in opioid administration in the emergency department: a population-based study.
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2021 · senior author

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Equity in Emergency Department Utilization in Alberta for Priority Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring Impacts of Changes to Healthcare and Healthcare Utilization through Administrative Data Analysis and Nominal Group Techniques
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$93,837
Knowledge synthesis and update in interventions to reduce ED overcrowding.
CIHR · 2008 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 2 grants and awards

17 publications.

01

Accountability frameworks: A critical evolution in healthcare.

Innes G

Healthcare management forum2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704241290794 PMID: 39460457

02

Does pain severity predict stone characteristics or outcomes in emergency department patients with acute renal colic?

Gourlay K, Splinter G, Hayward J, Innes G

The American journal of emergency medicine2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.02.049 PMID: 33647760

03

Sex-related differences in opioid administration in the emergency department: a population-based study.

Lau T, Hayward J, Vatanpour S, Innes G

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2020-210215 PMID: 33853938

04

Patient care accountability frameworks: the key to success for our healthcare system.

Atkinson P, Innes G

CJEM2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-020-00059-7 PMID: 33959923

05

Lorazepam Versus Diazepam in the Management of Emergency Department Patients With Alcohol Withdrawal.

Scheuermeyer FX, Miles I, Lane DJ, Grunau B, Grafstein E, Sljivic I, Duley S, Yan A, Chiu I, Kestler A, Barbic D, Moe J, Slaunwhite A, Nolan S, Ti L, Innes G

Annals of emergency medicine2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.05.029 PMID: 32736932

06

Low High-Sensitivity Troponin Thresholds Identify Low-Risk Patients With Chest Pain Unlikely to Benefit From Further Risk Stratification.

Andruchow JE, Boyne T, Innes G, Vatanpour S, Seiden-Long I, Wang D, Lang E, McRae AD

CJC open2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2019.08.002 PMID: 32159123

07

Emergency Department Patients With a Prolonged Corrected QT Interval Do Not Have Increased Thirty-day Mortality.

Scheuermeyer FX, Innes G, Grafstein E, Chard R, Vandenberg S, Cheyne J, Cheyne R, Christenson J, Grunau B, Barbic D, Smith SW

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine2019

DOI: 10.1111/acem.13702 PMID: 30697877

08

Accountability: A magic bullet for emergency care delays and healthcare access blocks.

Innes G

Healthcare management forum2018First author

DOI: 10.1177/0840470418764188 PMID: 30133314

09

Limitations of pulmonary embolism ICD-10 codes in emergency department administrative data: let the buyer beware.

Burles K, Innes G, Senior K, Lang E, McRae A

BMC medical research methodology2017

DOI: 10.1186/s12874-017-0361-1 PMID: 28595574

10

Undetectable Concentrations of a Food and Drug Administration–approved High‐sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Assay to Rule Out Acute Myocardial Infarction at Emergency Department Arrival

McRae AD, Innes G, Graham M, Lang E, Andruchow JE, Ji Y, Vatanpour S, Abedin T, Yang H, Southern DA

Academic Emergency Medicine201737 citations

DOI: 10.1111/acem.13229

Equity in Emergency Department Utilization in Alberta for Priority Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring Impacts of Changes to Healthcare and Healthcare Utilization through Administrative Data Analysis and Nominal Group Techniques

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: McLane, Patrick; Henderson, Rita I; Innes, Grant D; Lang, Eddy S; Rosychuk, Rhonda J

Keywords: Emergency Medicine; Health Equity; Health Services Research; Indigenous Health; Population And Public Health; Priority Populations

$93,837

Knowledge synthesis and update in interventions to reduce ED overcrowding.

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Knowledge Synthesis Grant

Principal investigators: Rowe, Brian H

Keywords: Emergency Medicine; Knowledge Translation; Overcrowding; Systematic Reviews; Updating

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Emergency Medicine
Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pathology & Molecular Medicine
School of Population and Public Health
Other

Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Grant Innes

Emergency Medicine

12 shared papers, latest 2025

Eddy Lang

Emergency Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 2019

Maria Ospina

Obstetrics and Gynecology

4 shared papers, latest 2012

Brian Grunau

Emergency Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Peter Kavsak

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2017

Eric Grafstein

Emergency Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Andrew Kestler

Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Brian Holroyd

Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2011

Amanda Slaunwhite

School of Population and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Jessica Moe

Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Andrew McRae

Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2017

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Emergency Medicine Dear Professor Innes, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Accountability frameworks: A critical evolution in healthcare." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Equity in Emergency Department Utilization in Alberta for Priority Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring Impacts of Changes to Healthcare and Healthcare Utilization through Administrative Data Analysis and Nominal Group Techniques" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Grant Innes

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Accountability frameworks: A critical evolution in healthcare.

Does pain severity predict stone characteristics or outcomes in emergency department patients with acute renal colic?

Sex-related differences in opioid administration in the emergency department: a population-based study.

Patient care accountability frameworks: the key to success for our healthcare system.

Lorazepam Versus Diazepam in the Management of Emergency Department Patients With Alcohol Withdrawal.

Low High-Sensitivity Troponin Thresholds Identify Low-Risk Patients With Chest Pain Unlikely to Benefit From Further Risk Stratification.

Emergency Department Patients With a Prolonged Corrected QT Interval Do Not Have Increased Thirty-day Mortality.

Accountability: A magic bullet for emergency care delays and healthcare access blocks.

Limitations of pulmonary embolism ICD-10 codes in emergency department administrative data: let the buyer beware.

Undetectable Concentrations of a Food and Drug Administration–approved High‐sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Assay to Rule Out Acute Myocardial Infarction at Emergency Department Arrival

Equity in Emergency Department Utilization in Alberta for Priority Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring Impacts of Changes to Healthcare and Healthcare Utilization through Administrative Data Analysis and Nominal Group Techniques

Knowledge synthesis and update in interventions to reduce ED overcrowding.

Frequent collaborators

Grant Innes

Eddy Lang

Maria Ospina

Brian Grunau

Jake Hayward

Peter Kavsak

Eric Grafstein

Andrew Kestler

Lianping Ti

Brian Holroyd

Amanda Slaunwhite

Jessica Moe

Seonaid Nolan

Andrew McRae