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Gerard McCann
Researcher at Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Publications - 14
Citations - 583
Gerard McCann is an academic researcher from Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Cluster randomised controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications receiving 518 citations. Previous affiliations of Gerard McCann include University of London.
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Continued high rates of antibiotic prescribing to adults with respiratory tract infection: survey of 568 UK general practices.
Martin Gulliford,Alexandru Dregan,Michael Moore,Mark Ashworth,Tjeerd van Staa,Gerard McCann,Judith Charlton,Lucy Yardley,Paul Little,Lisa McDermott +9 more
TL;DR: Most UK general practices prescribe antibiotics to young and middle-aged adults with respiratory infections at rates that are considerably in excess of what is clinically justified, which will fuel antibiotic resistance.
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The opportunities and challenges of pragmatic point-of-care randomised trials using routinely collected electronic records: evaluations of two exemplar trials.
Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa,Lisa Dyson,Gerard McCann,Shivani Padmanabhan,Rabah Belatri,Ben Goldacre,Jackie Cassell,Munir Pirmohamed,David J. Torgerson,Sarah Ronaldson,Joy Adamson,Adel Taweel,Brendan Delaney,Samhar Mahmood,Simona Baracaia,Thomas Round,Robin Fox,Tommy Hunter,Martin Gulliford,Liam Smeeth +19 more
TL;DR: EHR point-of-care trials are feasible, although the recruitment of clinicians is a major challenge owing to the complexity of trial approvals, and Good Clinical Practice guidelines, governance and consent procedures were found to have substantially affected the intended simple nature of the trials.
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Electronic Health Records for Intervention Research: A Cluster Randomized Trial to Reduce Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Care (eCRT Study)
Martin Gulliford,Tjeerd van Staa,Tjeerd van Staa,Alexandru Dregan,Lisa McDermott,Gerard McCann,Mark Ashworth,Judith Charlton,Paul Little,Michael Moore,Lucy Yardley +10 more
TL;DR: Cluster randomized trials may be implemented efficiently in large samples from routine care settings by using primary care electronic health records and future studies should develop and test multicomponent methods for remotely delivered intervention.
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Cluster randomised trial in the General Practice Research Database: 1. Electronic decision support to reduce antibiotic prescribing in primary care (eCRT study).
Martin Gulliford,Tjeerd van Staa,Tjeerd van Staa,Lisa McDermott,Alexandru Dregan,Gerard McCann,Mark Ashworth,Judith Charlton,Andrew P. Grieve,Paul Little,Michael Moore,Lucy Yardley +11 more
TL;DR: A cluster randomised trial is implemented to test the effectiveness of an electronic record-based intervention at achieving a reduction in antibiotic prescribing at consultations for respiratory illness in patients aged 18 and 59 years old in intervention family practices as compared with controls.
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Cluster randomized trials utilizing primary care electronic health records: Methodological issues in design, conduct, and analysis (eCRT Study)
Martin Gulliford,Martin Gulliford,Tjeerd van Staa,Lisa McDermott,Lisa McDermott,Gerard McCann,Judith Charlton,Alexandru Dregan,Alexandru Dregan +8 more
TL;DR: Cluster randomized trials may be performed efficiently in large samples from UK general practices using the electronic health records of a primary care database, and the geographical dispersal of trial sites presents a difficulty for research governance approval and intervention implementation.