Professional Interests

primary care, performance measurement / program evaluation (clinical indicators), health services delivery, organizational theory and behaviour, health care system, quality of care, collaborative practices

Current Research

• Impact of Network / Group Size on Patient and Provider Satisfaction in Family Health Networks and Family Health Teams
• Primary Care Practice Management and Performance Indicators Project
• Building Knowledge and Skills for Effective Leadership for Change in Primary Care
• Chiropractic-Primary Care Collaboration Demonstration Project
• Primary Care Coordination of Care Project
• Coordination of Care: Factors that influence horizontal and vertical information transfer between primary care practices and medical specialists 
• Preventative Care in Family Health Networks

Recent Publications

1. Brown AD, Porcellato CP, Barnsley J.  Accountability: Unpacking the Suitcase.  Healthcare Quarterly, 2006 9(23):68-71.
2. Barnsley J, Berta W. Cockerill R, MacPhail J, Vayda E.  Identifying performance indicators for primary care practices: A consensus process. Canadian Family Physician 2005 51:700-1.
3. Campbell MK, Wulf Silver R, Hoch JS, Ostbye T, Stewart M, Barnsley J, Hutchinson B, Mathews M.  Re-utilization of health care and comparative costs of minor acute illness treated at family physician offices, walk-in clinics, and emergency department: The Ontario Walk-in Clinic Study.  Canadian Family Physician 2005 51:82-83. 
4. Deborah Tregunno, G. Ross Baker, Jan Barnsley and Michael Murray.  Competing Values of Emergency Department Performance: Balancing Multiple Perspectives. Health Services Research 2004; 39(4, Part 1) 771-791.
5. Mathews M and Barnsley J.  Patients seeking care during acute illness: Why do they not see their regular physicians?  Canadian Family Physician 2003 Nov; 49:1498-1503.
6. Hutchison B, OStbye T, Barnsley J, Stewart M, Mathews M, Campbell MK, Vayda E, Harris SB, Torrance-Rynard V, Tyrrell C. Patient satisfaction and quality of care in walk-in clinics, family practices and emergency departments: the Ontario Walk-In Clinic Study. CMAJ 2003 Apr 15;168(8):977-83.