Charmaine McPherson

Research

Chronic Disease Management Community-Based Systems Of Care Complex Adaptive Systems Health Policy Research Learning Health Care System Patients With Complex Needs Primary Health Care Small Area Rate Variation

Latest papers

CUP study: protocol for a comparative analysis of centralised waitlist effectiveness, policies and innovations for connecting unattached patients to primary care providers.
BMJ open · 2022
Practice patterns among early-career primary care (ECPC) physicians and workforce planning implications: protocol for a mixed methods study.
BMJ open · 2019
Understanding evidence-informed decision-making: a rural interorganizational breastfeeding network.
BMC health services research · 2019

All 4 publications

Latest funding

The CUP Study: Comparative analysis of centralized waitlist effectiveness, policies, and innovations for Connecting Unattached Patients to primary care providers
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$592,876
Assessing the effect of primary care models and access on unplanned, repeat hospitalizations across communities in Nova Scotia
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$99,987
Enhancing evidence-informed decision making capacity to improve access to collaborative care teams in Nova Scotia
CIHR · 2018 · Supervisor
$35,000

All 5 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

CUP study: protocol for a comparative analysis of centralised waitlist effectiveness, policies and innovations for connecting unattached patients to primary care providers.

Marshall EG, Breton M, Green M, Edwards L, Ayn C, Smithman MA, Ryan Carson S, Ashcroft R, Bayoumi I, Burge F, Deslauriers V, Lawson B, Mathews M, McPherson C, Moritz LR, Nesto S, Stock D, Wong ST, Andrew M

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049686 PMID: 35256440

02

Practice patterns among early-career primary care (ECPC) physicians and workforce planning implications: protocol for a mixed methods study.

Lavergne MR, Goldsmith LJ, Grudniewicz A, Rudoler D, Marshall EG, Ahuja M, Blackie D, Burge F, Gibson RJ, Glazier RH, Hawrylyshyn S, Hedden L, Hernandez-Lee J, Horrey K, Joyce M, Kiran T, MacKenzie A, Mathews M, McCracken R, McGrail K, McKay M, McPherson C, Mitra G, Sampalli T, Scott I, Snadden D, Murphy GT, Wong ST

BMJ open2019

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030477 PMID: 31551384

03

Understanding evidence-informed decision-making: a rural interorganizational breastfeeding network.

Lukeman S, Davies B, McPherson C, Etowa J

BMC health services research2019

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4138-6 PMID: 31133038

04

Understanding the role of communities of practice in evidence-informed decision making in public health.

Meagher-Stewart D, Solberg SM, Warner G, MacDonald JA, McPherson C, Seaman P

Qualitative health research2012

DOI: 10.1177/1049732312438967 PMID: 22378836

The CUP Study: Comparative analysis of centralized waitlist effectiveness, policies, and innovations for Connecting Unattached Patients to primary care providers

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Marshall, Emily G; Breton, Mylaine; Green, Michael E

Keywords: Access; Administrative Data; Centralized Wait List; Deliberative Dialogues; Health Policy; Health Services; Health Services Management; Mixed Methods; Primary Health Care

$592,876

Assessing the effect of primary care models and access on unplanned, repeat hospitalizations across communities in Nova Scotia

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: Transitions in Care - Best and Wise Practices Grants

Principal investigators: Kephart, George; McPherson, Charmaine M; Marshall, Emily G

Keywords: Chronic Disease Management; Community-Based Systems Of Care; Complex Adaptive Systems; Health Policy Research; Learning Health Care System; Patients With Complex Needs; Primary Health Care; Small Area Rate Variation

$99,987

Enhancing evidence-informed decision making capacity to improve access to collaborative care teams in Nova Scotia

SupervisorCIHR2018Health System Impact Fellowships - Doctoral Eastern 1-year

Principal investigators: Lawrence, Logan

Keywords: Access; Health Policy; Health Services Research; Policy Capacity; Primary Health Care

$35,000

Practice patterns among early-career primary care physicians and workforce planning implications: a mixed methods study

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lavergne, Miriam (Ruth) R; Goldsmith, Laurie J; Grudniewicz, Agnieszka; Marshall, Emily G; Rudoler, David

Keywords: Administrative Health Data; Cross-Provincial Comparison; Physician Supply; Primary Care; Qualitative Methods; Workforce Planning

$1,243,124

Advancing Knowledge Translation: Can Community Networks Support the Use of Research and Knowledge in Public Health?

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Knowledge Translation

Principal investigators: Kothari, Anita R

Keywords: Community Health; Knowledge Translation; Mixed Methods; Public Health; Social Network Analysis

$92,988

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
School of Nursing
Community Health and Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kinesiology
Family Medicine
Nursing Sciences
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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