IHSPR-CAHSPR Article of the Year Award Recipient 2024

The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR) and Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) are pleased to announce that Dr. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw has received the 2024 IHSPR-CAHSPR Article of the Year (AOTY) Award for her article:

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, MD, PhD; Christine Salahub, PhD; Peter C. Austin, PhD; et al. Virtual Visits With Own Family Physician vs Outside Family Physician and Emergency Department Use. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(12):e2349452. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.49452

This award recognizes published research that has significantly contributed to the advancement of the field of health services and policy research (HSPR) in Canada. Articles were selected for their relevance to HSPR, as well as for the extent to which they showed a clear impact (or potential impact) on policy, practice, or health outcomes. Recipients are honoured with an award of $10,000 and a Certificate of Excellence, as well as an opportunity to present their work at the CAHSPR HSPR Talks Webinar.

Dr. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. At the University Health Network, she is a Scientist, General Internal Medicine physician, and the Research Director of the nascent Seniors Emergency Medicine Centre. She an Adjunct Scientist at ICES. Working closely with patients, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers, she leads research into the quality of physician care in and out of hospital.

In her winning article, Dr. Lapointe-Shaw and team explore whether Ontario residents’ emergency department usage differed after a virtual visit with their own family physician vs. an outside physician.

The results indicate that patients who had a virtual visit with an outside physician were 66% more likely to visit the emergency department within 7 days compared with those who had a virtual visit with their own physician.

Overall, Dr. Lapointe-Shaw’s findings suggest that primary care virtual visits may be best with an existing clinical relationship.

Top 10 Articles of the 2024 Year

The IHSPR-CAHSPR AOTY competition received an impressive number of high-ranking submissions this year. We are thrilled to present the Top 10 articles (published in 2023) in recognition of the exemplary work led by the HSPR community.

The Associations of Prescription Drug Insurance and Cost-Sharing With Drug Use, Health Services Use, and Health: A Systematic Review of Canadian Studies [ PDF (1.04 MB) - external link ]

G. Emmanuel Guindon et al.

Cost-effectiveness of pharmacogenomic-guided treatment for major depression

Shahzad Ghanbarian et al.

Long-term Outcomes Following Active Surveillance of Low-grade Prostate Cancer: A Population-based Study Using a Landmark Approach

Narhari Timilshina et al.

Prevalence and characteristics of anti-Indigenous bias among Albertan physicians: a cross-sectional survey and framework analysis [ PDF (695 KB) - external link ]

Pamela Roach et al.

Comparison of Medical and Mental Health Sequelae Following Hospitalization for COVID-19, Influenza, and Sepsis

Kieran Quinn et al.

Self-Management Support Using Advertising Principles for Older Adults With Low Income at High Cardiovascular Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial

David Campbell et al.

Clinical and economic impact of a community-based, hybrid model of in-person and virtual care in a Canadian rural setting: a cross-sectional population-based comparative study

Jonathan Fitzsimon et al.

Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment for Pediatric Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Armaan Maholtra et al.

Factors associated with recurrent emergency department visits among people living with dementia: A retrospective cohort study

Aaron Jones et al.

Population-based evaluation of the effectiveness of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir for reducing hospital admissions and mortality from COVID-19

Kevin Schwartz et al.

Date modified:

2024-05-27