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Rita McCracken

ResearcherDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & TherapeuticsUniversity of British Columbia

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Rita McCracken

Researcher

Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Academic Detailing Behavioural Nudges Decision Support Tool Health Administrative Data Opioid Overdose Opioid Use Disorder/Addiction Peer Comparison Letter Public Health

Latest papers

Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings
BMJ Open · 2025
Changing primary care capacity in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study
BMJ Open · 2025
Designed for simplicity, used for complexity: The systemic pressures shaping walk-in clinic practices and outcomes
PLoS ONE · 2025

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Changing primary care capacity in Canada (4C): A cross-provincial mixed methods study to inform workforce planning
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,041,430
Informing family physician payment reform: a cross-provincial, multi-method study
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$792,330
Canadian ADAptive Platform Trial of COVID-19 Therapeutics in Community Settings (Can-ADAPT COVID)
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$5,000,000

All 15 grants and awards

24 publications.

Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings

Hosseini B, Condon A, da Costa BR, Daley P, Greiver M, Jüni P, Lee TC, McBrien K, McDonald EG, Murthy S

BMJ Open20256 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097134

Changing primary care capacity in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study

Lavergne MR, Easley J, Grudniewicz A, Hedden L, McDonald T, Rudoler D, Sauré A, Correia RH, Dufour É, Gallant F

BMJ Open20251 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099302

Designed for simplicity, used for complexity: The systemic pressures shaping walk-in clinic practices and outcomes

Terpou BA, Lapointe-Shaw L, Wang R, Martin D, Tadrous M, Bhatia S, Shuldiner J, Berthelot S, Thakkar N, McBrien K

PLoS ONE2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0325793

Primary care physician characteristics associated with becoming opioid agonist treatment prescribers in British Columbia: a retrospective case-control study.

Panagiotoglou D, Peterson S, Lavergne MR, Gomes T, Chadha R, Johnson C, McCracken R

Harm reduction journal2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01261-5 PMID: 40563109

Informing family physician payment reform in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial, multimethod study.

Hedden L, Grudniewicz A, Katz A, Lavergne MR, McDonald T, Rudoler D, Austin N, Halas G, Spencer S, Thelen R, Mathews M, McCracken R, McGrail K, Shiplett H, Strumpf EC

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103894 PMID: 40541439

Evaluating the cost of NP-led vs. GP-led primary care in British Columbia.

Contandriopoulos D, Bertoni K, McCracken R, Hedden L, Lavergne R, Randhawa GK

Healthcare management forum2024

DOI: 10.1177/08404704241229075 PMID: 38291669

Up-to-date on cancer screening among Ontario patients seen by walk-in clinic physicians: A retrospective cohort study

Lofters A, Salahub C, Austin PC, Bai L, Berthelot S, Bhatia RS, Desveaux L, Ivers NM, Kiran T, Maclure M

Preventive Medicine202316 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107537

Rates of overtreatment and deprescribing of antihyperglycemics among long-term care residents in British Columbia.

Pan J, Tejani A, Logan A, Brodoway H, Shukla K, Son M, Khosla K, Moradi A, Drummond I, McCarthy LM, Lega IC, McCracken R, Thompson W

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2023

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18377 PMID: 37070246

Productivity Decline or Administrative Avalanche? Examining Factors That Shape Changing Workloads in Primary Care.

Lavergne R, Peterson S, Rudoler D, Scott I, Mccracken R, Mitra G, Katz A

Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante2023

DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27152 PMID: 37695712

"I'm almost opioid-a-phobic": family medicine residents' perceptions of enhancing opioid analgesic and agonist treatment training in a Canadian setting.

Narayan S, Brath H, Di Marco D, Maclure M, McCracken R, Klimas J

Education for primary care : an official publication of the Association of Course Organisers, National Association of GP Tutors, World Organisation of Family Doctors2023

DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2023.2204310 PMID: 37159547

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Rita McCracken

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Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings

Changing primary care capacity in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study

Designed for simplicity, used for complexity: The systemic pressures shaping walk-in clinic practices and outcomes

Primary care physician characteristics associated with becoming opioid agonist treatment prescribers in British Columbia: a retrospective case-control study.

Informing family physician payment reform in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial, multimethod study.

Evaluating the cost of NP-led vs. GP-led primary care in British Columbia.

Up-to-date on cancer screening among Ontario patients seen by walk-in clinic physicians: A retrospective cohort study

Rates of overtreatment and deprescribing of antihyperglycemics among long-term care residents in British Columbia.

Productivity Decline or Administrative Avalanche? Examining Factors That Shape Changing Workloads in Primary Care.

"I'm almost opioid-a-phobic": family medicine residents' perceptions of enhancing opioid analgesic and agonist treatment training in a Canadian setting.

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