Publications

Publications

- Chima S, Hunter B, Martinez-Gutierrez J, Lumsden N, Nelson C, Boyle D, Somasundaram K, Manski-Nankervis JA, Emery J Implementation of a Quality Improvement and Clinical Decision Support Tool for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care: Process Evaluation JMIR Cancer 2025;11:e65461 doi: 10.2196/65461 PMID: 40505100
- Lei, S., Venning, B., Pearce, A., Lee, A. and Emery, J (2024). Patterns of Diagnostic Testing for Oesophagogastric Cancer-Related Symptoms in Australian General Practice. British Journal of General Practice 2024; 74 (745): e517-e526. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0583
- Meena Rafiq, Jasper de Boer, Jasmine Mar, Jayesh Desai, Susie Bae, David E Gyorki, Claudia Di Bella, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Jeremy H Lewin and Jon Emery (2024). Clinical activity in general practice before sarcoma diagnosis: an Australian cohort study. British Journal of General Practice 2024; 74 (745): e508-e516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0610
- Rafiq M, Drosdowsky A,Solomon B, et al. (2024) Trends in primary care blood tests prior to lung and colorectal cancer diagnosis—A retrospective cohort study using linked Australian data. Cancer Medicine. 2024;13:e70006. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70006
- Lee, A., McCarthy, D., Bergin, RJ., Drosdowsky, A., Martinez Gutierrez, J., Kearney, C., Philip, S., Rafiq, M., Venning, B., Wawryk, O., Zhang, J., Emery, K., Data Resource Profile: Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Data Connect, International Journal of Epidemiology, 2023;, dyad148, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyad148
- Schrader S, Rafiq M, Martinez-Gutierrez J, Waterhouse M, Lee B, Neale RE, Emery J. Decision support tools for pancreatic cancer detection: external validation in Australian primary care — a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice. February 2026; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0328
- Neale RE, Jordan SJ, Thompson B, Bernardes CM, Adams J, Baggoley C, Barreto SG, Baxter CM, Croagh D, Devereaux B, Emery J, Collins LG, Gilhotra R, Grogan P, Hourigan L, Martinez-Gutierrez J, Metz AJ, Philcox S, Rafiq M, Rhee J, Schrader S, Stewart M, Windsor J, Zalcberg J, Waterhouse M. The sensitivity of decision support tools for identifying patients with pancreatic cancer. British Journal of General Practice. Open November 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0142
- Wawryk, O., Collins, I.M., Lee, A. et al. Rural variations in primary care prostate cancer diagnosis and survival: a cohort study using linked Australian primary care electronic medical record data. BMC Cancer 25, 1809 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-15044-5
- Lei S, Venning B, Pearce A, Emery J. Variations in the investigation of colorectal cancer-related symptoms in Australian primary care: a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice. February 2026; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0619
- Venning B, Lei S, Pearce A, Lee A, Emery JD. Diagnostic testing patterns for lung cancer-related symptoms in primary care: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 2025; 12:e003337. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2025-003337
- Lee A, de Mendonca L, McCarthy D, Nelson C, Rafiq M, Venning B, Chima S, Daly D, Fishman G, Kearney C, Hunter B, Lim FS, Manski-Nankervis JA, Nicholson BD, Emery J, Martinez-Gutierrez J. Primary care patients presenting with unexpected weight loss in Australian general practices: replication of a diagnostic accuracy study. BMJ Open. 2025 Jul 28;15(7):e104690. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104690
- Klapaukh R., Boyle,D (2024) CensorCheck: A Tool for Evaluating Protected Health Information Detection Systems. EBook: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Volume 318: Health. Innovation. Community: It Starts With Us Pages 174-175 https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI240914
- Klapaukh, R., El-Hayek, C., Boyle, D. Do transformers generalise better than bespoke tools for anonymisation? Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2024.101607
- Manski-Nankervis, J., Canaway, R., Chidgey, C., Emery, J., Sanci, L., Hocking, J.S., Davidson, S., Swan, I. and Boyle, D. (2024). Data Resource Profile: Primary Care Audit, Teaching and Research Open Network (Patron). International journal of epidemiology, [online] 53(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae002.
- Ward, R., Hallinan, CM., Ormiston-Smith, D., Chidgey, C. and Boyle, D. (2024). The OMOP common data model in Australian primary care data: Building a quality research ready harmonised dataset. PloS one, 19(4), pp.e0301557–e0301557. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301557.
- Canaway, R., Chidgey, C., Hallinan, C.M., Capurro D, Boyle D (2024) Undercounting diagnoses in Australian general practice: a data quality study with implications for population health reporting. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 24, 155 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-024-02560-w
- El-Hayek, C., Barzegar, S., Faux, N., Doyle, K., Pillai, P., Mutch, S. J., Vaisey, A., Ward, R., Sanci, L., Dunn, A. G., Hellard, M. E., Hocking, J. S., Verspoor, K., & Boyle, D. I. R. (2023). An evaluation of existing text de-identification tools for use with patient progress notes from Australian general practice. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 173, 105021. ISSN 1386-5056. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105021.
