Interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaboration (IPC) have been
identified in health education and health care as playing an important role in improving health …

Objective:We sought to assess the impact of the integration of the new roles of primary health
care nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) on patient flow, wait times …

Importance Clinical guidelines advise against routine electrocardiograms (ECG) in low-risk,
asymptomatic patients, but the frequency and impact of such ECGs are unknown. Objective …

Promoting timely and continuous care for people experiencing homelessness has been a
challenge in many jurisdictions, plagued by access barriers and service fragmentation. As part …

Background: Inappropriate health care leads to negative patient experiences, poor health
outcomes and inefficient use of resources. We aimed to conduct a systematic review of …

Analyses of population-based services and surveys in Canada from the early 1990s and early
2000s indicate that younger and middle-aged family physicians carried smaller workloads …

Background Increasing attention has been focused on low-value healthcare services. Through
Choosing Wisely campaigns, routine laboratory testing before low-risk surgery has been …

• Although there is ample evidence that Canadians suffer preventable harm owing to unsafe
care, 52, 53 useful international comparisons focusing on the safety of health care are rare.• …

Importance The association of low-value testing with downstream care and clinical outcomes
among primary care outpatients is unknown to date. Objective To assess the association of …

Importance International nephrology societies advise against nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drug (NSAID) use in patients with hypertension, heart failure, or chronic kidney disease (…