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Pete Wegier

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Family & Community MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Pete Wegier

Assistant Professor

Department of Family & Community Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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21 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2020.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Publications

293

Citations

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Research

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Advance Care Planning Clinical Surveillance Early Identification Evaluation Knowledge Translation Mortality Risk Palliative Care Quality Improvement

Latest papers

"Eliminating the waiting game": patient interview perspectives of a proposed online emergency department queuing tool to reduce in-hospital wait times.
CJEM · 2026 · senior author
Factors That Influence Patients' Decisions About Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Treatment Option for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Protocol for a Prospective Mixed Methods Cohort Study.
JMIR research protocols · 2026 · senior author
Assessing the Benefit of a Digital Pain Alert System in a Community Hospital
Journal of Pain Research · 2025 · senior author

All 42 publications

Latest funding

Supporting long term care residents through transitions to acute care hospital and end-of-life care with personalized prognoses and electronic decision support tools
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$959,987
Sex and Gender in Digital Health
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Observing, Understanding, and Telling stories at end of Life for Opioid Use Disorder patients (OUTLOUD): Mixed-methods research and knowledge translation
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$520,200

All 6 grants and awards

42 publications.

"Eliminating the waiting game": patient interview perspectives of a proposed online emergency department queuing tool to reduce in-hospital wait times.

Godinho A, Dalmia S, Phadke S, Lalani Y, Wegier P

CJEM2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01140-3 PMID: 41920515

Factors That Influence Patients' Decisions About Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Treatment Option for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Protocol for a Prospective Mixed Methods Cohort Study.

Godinho A, Dalmia S, Selchen S, Tziatis D, Wegier P

JMIR research protocols2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/82491 PMID: 41813443

Assessing the Benefit of a Digital Pain Alert System in a Community Hospital

Grosman-Rimon L, Jorgoni L, Casey J, Tory S, Kumbhare D, Solanki J, Collins BE, Wegier P

Journal of Pain Research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s477670

Evaluation of a Novel Goals-of-Care Discussion Priming Tool (MyCare) in Inpatient General Internal Medicine Ward Settings: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Usability Study.

Kimura M, Ruller S, Forster A, Downar J, Isenberg SR, Steinberg L, Wilson K, Shaffer V, Wegier P, Myers J, Goldman R, Steele Gray C, Kobewka D

JMIR formative research2025

DOI: 10.2196/66932 PMID: 41151041

A Triple Perspective on the Triple Visit: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Implementation of a Pediatric Multidisciplinary Clinic Model for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Curtin Wach A, Lalani Y, Christofides A, Wegier P, Hart L

JMIR research protocols2025

DOI: 10.2196/72670 PMID: 40939171

The Impact of an Enhanced Data Visualization Tool for Hypertension in the Electronic Health Record on Physician Judgments About Hypertension Control.

Shaffer VA, Wegier P, Valentine KD, Duan S, Canfield SM, Belden JL, Steege LM, Popescu M, Koopman RJ

Journal of general internal medicine2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-09381-1 PMID: 39920429

Plugged-in: a Canadian survey of technology ownership, access, use, and attitudes among emergency department patients.

Curtin Wach A, Joshi K, Seo C, Wegier P

Frontiers in digital health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2025.1507936 PMID: 40661655

Listening in: Identifying Considerations for Integrating Complementary Therapy into Oncology Care Across Patient, Clinic, and System Levels-A Case Example of a Digital Meditation Tool.

Godinho A, Dalmia S, Joshi K, Seo C, Laj S, Cacao F, Lun L, Wegier P, Rana P

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol32120682 PMID: 41440210

mHOMR: a prospective observational study of an automated mortality prediction model to identify patients with unmet palliative needs

Wegier P, Kurahashi A, Saunders S, Lokuge B, Steinberg L, Myers J, Koo E, van Walraven C, Downar J

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care202418 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002870

Perceived usability and acceptability of the My-Hip Fracture risk communication tool from the perspective of academic clinicians.

Hommel EL, Flaherty JP, Aguirre CR, McIlwain AS, Pappadis MR, Wegier P, Cram P

PEC innovation2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2024.100360 PMID: 39691556

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Advance Care Planning Dear Professor Wegier, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper ""Eliminating the waiting game": patient interview perspectives of a proposed online emergency department queuing tool to reduce in-hospital wait times." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Use of an automated prospective clinical surveillance tool to drive screening for unmet palliative needs among patients in the final year of life" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Pete Wegier

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

"Eliminating the waiting game": patient interview perspectives of a proposed online emergency department queuing tool to reduce in-hospital wait times.

Factors That Influence Patients' Decisions About Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Treatment Option for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Protocol for a Prospective Mixed Methods Cohort Study.

Assessing the Benefit of a Digital Pain Alert System in a Community Hospital

Evaluation of a Novel Goals-of-Care Discussion Priming Tool (MyCare) in Inpatient General Internal Medicine Ward Settings: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Usability Study.

A Triple Perspective on the Triple Visit: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Implementation of a Pediatric Multidisciplinary Clinic Model for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

The Impact of an Enhanced Data Visualization Tool for Hypertension in the Electronic Health Record on Physician Judgments About Hypertension Control.

Plugged-in: a Canadian survey of technology ownership, access, use, and attitudes among emergency department patients.

Listening in: Identifying Considerations for Integrating Complementary Therapy into Oncology Care Across Patient, Clinic, and System Levels-A Case Example of a Digital Meditation Tool.

mHOMR: a prospective observational study of an automated mortality prediction model to identify patients with unmet palliative needs

Perceived usability and acceptability of the My-Hip Fracture risk communication tool from the perspective of academic clinicians.

Supporting long term care residents through transitions to acute care hospital and end-of-life care with personalized prognoses and electronic decision support tools

Sex and Gender in Digital Health

Observing, Understanding, and Telling stories at end of Life for Opioid Use Disorder patients (OUTLOUD): Mixed-methods research and knowledge translation

Estimating the Economic Value of an Interoperable Real-Time 'Command Centre' (CC) Technology at a Major Acute Care Hospital in Ontario, Canada

Use of an automated prospective clinical surveillance tool to drive screening for unmet palliative needs among patients in the final year of life

Advancing personalized health decisions for end-of-life through Implementation Science

Frequent collaborators

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