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Published on in Vol 12 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/90885, first published .
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Piloting a Clinical Decision Support System for Unintended Weight Loss in Primary Care: Mixed Methods Study on Early Cancer Detection

Piloting a Clinical Decision Support System for Unintended Weight Loss in Primary Care: Mixed Methods Study on Early Cancer Detection

Javiera Martinez-Gutierrez   1, 2, 3 , MD, MPH ;   Sophie Chima   1, 2 , PhD ;   Barbara Hunter   1 , PhD ;   Alex Lee   1 , PhD ;   Lucas De Mendonca   1 , MPhil ;   Deborah Daly   1, 4 , MBA ;   George Fishman   4 , MBA ;   Fong Seng Lim   5 , MD ;   Benny Wang   6 , PhD ;   Craig Nelson   7, 8 , PhD, FRACP, MBBS ;   Brian Nicholson   9 , PhD ;   Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis   1, 10, 11 , PhD ;   Jon Emery   1, 10 , Ma, MBBCHIR, DPhil

1 Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Melbourne Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2 Collaborative Centre for Genomic Cancer Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

3 Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

4 Primary Care Collaborative Clinical Trials Group, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

5 National University Polyclinic, Singapore, Singapore

6 Singapore Primary Care Cancer Network (SPriNT), Singapore, Singapore

7 Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Western Health Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

8 Department of Medicine – Western Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

9 Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

10 Primary Care and Family Medicine Department, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Chile

11 NHG Polyclinics, National Healthcare Group, Singapore, Singapore

Corresponding Author:

  • Javiera Martinez-Gutierrez, MD, MPH
  • Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Melbourne Medical School
  • Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
  • 3rd Floor Medical Building, Cnr Grattam Street and Royal Parade
  • Melbourne, Victoria 3010
  • Australia
  • Phone: 61 136352
  • Email: javiera.martinez@unimelb.edu.au