Publications by authors named "K Y Sivjee"
Background: Pulmonologists provide quality care, however, their number is not adequate to take care of all the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) needs of the population and their services come with a cost. Their optimal role should be defined, ideally based on evidence, to ensure that their abilities are applied most efficiently where needed.
Objective: To determine if concomitant pulmonologist and primary care physician care after COPD hospital or emergency department discharge was associated with better health outcomes than primary care services alone.
Introduction: The aim of this practice guideline was to develop evidence-based recommendations for screening high-risk populations for lung cancer.
Methods: The guideline was developed using the methods of Cancer Care Ontario's Program in Evidence-Based Care. The core methodology of the Program in Evidence-Based Care's guideline development process is systematic review.
Background: One in seven pages are sent to the wrong physician and may result in unnecessary delays that potentially threaten patient safety. The authors aimed to implement a new team-based paging process to reduce pages sent to the wrong physician.
Methods: The authors redesigned the paging process on general internal medicine (GIM) wards at a Canadian academic medical centre by implementing a standardised team-based paging process (pages directed to one physician responsible for receiving pages on behalf of the entire physician team) using rapid-cycle change methods.