PAST PUBLICATIONS
2019
Sheikh H, Sunstein CR. Respecting autonomy: "Information first, then opinion" is more effective than "opinion first, then information". Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 2019;3(2), 5-10. Available here: https://sabeconomics.org/documents/respecting-autonomy-information-first-then-opinion-is-more-effective-than-opinion-first-then-information/
Mintzes B, Fabbri A, Grundy Q, Spurling GKP, Lexchin J, McKenzie JE, Bero L. Information and promotional strategies by pharmaceutical companies for clinicians. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD013423. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013423.
Sheikh H. CAEP Position Statement on Dental Care in Canada.
McDonald M, Lavelle C, Wen M, Sherbino J, Hulme J. The state of health advocacy training in postgraduate medical education: a scoping review. Medical Education 2019. doi: 10.1111/medu.13929.
Kumar T, Sheikh H. CAEP Statement Re: Universal Pharmacare. September 5, 2019.
Lexchin J. Re: should national pharmacare apply a value-based insurance design. CMAJ 2019.
Collier A, Marton G, Chun S, Nijssen-Jordan C, Bartels SA, Pulfrey S, Lang E, Schull M, Landes M, Johnson K. CAEP 2018 Academic Symposium: Recommendations for developing and supporting Global Emergency Medicine in Canadian academic emergency departments and divisions. CJEM 2019;21(5):600–606.
Lexchin J. Leave the patchwork for the quilts: the case for pharmacare. The Conversation. August 25, 2019.
Lexchin J. Health Canada and big pharma: too close for comfort. The Conversation. July 12, 2019.
Puchalski Ritchie LM, van Lettow M, Pham B, et al. What interventions are effective in improving uptake and retention of HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women and their infants in prevention of mother to child transmission care programmes in low-income and middle-income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2019;9:e024907. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2018-024907
Lexchin J. Choosing Wisely Canada needs to start helping doctors to understand how commercial influences affect their prescribing. Healthcare Papers 2019;18(1):30-34
Lexchin J. Financial conflicts of interest of clinicians making submissions to the pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review: a descriptive study. BMJ Open 2019;9:e030750. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-030750
Gorfinkel I, Lexchin J. Enabling patient portals to access primary care medical records: maximizing collaboration in care between patients and providers. Healthcare Policy 2019;14(4):21-27
Elfassy, MD, Danho S, Adibfar A, Lexchin J. Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications: what the Canadian medical trainee needs to know. Canadian Medical Education Journal 2019;10(3):E113-E116
Thindwa D, Landes M, Lettow Mv, Kanyemba A, Nkhoma E, Phiri H, et al. (2019) Pregnancy intention and contraceptive use among HIV-positive Malawian women at 4-26 weeks postpartum: A nested cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 14(4): e0215947. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215947
Lexchin J, Menkes DB. Can direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs be effectively regulated? New Zealand Journal of Medicine 2019;132:59-65.
Landes M, van Lettow M, Nkhoma E, Tippett Barr B, Truwah Z, Shouten E, Jahn A, Auld A, Kalua T, van Oosterhout J. Low detectable postpartum viral load is associated with HIV transmission in Malawi’s prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme (2019) Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22:e25290.
Landes M, Pfaff C, Zerihun M, Wondimagegn, SodhiS, Rouleau K, Kidd M. Calling non-governmental organisations to strengthen primary health care: Lessons following Alma-Ata. (2019) African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineISSN: (Online) 2071-2936, (Print) 2071-2928
Kwok, E., Perry, J., Mondoux, S., & Chartier, L. An environmental scan of quality improvement and patient safety activities in emergency medicine in Canada. CJEM, 1-7. doi:10.1017/cem.2019.16
Khan Y, Tracey S, O’Sullivan T, Gournis E, Johnson I. Retiring the Flip Phones: Exploring Social Media Use for Managing Public Health Incidents. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2019 Jun 20:1-9. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2018.147. [Epub ahead of print]
Chartier, L., Mondoux, S., Stang, A. et al. How do emergency departments and emergency leaders catalyze positive change through quality improvement collaborations? CJEM, 1-8. doi:10.1017/cem.2019.25
Braillon A, Lexchin J. Innovation and off-label use, the French case and more. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2019.