- Canaway R, Boyle DI, Manski-Nankervis JAE, et al. (2019) Gathering data for decisions: best practice use of primary care electronic records for research. Med J Aust 210, S12–S16.
- Leizerovitz R, Williams I, Laughlin A, Sanci L. (2025) Adolescent health presentations to Victorian general practice: a descriptive study using electronic medical records. Australian Journal of Primary Health 31 (2025) PY25034. https://doi.org/10.1071/PY25034
- Lapadula MC, Mohammaddrazeei D, Ortigoza A, Freitas A, Silva-Valencia J; INTRePID Consortium. Impact of the COV, ID-19 Pandemic on Cervical Cancer Screening: An International Comparative Study by INTRePID. BJOG. 2025 Jan 22 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.18077
- Tu K, Lapadula MC, Apajee J, Bonilla AO, Baste V, Cuba-Fuentes MS, de Lusignan S, Flottorp S, Gaona G, Goh LH, Hallinan CM, Kristiansson RS, Laughlin A, Li Z, Ling ZJ, Manski-Nankervis JA, Ng APP, Scattini LF, Silva-Valencia J, Pace WD, Wensaas KA, Wong WCW, Zingoni PL, Westfall JM; INTRePID. Changes in reasons for visits to primary care after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: An international comparative study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID). PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024 Aug 22;4(8):e0003406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003406. PMID: 39173045; PMCID: PMC11341054.
- Westfall JM, Bonilla AO, Lapadula MC, Zingoni PL, Wong WCW, Wensaas KA, Pace WD, Silva-Valencia J, Scattini LF, Ng APP, Manski-Nankervis J-A, Ling ZJ, Li Z, Heald AH, Laughlin A, Kristiansson RS, Hallinan CM, Goh LH, Gaona G, Flottorp S, de Lusignan S, Cuba-Fuentes MS, Baste V and Tu K (2024) Changes in primary care visits for respiratory illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID). Front. Med. 11:1343646. doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1343646
- Sleaby. R, Canaway. R, Manski-Nankervis. JA, Boyle. D. 2024. Figshare. Understanding General Practice perspectives and data repositories to prevent type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes – an Australian 2-phase mixed methods study. https://figshare.com/s/a85905728b085bab1939 DOI: 10.26188/27221436
- Silva-Valencia J, Lapadula C, Westfall JM, Gaona G, de Lusignan S, Kristiansson RS, Ling ZJ, Goh LH, Soto-Becerra P, Cuba-Fuentes MS, Wensaas KA, Flottorp S, Baste V, Chi-Wai Wong W, Pui Ng AP, Ortigoza A, Manski-Nankervis JA, Hallinan CM, Zingoni P, Scattini L, Heald A, Tu K; INTRePID. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health visits in primary care: an interrupted time series analysis from nine INTRePID countries. EClinicalMedicine 70 (2024)
- Chima S, Martinez Gutierrez J, Hunter B, Laughlin A, Chondros P, Lumsden N, Boyle D, Nelson C, Amores P, Tran AD, Manski-Nankervis JA, Emery J.(2024) Future Health Today: A pragmatic cluster randomised trial of quality improvement activities in general practice for patients at risk of undiagnosed cancer. Br J Gen Pract. 2024 Nov 20:BJGP.2024.0491. https://doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2024.0491. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39567181.
- Chima, Sophie; Hunter, B; Martinez-Gutierrez, Javiera; Lumsden, Natalie; Nelson, Craig; Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne; Emery, Jon (2024) Adoption, acceptance, and use of a decision support tool to promote timely investigations for cancer in primary care Family Practice, Volume 41, Issue 6, December 2024, pp 1048-1057, https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmae046
- Peng, K., Tu, K., Li, Z., Hallinan, CM., Laughlin, A., Manski‐Nankervis, J., Apajee, J., Lapadula, MC., Ortigoza, A., Da Roza, CC., Baste, V., Flottorp, S., Wensaas, KA., Goh, LH., Ling, ZJ., Kristiansson, R., Gaona, G., Pace, W.D., Westfall, J.M. and Pui, A. (2023). Global impacts of COVID‐19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health services: An international comparative study on primary care from the INTRePID Consortium. BJOG, 131(4), pp.508–517. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17704.
- Abraham P, Manski-Nankervis J, Biezen R, Hallinan C, Gibney K, Sanci L, Ride J. Costing of an Australian general practice COVID-19 drive-through testing and respiratory clinic. BMC Prim Care. 2022; 23: 58. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01664-4
- Augusto, A., Deitz, T., Faux, N., Manski-Nankervis, J.-A. and Capurro, D. (2022). Process mining-driven analysis of COVID-19’s impact on vaccination patterns. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 130, p.104081. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104081.
