Leptin and adiponectin levels in major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Cao, Y Chen, E Brietzke, D Cha, A Shaukat… - Journal of affective …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives To explore differences in adipokine levels (ie, leptin and adiponectin levels)
between adults with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and healthy controls (HC), and to …

Three nontraditional approaches to improving the capacity, accessibility, and quality of mental health services: An overview

KL Grant, MB Simmons, CG Davey - Psychiatric Services, 2018 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
To provide evidence for wider use of peer workers and other nonprofessionals, the authors
examined three approaches to mental health service provision—peer support worker (PSW) …

Reducing preventable patient transfers from long-term care facilities to emergency departments: a scoping review

KL Grant, DD Lee, I Cheng, GR Baker - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundIn Canada, there were over 60,000 long-term care facility patient transfers to
emergency departments (EDs) in 2014, with up to a quarter of them being potentially …

[HTML][HTML] Future of blockchain in healthcare: potential to improve the accessibility, security and interoperability of electronic health records

S Mehta, K Grant, A Ackery - BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
WHERE ARE WE NOW? Presently, several resources are deployed to augment data
sharing in this imperfect environment, from analogue tasks like faxing and mailing to a …

Artificial intelligence in emergency medicine: surmountable barriers with revolutionary potential

K Grant, A McParland, S Mehta, AD Ackery - Annals of emergency medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence just might be the next major technologic breakthrough to affect health
care delivery, with seemingly endless possibilities for the improvement of patient care and …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating staff risk in the workplace: the use of RFID technology during a COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

S Mehta, K Grant, C Atlin, A Ackery - BMJ health & care informatics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
WHAT IS RFID? Apart from the physical tags attached to persons or objects, there are a
number of components including the antenna (detects the tag), the reader (receives tag …

Throughput interventions to reduce emergency department crowding: a systematic review

KL Grant, CJ Bayley, Z Premji, E Lang… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveEmergency department (ED) throughput efficiency is largely dependent on staffing
and process, and many operational interventions to increase throughput have been …

[HTML][HTML] Personal protective equipment preservation strategies in the covid-19 era: A narrative review

K Grant, JE Andruchow, J Conly, DD Lee… - Infection Prevention in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led to personal protective equipment (PPE)
supply concerns on a global scale. While efforts to increase production are underway in …

[HTML][HTML] Cyberattacks on Canadian health information systems

V Harish, A Ackery, K Grant, T Jamieson, S Mehta - CMAJ, 2023 - Can Med Assoc
E1550 CMAJ| November 20, 2023| Volume 195| Issue 45 to pay the ransom quickly before it
becomes public. Third, health organizations often have a history of underinvesting in IT …

[PDF][PDF] Applications of artificial intelligence in emergency medicine.

K Grant, A McParland - University of Toronto medical journal, 2019 - researchgate.net
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been thought to be the next major technological
breakthrough in healthcare. While proposed applications of AI touch on nearly all aspects of …