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Erin Keely

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Full ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Erin Keely

Full Professor

Department of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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37 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2016.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2013.

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138

Publications

1,162

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Research

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Electronic Consultation Primary Care Econsult Improving Access Patient Experience Patient-Centered Patient-Reported Outcomes Quality Of Care

Latest papers

Improving Specialty Care Access in Ontario Through Triaging Referrals to eConsult (TReC): A RE-AIM Evaluation.
Studies in health technology and informatics · 2026
Examination of Plastic Surgery Clinical Questions and Responses via an Electronic Consultation (eConsult) Service.
Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2026
Increased access to pediatric specialist healthcare using eConsult: A retrospective observational cohort and case-control study.
Paediatrics & child health · 2025

All 138 publications

Latest funding

Piloting the EAGER trial: Expectant management versus induction At 38 weeks among individuals with GEstational diabetes mellitus - a Randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$569,926
AHEAD with eConsult: Advancing Health Equity and Access to specialist care for persons with lived and living experience of Dementia
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$745,800
Improving access to specialized care for patients with frailty through eConsult
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator

All 11 grants and awards

138 publications.

Improving Specialty Care Access in Ontario Through Triaging Referrals to eConsult (TReC): A RE-AIM Evaluation.

O'Dwyer B, Keely E, Goldbloom EB, Lai L, El Bilali K, Mukerji G

Studies in health technology and informatics2026

DOI: 10.3233/shti260011 PMID: 41685469

Examination of Plastic Surgery Clinical Questions and Responses via an Electronic Consultation (eConsult) Service.

Market M, Dinh V, Goulet D, Liddy C, Keely E, Cheung K

Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.)2026

DOI: 10.1177/22925503251327932 PMID: 40191269

Increased access to pediatric specialist healthcare using eConsult: A retrospective observational cohort and case-control study.

Lai L, Roubos S, Radhakrishnan D, Benchimol EI, Wang X, Matai L, Keely E, Liddy C, Murto K

Paediatrics & child health2025

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxae047 PMID: 40599661

Specialists accessing specialty advice: Evaluating utilization, benefits, and impact of care of an e-consultation service.

Keely E, Guglani S, Mitchell E, Sethuram C, Afkham A, Liddy C

Journal of telemedicine and telecare2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/1357633x231211352 PMID: 37936407

Utility of eConsult to enhance delivery of cancer genetic services and identify hereditary cancer knowledge gaps in primary care.

Rusnak A, Goulet D, Morrison S, Champagne M, Keely E, Liddy C, Carroll JC

Genetics in medicine open2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.gimo.2025.103422 PMID: 40342337

The Utilization of Electronic Consultations (eConsults) to Address Emerging Questions Related to Long COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada: Mixed Methods Analysis.

Singh J, Quon M, Goulet D, Keely E, Liddy C

JMIR human factors2025

DOI: 10.2196/58582 PMID: 40019816

Specialists Triaging Referrals to eConsult: a feasibility study including acceptability and impact of providing advice on primary health care providers.

Ali R, Mukerji G, Humphrey-Murto S, Liddy C, Lochnan H, Keely E

BMC health services research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12346-z PMID: 39910520

Ontario Primary Care Practitioners and Access to Ophthalmologists Through Electronic Consultation.

Britton JJL, Tsang A, Keely E, Liddy C

Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2025

DOI: 10.2147/opth.s549183 PMID: 41368297

Examining Differences in Utilization of the Ontario eConsult Service in Rural Versus Urban Settings: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis.

Liddy C, Guglani S, Nawar N, Keely E

Journal of primary care & community health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/21501319251354830 PMID: 40668209

Triage to Advice Only for Referring Providers: A Pilot Project Using Formal Consensus Methods to Establish Appropriate Patients for Electronic Consultations.

Lochnan H, Mukerji G, Keely E, Tran C, Humphrey-Murto S

AACE endocrinology and diabetes2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.aed.2025.08.002 PMID: 41467135

Piloting the EAGER trial: Expectant management versus induction At 38 weeks among individuals with GEstational diabetes mellitus - a Randomized controlled trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Walker, Mark C; Asztalos, Elizabeth V; El-Chaar, Darine; Feig, Denice S; Fergusson, Dean A

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Expectant Management; Gestational Diabetes Mellitus; Induction Of Labour; Pilot Study; Randomized Controlled Trial

$569,926

AHEAD with eConsult: Advancing Health Equity and Access to specialist care for persons with lived and living experience of Dementia

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op Gr.: Eval. of Dementia Programs, Services, & Care Models - Stream 1 - General

Principal investigators: Karunananthan, Sathya; Godard-Sebillotte, Claire; Iroanyah, Ngozi F; Liddy, Clare E

Keywords: Access To Care; Dementia; Electronic Consultation; Equity; Long Term Care; Primary Care

$745,800

Improving access to specialized care for patients with frailty through eConsult

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - PA: CMA Foundation - Virtual Care

Principal investigators: Liddy, Clare E; Jarrett, Pamela; Vedel, Isabelle

Keywords: Access To Care; Aging; Dementia; Digital Health; Econsult; Equity; Frailty; Long Term Care; Primary Care; Specialist Services

