Alan Katz, University of British Columbia

Research

Administrative Data Clinical Research Data Linkage Electronic Medical Records Genomics Health Services Research Population Health Research Social Data

Latest papers

Changes over time in patient visits and continuity of care among graduating cohorts of family physicians in 4 Canadian provinces.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2022
Inappropriate use of clinical practices in Canada: a systematic review
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL · 2022
Assessment of scalability of evidence-based innovations in community-based primary health care: a cross-sectional study
CMAJ Open · 2018

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Primary Care Teams Capacity Estimator (CapEs): Synthesizing evidence and developing the CapEs simulation software to support Canadian primary care policy makers and healthcare planners better reason about primary care team capacity in a time of crisis.
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$148,380
SPOR National Data Platform
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$39,000,000
Validation of Administrative and Primary Care Electronic Medical Record derived Frailty algorithms
CIHR · 2015 · Principal investigator
$114,650

All 6 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Changes over time in patient visits and continuity of care among graduating cohorts of family physicians in 4 Canadian provinces.

Rudoler D, Peterson S, Stock D, Taylor C, Wilton D, Blackie D, Burge F, Glazier RH, Goldsmith L, Grudniewicz A, Hedden L, Jamieson M, Katz A, MacKenzie A, Marshall E, McCracken R, McGrail K, Scott I, Wong ST, Lavergne MR

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2022

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.220439 PMID: 36511867

02

Inappropriate use of clinical practices in Canada: a systematic review

Squires JE, Cho-Young D, Aloisio LD, Bell R, Bornstein S, Brien SE, Decary S, Varin MD, Dobrow M, Estabrooks CA

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL202261 citations

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.211416

03

Assessment of scalability of evidence-based innovations in community-based primary health care: a cross-sectional study

Charif AB, Hassani K, Wong ST, Zomahoun HTV, Fortin M, Freitas A, Katz A, Kendall CE, Liddy C, Nicholson K

CMAJ Open201834 citations

DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180143

04

Alignment of Canadian Primary Care With the Patient Medical Home Model: A QUALICO-PC Study.

Katz A, Herpai N, Smith G, Aubrey-Bassler K, Breton M, Boivin A, Hogg W, Miedema B, Pang J, Wodchis WP, Wong ST

Annals of family medicine2017First author

DOI: 10.1370/afm.2059 PMID: 28483888

Primary Care Teams Capacity Estimator (CapEs): Synthesizing evidence and developing the CapEs simulation software to support Canadian primary care policy makers and healthcare planners better reason about primary care team capacity in a time of crisis.

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr.: Policy Research for HST - IHSPR - Health Care Policy Res./Systems Res.

Principal investigators: Price, Morgan Thomas M; Patterson, Ted

Keywords: Delphi; Primary Care Workforce Capacity Estimation; Simulation; System Dynamics

$148,380

SPOR National Data Platform

Principal investigatorCIHR2018SPOR National Data Platform

Principal investigators: McGrail, Kimberlyn M; Davidson, Heather; Gavin, Frank; Diverty, Brent; Ethier, Jean-Francois; Katz, Alan; McDonald, James T; Schull, Michael J; Walker, Jennifer

Keywords: Administrative Data; Clinical Research; Data Linkage; Electronic Medical Records; Genomics; Health Services Research; Population Health Research; Social Data

$39,000,000

Validation of Administrative and Primary Care Electronic Medical Record derived Frailty algorithms

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant: SPOR PIHCI Network: Quick Strikes

Principal investigators: Wong, Sabrina T; Katz, Alan; Williamson, Tyler

Keywords: Administrative Data; Case Validation; Emr Data; Frailty

$114,650

Transforming CBPHC Delivery through Comprehensive Performance Measurement and Reporting

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Team Grant: Community-Based Primary Healthcare - Full Application

Principal investigators: Wong, Sabrina T; Haggerty, Jeannie L; Hogg, William E

Keywords: Innovations In Cbphc; Interdisciplinary; Link To Administrative Data; Mixed Methods; Multi-Jurisdictional; Organizational Survey; Patient Survey; Performance Measurement; Provider Survey; Vulnerable Populations

$1,986,401

Transforming Community Based Primary Health Care Delivery Through Comprehensive Performance Measurement and Reporting

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Team Grant: Community-Based Primary Healthcare - LOI

Principal investigators: Wong, Sabrina T; Haggerty, Jeannie L; Hogg, William E

Keywords: Complex Vulnerable Patients; Health Delivery Transformation; Performance Measurement; Primary Care; Reporting System

CIHR Team: Integrating primary health care along the cancer care continuum (IPHACCC)

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Planning Grants - PA: Community-based Primary Healthcare

Principal investigators: Mcbride, Mary L

Keywords: Cancer And Primary Care; Cancer Survivor Care; Continuity Of Care; Early Diagnosis; Models Of Care

$24,745

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

Community Health Sciences
Nursing
Family Medicine
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Infectious Diseases
Community Health and Epidemiology
Medicine
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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