PURPOSE The Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) is Canada’s
first national chronic disease surveillance system based on electronic health record (EHR…

The Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) study is an ongoing prospective
cohort study that recruits pregnant women early in pregnancy and, as of 2012, is following up …

Over the past few decades our medical knowledge has increased. More investigative and
treatment options are available; as a result our patients are living longer and we are dealing …

The development of a pan-Canadian network of primary care research networks for studying
issues in primary care has been the vision of Canadian primary care researchers for many …

Objective To assess primary care providers’ (PCPs’) experiences with, perceptions of, and
desired role in personalized medicine, with a focus on cancer. Design Qualitative study …

Background Primary care provides most of the evidence-based chronic disease prevention
and screening services offered by the healthcare system. However, there remains a gap …

… Dr Manca conceived and designed the study, developed the questionnaires, analyzed
and interpreted the data, organized meetings of the investigators, and wrote the article. Dr …

Background Recruitment is often a difficult and costly part of any human research study.
Social media and other emerging means of mass communication hold promise as means to …

Objective To explore health care provider (HCP) perspectives on the coordination of cancer
care between FPs and cancer specialists. Design Qualitative study using semistructured …

Introduction Sleep-time blood pressure correlates more strongly with adverse cardiovascular
events than does daytime blood pressure. The BedMed trial evaluates whether bedtime …