Connection to Perinatal Care for the Management of Maternal Non-Communicable Diseases: The CONNECT Project

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: El-Chaar, Darine; Fell, Deshayne B

Keywords: Chronic Disease; Maternal Health; Maternal Morbidity; Perinatal Epidemiology; Pregnancy

$100,000

Improving Access to Specialist Care through eConsult for Patients Living with Chronic Pain

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Liddy, Clare E; Ahmed, Sara; Buckley, David N; Singer, Alexander G; Visca, Regina

Keywords: Access To Care; Chronic Pain; Electronic Consultation; Implementation Science; Primary Care; Wait Times

$1,129,141

Putting patients first: A national patient-centered evaluation of electronic consultations to improve access to specialists

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Liddy, Clare E; Archibald, Douglas B; Bello, Aminu; Fairclough, Lee; Horsley, Tanya A; Keely, Erin J; Kossey, Sandi; Kuziemsky, Craig E; Lai, Lillian; Mitera, Gunita; Tuot, Delphine

Keywords: Econsult; Electronic Consultation; Improving Access; Patient Experience; Patient-Centered; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Primary Care; Quality Of Care; Randomized Controlled Trial

$100,000

Building Access to Specialist Care for remote, rural populations through eConsultation (BASE).

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Liddy, Clare E; Affleck, Ewan; Bello, Aminu; Ireland, Laurie; Keely, Erin J; Macdonald, Susan M; Samis, Stephen M

Keywords: Econsult; Ehealth; Electronic Consultation; Improving Access; Primary Care; Sustainability

$350,000

Building Access to Specialist Care through eConsultation ( BASE)

Nominated PICIHR2014Operating Grant: Knowledge to Action

Principal investigators: Keely, Erin J; King, Ben; Liddy, Clare E

Keywords: Access To Care; Electronic Consultation; Mental Health; Primary Care; Referral; Spinal Cord Injury; Wait Time Management

$200,000

The role of proprotein convertase 4 and pregnancy-associated plasma protein A2 at the maternal-placental-fetal axis in obese and gestational diabetic pregnancies

SupervisorCIHR2013CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Ferraro, Zach

Keywords: Gestational Diabetes; Insulin-Like Growth Factors; Macrosomia; Molecular Endocrinology; Obesity; Placenta

$110,000

Advancing Primary Healthcare for persons living with HIV in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Team Grant: Community-Based Primary Healthcare - HIV Comorbidity Research

Principal investigators: Liddy, Clare E; Caetano, Patricia A; Mcgee, Frank; Asghari, Shabnam; Becker, Marissa; Kaposy, Christopher P; Rourke, Sean B

Keywords: Access To Care; Chronic Disease Management; Cohort Study; Complex Chronic Conditions; Electronic Health Tools; Hiv; Integrated Care; Primary Care; Primary Healthcare; Self-Management Support

$2,498,494

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

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Erin Keely

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Improving Specialty Care Access in Ontario Through Triaging Referrals to eConsult (TReC): A RE-AIM Evaluation.

Examination of Plastic Surgery Clinical Questions and Responses via an Electronic Consultation (eConsult) Service.

Increased access to pediatric specialist healthcare using eConsult: A retrospective observational cohort and case-control study.

Specialists accessing specialty advice: Evaluating utilization, benefits, and impact of care of an e-consultation service.

Utility of eConsult to enhance delivery of cancer genetic services and identify hereditary cancer knowledge gaps in primary care.

The Utilization of Electronic Consultations (eConsults) to Address Emerging Questions Related to Long COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada: Mixed Methods Analysis.

Specialists Triaging Referrals to eConsult: a feasibility study including acceptability and impact of providing advice on primary health care providers.

Ontario Primary Care Practitioners and Access to Ophthalmologists Through Electronic Consultation.

Examining Differences in Utilization of the Ontario eConsult Service in Rural Versus Urban Settings: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis.

Triage to Advice Only for Referring Providers: A Pilot Project Using Formal Consensus Methods to Establish Appropriate Patients for Electronic Consultations.

Frequent collaborators

Clare Liddy

Janine Malcolm

Douglas Archibald

Mary Doyle

Sathya Karunananthan

Alexander Singer

Mylaine Breton

Lillian Lai

Celeste Fung

Catherine Smyth

Elizabeth Asztalos

George Tomlinson

Isabelle Gaboury

Geetha Mukerji

Marie-Pierre Gagnon

Mark Walker

Catherine Hudon

Regina Visca

Kellie Murphy

Dhenuka Radhakrishnan

Stephanie Thompson

Amel Arnaout

Dora Liu

Jay Mercer

Natalia McInnes

Braden Manns

Monica Taljaard

Marcello Tonelli

Brenda Hemmelgarn

Marcello Tonelli

Ally Prebtani

Eva Grunfeld

Claire Kendall

Dawn Stacey

Sandra Dunn

Shereen Ezzat

Mike Tierney

Aliya Khan

Jason Brophy

Sarah McDonald