E100 CMAJ, January 10, 2012, 184(1) © 2012 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors When students asked the celebrated Sir William Osler about the role of the physician of the day, he is quoted as saying “diagnosis, diagnosis and diagnosis.” Consistent with this, 80% of the 67 original articles in Volume 1 of the Canadian Medical Association Journal related to the description and diagnosis...

BACKGROUND Children with emotional and behavioural disorders should be able to count on receiving care that meets their needs and is based on the best scientific evidence available, however, many do not receive these services. Implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) relies, in part, on the research utilization practices of mental health care providers. This study reports on a survey of ...

J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:524–530. DOI 10.1197/jamia.M2974. Affiliations of the authors: C-HOBIC, Canadian Nurses Association (KJH), Ottawa, ON, Canada; C-HOBIC, Ontario Ministry of Health and LongTerm Care (PAW), Toronto, ON, Canada; Nagle & Associates, Inc. (LMN), Toronto, ON, Canada; Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (DMP), To...

OBJECTIVES In Ontario, Canada, in a cohort of all people initially aged 50-54 years, modeling whether the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) antioxidant supplementation for stage 3 and 4 AMD would decrease the costs of photodynamic treatment with Visudyne. PERSPECTIVE Third party payer, the Ontario Health Insurance Plan. METHODS Using reported risk reductions, prevalence data by age and ...

From Kleinman Biomedical Research, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Elora, Ontario; Canada; McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont...