Department of Family Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Mathew Grandy, BSc(Kin), MD, CCFP

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Department of Family Medicine

Email: Mathew.grandy@dal.ca
Phone: 902-473-4741
Mailing Address: 
Dalhousie Family Medicine
1465 Brenton Street, Suite 402
Halifax NS B3J 3T4
 

Education

  • MD, Dalhousie University
  • BSc (honours), Dalhousie University

Research Interests

Dr. Grandy’s research interests lie in utilizing EMR data to better understand chronic disease, medication prescribing and complex patients in the primary care setting.

As network director for the Maritime Research Network of Family Practice (MaRNet-FP), he has the opportunity to work with and involve an enthusiastic network of community-based physicians for research projects and quality improvement. MaRNet-FP is the Nova Scotia network involved in a larger cross country research project which utilizes EMR data for chronic disease surveillance. This study, named the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN), has been ongoing in Nova Scotia since 2009.

Currently, Dr. Grandy is involved in a number of projects. He is leading a study on identifying and describing chronic opioid prescribing utilizing EMR data, as well as collaborative projects such as; identifying frailty utilizing machine learning and combining EMR data on polypharmacy in the elderly with training on quality improvement within the practice setting.

Selected Grants

Nova Scotia Health Research Fund:
$99,942.00
Charting our own course: Practical and ethical considerations implementing Ai-supported charting in primary care
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mathew Grandy: Co-Investigators: Marshall EG, Thomson C, Piccinini H, Welton S, Rudzicz F, Green, Zed J, Horrey, K, Lavergne R, Pottie K, Stringer K, Atkinson S, Sadler L

Nova Scotia Health Research Fund
$99,884.70
Jan 2024 - Jan 2027
Novel Examination of Primary Care Provider Workload & Impact on Capacity Using CPCSSN/MaRNet Electronic Medical Record Data Over time (PCW-EMR Study
Principal Investigator: Marshall E, Grandy M, Dufour E, Sabri S, Harvey K, ALexiadis M, MacDonnell K, MacKenzie A, Munene A.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Catalyst Grant
$199,895
Jul 2023 – Jul 2024
An eHealth Technology Intervention Pragmatic trials Platform integrated in the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network: The eTIPP-CPCSSN Health Services and Policy Research / Services et politiques de la santé
Principal Investigators: Gupta, Samir; Dickson, Grant P; Phillips, Lacey; Singer, Alexander G
Co-Investigators: amari, Itamar E; Barber, David; Bourbeau, Jean; Chudyk, Anna M; Garies, Stephanie; Grandy, Mathew; Greiver, Michelle; Kouri, Andrew J; McBrien, Kerry; Pinto, Andrew D; Radhakrishnan, Arun K; Walji, Sakina

Public Health Agency of Canada
$59,780.00
April 2021- March 2022
CPCSSN /PBRN
Electronic Medical Records for Covid-19 Surveillance for Public Health Agency of Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada
$25,727.13
June 2019- Sept 2020
CPCSSN – Queen’s University
The Implementation of a Data Presentation Tool in Primary Care Clinics to Enhance the Surveillance, Prevention and Managaement of Chronic Disease

Public Health Agency of Canada
University of Ottawa
$41,921.22
Dec 2021 – Mar 2024
Health surveillance of community-dwelling, person with dementia and caregiver dyads
Robitaille A, Grandy M

Selected Publications

Vijh R, Wong ST, Grandy M, Peterson S, Ezzat AM, Gibb AG, Hawkins NM. (2021). Identifying heart failure in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease through the   Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network in British Columbia: a case derivation study. CMAJ. 9(2): E376-E383.

Manpreet Thandi, Sabrina T Wong, Sylvia Aponte-Hao, Mathew Grandy, Dee Mangin, Alexander Singer & Tyler Williamson. (2021). Strategies for working across Canadian practice-based research and learning networks (PBRLNs) in primary care: focus on frailty. BMC Primary Care. 22: 220.                                                   

Aponte-Hao S, Wong ST, Thandi M, Ronksley P, McBrien K, Lee J, Grandy M, Mangin D, Katz A, Singer A, Manca D, Williamson T. (2021). Machine learning for identification of frailty in Canadian primary care practices. Int J Popul Data Sci. 6(1): 1650.

Greiver M, Dahrouge S, O'Brien P, Manca D, Lussier MT, Wang J, Burge F, Grandy M, Singer A, Twohig M, Moineddin R, Kalia S, Aliarzadeh B, Ivers N, Garies S, Turner JP, Farrell B. (2019). Improving Carefor Elderly Patients Living With Polypharmacy: Protocol for a Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial in Community-Based Primary Care Practices in Canada. Free PMC article. 14(1):55