- Tu K, Sarkadi Kristiansson R, Gronsbell J on behalf of INTRePID, et al. Changes in primary care visits arising from the COVID-19 pandemic: an international comparative study by the International Consortium of Primary Care. Big Data Researchers (INTRePID)BMJ Open 2022;12:e059130. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059130
- Donald A, Ellis N, Chen E, Violette R, Nissen L, Spinks J. Clinical indicator prioritisation for the ACTMed trial: a modified nominal group technique approach for primary care research in the electronic age. Aust J Prim Health. 2026 Feb 6;32(1):PY25064. DOI: 10.1071/PY25064 PMID: 41376252.
- King A.J, Phillips T.R, Plummer E.L, et al. Getting Everyone on Board to Break the Cycle of Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) Recurrence: A Qualitative Study of Partner Treatment for BV. The Patient – Patient Centered Outcomes Research (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-025-00731-z
- Carville, K.S., Meagher, N., Abo, Y.-N., Manski-Nankervis, J., Fielding, J., Steer, A., McVernon, J., Price, D.J. (2024). Burden of antimicrobial prescribing in primary care attributable to sore throat: a retrospective cohort study of patient record data. BMC primary care, 25(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02371-y.
- Australian Journal of General Practice. (2023). Antimicrobials for respiratory tract infections. [online] Available at: https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2022/january-february/antimicrobials-for-respiratory-infections-1
- Monaghan T, Biezen R, Buising K, Hallinan C, Cheah R, Manski-Nankervis J. Clinical insights into appropriate choice of antimicrobials for acute respiratory tract infections. AJGP (2022),Vol 51 1-2, doi: 10.31128/AJGP-07-21-6073
- Hallinan, C.M., Gunn, J.M. and Bonomo, Y.A. (2022). Use of electronic medical records to monitor the safe and effective prescribing of medicinal cannabis: is it feasible? Australian Journal of Primary Health. doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/py22054.
- Teoh, L., Hopcraft, M., McCullough, M., Manski‐Nankervis, J., Biezen, R. (2022). Exploring the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for dental presentations in Australian general practice—A pilot study. BJCP. 89(5), pp.1554–1559. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15617.
- Jung J., Goller J. L., Chondros P., Ong J., Biezen R., Pires D., Capurro D., Faux N., Manski-Nankervis J. A. (2025) The gonorrhoea care cascade in general practice: a descriptive study to explore gonorrhoea management utilising electronic medical records. Sexual Health 22, SH24140. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH24140
- Jung, J., R. Biezen, Goller, J.L., Hocking, J., P. Chondros and J. Manski-Nankervis (2023). The chlamydia care cascade of young people attending Australian general practices; a descriptive study to assess gaps in care. Sexual health, 20(6), pp.542–549. doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/sh23096.
- Peng, K., Tu, K., Li, Z., Hallinan, CM., Laughlin, A., Manski‐Nankervis, J., Apajee, J., Lapadula, MC., Ortigoza, A., Da Roza, CC., Baste, V., Flottorp, S., Wensaas, KA., Goh, LH., Ling, ZJ., Kristiansson, R., Gaona, G., Pace, W.D., Westfall, J.M., and Pui, A. (2023). Global impacts of COVID‐19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health services: An international comparative study on primary care from the INTRePID Consortium. BJOG, 131(4), pp.508–517. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17704.
- Coombe, J., Goller, J., Bittleston, H., Bateson, D., Bourne, C., O’Donnell, H., Tomnay, J., Temple-Smith, M. and Hocking, J.S. (2022). Patient-delivered partner therapy: One option for management of sexual partner(s) of a patient diagnosed with a chlamydia infection. Australian Journal of General Practice, 51(6), pp.425–429. doi:https://doi.org/10.31128/ajgp-07-21-6066.
- Goller, J.L., Coombe, J., Bittleston, H., Bourne, C., Bateson, D., Vaisey, A., Tomnay, J., O’Donnell, H., Garret, C., Estcourt, C.S., Temple-Smith, M. and Hocking, J.S. (2021). Patient delivered partner therapy for chlamydia infection is used by some general practitioners, but more support is needed to increase uptake: findings from a mixed-methods study. Sexually Transmitted Infections, p.sextrans-2020-054933. doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054933.
- Augusto, A., Deitz, T., Faux, N., Manski-Nankervis, J., and Capurro, D. (2022). Process mining-driven analysis of COVID-19’s impact on vaccination patterns. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 130, p.104081. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104081.
- Petzke, D., Hallinan, C.M., Trevena, J. et al. Exploration of chronic kidney disease screening, diagnosis and management in Australian general practice using electronic medical record data. BMC Nephrol 26, 405 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-04345-3

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