Published on in Vol 13 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/60173, first published .
Exploring the Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Smartphone App for Physicians to Improve the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarctions: Multicenter, Mixed Methods, Observational Study

Exploring the Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Smartphone App for Physicians to Improve the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarctions: Multicenter, Mixed Methods, Observational Study

Exploring the Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Smartphone App for Physicians to Improve the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarctions: Multicenter, Mixed Methods, Observational Study

Katelyn J Cullen   1, 2 * , MPH ;   Hassan Mir   3, 4 * , MPH, MHI, MD ;   Madhu K Natarajan   1, 2, 5 , MSc, MD ;   Marija Corovic   1, 2 , MPH ;   Karen Mosleh   1, 2 , MSc ;   Jacob Crawshaw   6 , PhD ;   Mathew Mercuri   1, 7, 8, 9 , PhD ;   Hassan Masoom   10 , MASc, MD ;   JD Schwalm   1, 2, 5 , MSc, MD

1 Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

2 Hamilton Health Sciences Knowledge Centre, Hamilton, ON, Canada

3 Division of Cardiology, Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

4 Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

5 Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada

6 Centre for Implementation Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

7 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

8 Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine and Public Health, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa

9 Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

10 Division of Cardiology, William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Hassan Mir, MPH, MHI, MD
  • Division of Cardiology, Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
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