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Overview

Tom Fahey is affiliated with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Their research mainly focuses on Medicine, with a notable emphasis on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Epidemiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their work encompasses several key topics, including Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Healthcare cost, quality, practices, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Tom Fahey has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), HRB Open Research, BMJ Open, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tom Fahey include:

  • Frank Moriarty
  • Fiona Boland
  • Emma Wallace
  • Barbara Clyne
  • Mary E. Walsh

Among the recent papers featuring Tom Fahey's work are:

  • Evaluation of the General Practice Pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in Irish primary care: a non-randomised pilot study, 2020, BMJ Open
  • COVID-19 Surveillance in a Primary Care Sentinel Network: In-Pandemic Development of an Application Ontology, 2020, JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • Factors associated with early and later dropout from methadone maintenance treatment in specialist addiction clinics: a six-year cohort study using proportional hazards frailty models for recurrent treatment episodes, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Quality, scope and reporting standards of randomised controlled trials in Irish Health Research: an observational study, 2020, Trials
  • Acceptability of a nurse-led, person-centred, anticipatory care planning intervention for older people at risk of functional decline: A qualitative study, 2021, PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Is the Timed Up and Go test a useful predictor of risk of falls in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta- analysis

    Emma Barry;Rose Galvin;Claire Keogh;Frances N. Horgan

  • Interventions used to improve control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension.

    Liam G Glynn;Andrew W Murphy;Susan M Smith;Knut Schroeder

  • Antibiotics for acute bronchitis

    Susan M Smith;Tom Fahey;John Smucny;Lorne A Becker

  • Predictive accuracy of the Framingham coronary risk score in British men:prospective cohort study

    Peter Brindle;Jonathan Emberson;Fiona Lampe;Mary Walker

  • Managing patients with multimorbidity in primary care

    Emma Wallace;Chris J Salisbury;Bruce Guthrie;Cliona Lewis

  • Over-the-counter medications for acute cough in children and adults in ambulatory settings.

    Susan M Smith;Knut Schroeder;Tom Fahey

  • The expanding role of primary care in cancer control

    Greg Rubin;Annette Berendsen;S Michael Crawford;Rachel Dommett

  • Accuracy and impact of risk assessment in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review

    Peter M Brindle;Andrew D Beswick;Tom F Fahey;Shah B Ebrahim

  • The Alvarado score for predicting acute appendicitis: a systematic review.

    Robert Ohle;Fran O'Reilly;Kirsty K O'Brien;Tom Fahey

  • How can we improve adherence to blood pressure-lowering medication in ambulatory care? Systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

    Knut Schroeder;Tom Fahey;Shah Ebrahim

  • Potentially inappropriate prescribing and cost outcomes for older people: a national population study

    Caitriona Cahir;Tom Fahey;Mary Teeling;Conor Teljeur

  • Interventions for improving adherence to treatment in patients with high blood pressure in ambulatory settings

    Knut Schroeder;Tom Fahey;Shah Ebrahim

  • Interventions to improve adherence to lipid lowering medication

    Angela Schedlbauer;Knut Schroeder;Tim Peters;Tom Fahey

  • Cohort study examining tamoxifen adherence and its relationship to mortality in women with breast cancer.

    C. McCowan;J. Shearer;P. T. Donnan;J. A. Dewar

  • The impact of patients' preferences on the treatment of atrial fibrillation: observational study of patient based decision analysisCommentary: patients, preferences, and evidence

    Joanne Protheroe;Liam Smeeth;Tom Fahey;Alan A Montgomery

  • Evaluation of computer based clinical decision support system and risk chart for management of hypertension in primary care: randomised controlled trial

    Alan A Montgomery;Tom Fahey;Tim J Peters;Christopher MacIntosh

  • Information leaflet and antibiotic prescribing strategies for acute lower respiratory tract infection: a randomized controlled trial.

    Paul Little;Kate Rumsby;Joanne Kelly;Louise Watson

  • Evidence based purchasing: understanding results of clinical trials and systematic reviews.

    T Fahey;S Griffiths;T J Peters

  • The impact of patients' preferences on the treatment of atrial fibrillation: observational study of patient based decision analysis.

    Joanne Protheroe;Tom Fahey;Alan A Montgomery;Tim J Peters

  • Quantitative systematic review of randomised controlled trials comparing antibiotic with placebo for acute cough in adults

    Tom Fahey;Nigel Stocks;Toby Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucy Yardley
Lucy Yardley University of Bristol
Anne Rogers
Anne Rogers University of Southampton
Glyn Lewis
Glyn Lewis University College London
Catherine Pope
Catherine Pope University of Oxford
Timothy J. Peters
Timothy J. Peters University of Bristol
Jon Nicholl
Jon Nicholl University of Sheffield
Rose Anne Kenny
Rose Anne Kenny Trinity College Dublin
Shah Ebrahim
Shah Ebrahim London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Peter T. Donnan
Peter T. Donnan University of Dundee
Thomas M. MacDonald
Thomas M. MacDonald University of Dundee

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