Lexchin J. Declarations of interest by members of Health Canada’s
special advisory committees and panels: a descriptive study. CMAJ OPEN. 2019;7(2).
Lexchin J. Pharmaceutical Industry-Initiated Postapproval Studies- Not Requested by the US FDA, Little Value, and Many Questions. JAMA Network Open. 2019;2(5):e193392.
Puchalski Ritchie L, Debebe F, Azazh A. Barriers to and facilitators of the development and utilization of context appropriate evidence based clinical algorithms to optimize clinical care and patient outcomes in the Tikur Anbessa emergency department: a multi-component qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research. 2019 19:181.
Lexchin J. Increase in drug spending in Canada due to extension of data protection for biologics: a descriptive study. Healthcare Policy 2019;14(3):10-18.
Lexchin J, Herder M, Doshi P. Canada finally opens up data on new drugs and devices: Other regulators should take note of Health Canada’s substantive reforms. BMJ 2019;365:l1825 doi: 10.1136/bmj.l1825
Bryan J. Trust me, I'm a doctor: Public trust in the Information Age. CMAJ. Published on: 14 April 2019.
Braillon A, Lexchin J, Blumsohn A, Hengartner MP. Pharmaceuticalisation of life. BMJ. Posted on-line April 10, 2019.
Lexchin J. RE: New CMAJ policy on competing interests in guidelines. Published on-line April 3, 2019.
Groot E, Caturay A, Khan Y, Copes R. A systematic review of the health impacts of occupational exposure to wildland fires. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health 2019;32(2):121 – 140
Torka M, Mintzes B, Bhasale A, Fabbri A, Perry L, Lexchin J. Secret safety warnings on medicines: a case study of information access requests. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2019;DOI: 10.1002/pds.4762
Lexchin J. Federal budget: A Canadian Drug Agency and rare disease funding are not enough. The Conversation. March 20, 2019.
Lexchin J. Association between commercial funding of Canadian patient groups and their views about funding of medicines: an observational study. PLoS One 2019;14:e0212399.
Lexchin J. How Big Pharma’s free samples encourage your doctor to prescribe more expensive drugs. The Conversation. February 10, 2019.
Lee DS, Lee JS, Schull MJ, Borgundvaag B, Edmonds ML, Ivankovic M, McLeod SL, Dreyer JF, Sabbah S, Levy PD, O’Neill T, Chong A, Stukel TA, Austin PC, Tu JV. Prospective Validation of the Emergency Heart Failure Mortality Risk Grade for Acute Heart Failure. Circulation. 2019;139:1146–1156.
Laytin Ad, Azazh A, Girma B, Debebe F, Beza L, Seid H, Landes M, Wytsma J, Reynolds TA. Mixed methods process evaluation of pilot implementation of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine trauma data project protocol in Ethiopia. 2019 African Journal of Emergency Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2019.01.009
Bavli I, Lexchin J. Why Big Pharma must dislocse payments to patient groups. The Conversation. January 14, 2019.
Ågotnes G, McGregor MJ, Lexchin J, Doupe MB, Müller B, Harrington C. An international mapping of medical care in nursing homes. Health Services Insights 2019;12:1-12
O’Brien T, Ivers N, Bhattacharyya O, Calzavara A, Pus L, Mukerji G, Friedman SM, Abrams H, Stanaitis I, Hawker GA, Pariser P. A multifaceted primary care practice-based intervention to reduce ED visits and hospitalization for complex medical patients: A mixed methods study. PLoS ONE. 2019; 14(1): e0209241. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209241
Delaigue S, Bonnardot L, Steichen O, Garcia DM, Venugopal R, Saint-Sauveur JF, Wootton R. Seven years of telemedicine in Médecins Sans Frontières demonstrate that offering direct specialist expertise in the frontline brings clinical and educational value. J Glob Health. 2018 Dec;8(2):020414.
Lexchin J. Health Canada’s use of its Notice of Compliance with Conditions drug approval policy: a retrospective cohort analysis. International Journal of Health Services 2018.