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Rita McCracken

ResearcherAnesthesiology, Pharmacology and TherapeuticsUniversity of British Columbia

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Rita McCracken

Researcher

Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Health Sciences

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 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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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

Primary care physician characteristics associated with becoming opioid agonist treatment prescribers in British Columbia: a retrospective case-control study.
Harm reduction journal · 2025 · senior author
Informing family physician payment reform in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial, multimethod study.
BMJ open · 2025
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

All 24 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
Opioid tapering: Identifying optimal strategies to reduce adverse events among adults on long-term opioid therapy
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$447,525
Reducing unsafe prescribing of prescription opioid medications to opioid nai¨ve patients
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$481,950

All 4 grants and awards

24 publications.

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

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

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

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

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

"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

Declining Comprehensiveness of Services Delivered by Canadian Family Physicians Is Not Driven by Early-Career Physicians.

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

Annals of family medicine2023

DOI: 10.1370/afm.2945 PMID: 36973051

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Rita McCracken

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

Declining Comprehensiveness of Services Delivered by Canadian Family Physicians Is Not Driven by Early-Career Physicians.

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.

Opioid tapering: Identifying optimal strategies to reduce adverse events among adults on long-term opioid therapy

Reducing unsafe prescribing of prescription opioid medications to opioid nai¨ve patients

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

Frequent collaborators

Lindsay Hedden

Lindsay Hedden

David Rudoler

Alan Katz

Kimberlyn McGrail

Maria Mathews

Aisha Lofters

Aisha Lofters

Jan Klimas

Tara Kiran

Jennifer Rayner

Jennifer Rayner

Jennifer Shuldiner

Michelle Greiver

Danielle Martin

Cheyenne Johnson

Mina Tadrous

Tara Gomes

Simon Berthelot

Dimitra Panagiotoglou

J Michael Paterson

Alexander Singer

Derelie A Mangin

Kerry McBrien

Jennifer Rayner

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Laura Desveaux

Yoav Keynan

Stephanie Garies

Claire Johnson

Brianne Wood

Braden O’Neill

Wade Thompson

Sarah Simkin

Kevin Patrick

Caroline Jose

Julie Easley

Lindsay Hedden

David Rudoler

Brendan Barrett