Academic Title

Dr

Affiliation

University of Auckland

Affiliation Type

Tertiary

Affiliation Country

New Zealand

Research Abstracts

2012

Four out of ten patients are not taking statins regularly during the 12 months after an acute coronary event

Implementing performance improvement in New Zealand emergency departments: The six hour time target policy national research project protocol

Initiation and maintenance of cardiovascular medications following cardiovascular risk assessment in a large primary care cohort: PREDICT CVD-16

Markedly different clustering of CVD risk factors in New Zealand Indian and European people but similar risk scores (PREDICT-14)

New Zealand Diabetes Cohort Study cardiovascular risk score for people with Type 2 diabetes: Validation in the PREDICT cohort

Selection and validation of quality indicators for the Shorter Stays in Emergency Departments National Research Project

2011

Can the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes be estimated from linked national health records? The validity of a method applied in New Zealand

Does Your Heart Forecast help practitioner understanding and confidence with cardiovascular disease risk communication?

Patient preference for autonomy: Does it change as risk rises?

Patients’ preferences for ways to communicate benefits of cardiovascular medication

Sociodemographic differences in prevalence of diagnosed coronary heart disease in New Zealand estimated from linked national health records

Under-utilisation of preventive medication in patients with cardiovascular disease is greatest in younger age groups (PREDICT-CVD 15)

2010

A comparative analysis of cardiovascular disease risk profiles of five Pacific ethnic groups assessed in New Zealand primary care practice: PREDICT CVD-13

A comparative analysis of diabetes prevalence in Pacific peoples and Europeans assessed routinely in primary care [abstract]

A comparative analysis of the cardiovascular disease risk factor profiles of Pacific peoples and Europeans living in New Zealand assessed in routine primary care: PREDICT CVD-11

Acute Predict: A clinician-led cardiovascular disease quality improvement project (Predict-CVD 12)

Equity of access to CVD risk management using electronic clinical decision support in the coronary care unit

Harnessing health IT for improved cardiovascular risk management

Tracking diabetes from linked national health records: Do they agree with primary care diagnoses? [abstract]

‘Your Heart Forecast’: A new approach for describing and communicating cardiovascular risk?

2009

Perspectives of general practitioners towards evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular diseases among older people

Should the first priority in cardiovascular risk management be those with prior cardiovascular disease?

2008

The accuracy of ethnicity data in primary care and its impact on cardiovascular risk assessment and management—PREDICT CVD-8

Gaps in primary care documentation of cardiovascular risk factors

Integrated electronic decision support increases cardiovascular disease risk assessment four fold in routine primary care practice

Patients prefer pictures to numbers to express cardiovascular benefit from treatment

The burden of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in the coronary care unit by age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status - PREDICT CVD-9

The burden of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in the coronary care unit by age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status - PREDICT CVD-9.

2007

The impact of New Zealand CVD risk chart adjustments for family history and ethnicity on eligibility for treatment (PREDICT CVD-5)

Assessing Māori/non-Māori differences in cardiovascular disease risk and risk management in routine primary care practice using web-based clinical decision support: (PREDICT CVD-2)

2006

Web-based assessment of cardiovascular disease risk in routine primary care practice in New Zealand: The first 18,000 patients (PREDICT CVD-1)

Will a web-based cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment programme increase the assessment of CVD risk factors for Māori?

2005

Online management of cardiovascular risk in New Zealand with PREDICT - getting evidence to the “moment of care"