Publications by authors named "C Backman"

Background: Care transitions are complex and can make patients vulnerable to adverse events. Poor communication among clinicians, patients, and their caregivers is a critical gap during these periods of transition. Technology solutions such as platform-based patient-clinician digital health interventions (DHIs) can provide support and education to patients.

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Canada's healthcare system is experiencing a health and human resource (HHR) crisis. The available evidence of the scope of the problem and potential solutions, however, is not commensurate with the scale and urgency of the crisis. The use of linked health administrative data to study the health, well-being and work patterns of the health workforce offers critical insights into how the workforce is functioning at a population level.

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Older adults often present with multiple comorbidities and face significant postoperative complications. This study aimed to describe the role of Nurse Practitioner (NP)-led orthogeriatric services in managing hip fracture patients. We conducted a review of health records of older adults with hip and proximal femoral fractures between July 2017 and June 2018, presenting descriptive statistics on patient characteristics, surgical outcomes, and the involvement of orthogeriatric services.

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Objective: To examine transitions to an assisted living facility among community-dwelling older adults who received publicly funded home care services.

Design: Nested case-control study.

Setting And Participants: Linked, population-level health system administrative data were obtained from adults aged 65 years and older who received home care services in Ontario, Canada, from April 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019.

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  • * Out of 56,419 residents analyzed, 17% were on OACs; after 30 days, mortality was slightly higher among OAC users (12.0%) compared to non-users (9.9%), but this difference was not statistically significant.
  • * While OAC use didn't increase 30-day mortality risk, it was associated with a higher risk of major hemorrhage (1.3% vs. 0.8%), suggesting careful consideration is needed when prescribing OACs to frail elderly individuals at
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