Christine Soong, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Impact of medical safety huddles on patient safety: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised study.
BMJ quality & safety · 2026 · senior author
Patient and caregiver priorities for quality improvement on general medical wards: a multicentre group concept mapping study
BMJ Quality and Safety · 2026
Leveraging Large Language Models to Generate Clinical Histories for Oncologic Imaging Requisitions.
Radiology · 2025

All 43 publications

Latest funding

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000
CANCOV2.0: 2-year follow up of the Canadian COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$500,000

All 4 grants and awards

43 publications.

01

Impact of medical safety huddles on patient safety: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised study.

Guo M, Bayley M, Ye XY, Dunbar-Yaffe R, Fortin C, Go K, Macedo A, Matelski J, Mayo A, Pelc J, Robinson LR, Rotteau L, Wolfstadt J, Cram P, Linett L, Soong C

BMJ quality & safety20264 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2025-019170 PMID: 41027730

02

Patient and caregiver priorities for quality improvement on general medical wards: a multicentre group concept mapping study

Lapointe-Shaw L, Salahub C, Lee M, Verma AA, Razak F, Ambasta A, Refaei M, Carpenter T, Moses B, Shetty N

BMJ Quality and Safety2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2026-020280

03

Leveraging Large Language Models to Generate Clinical Histories for Oncologic Imaging Requisitions.

Bhayana R, Alwahbi O, Ladak AM, Deng Y, Basso Dias A, Elbanna K, Abreu Gomez J, Jajodia A, Jhaveri K, Johnson S, Kajal D, Wang D, Soong C, Kielar A, Krishna S

Radiology202540 citations

DOI: 10.1148/radiol.242134 PMID: 39903072

04

Incidence and Nature of Adverse Events During Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Case Series.

Jiang S, Othman D, Langer LK, Bayley M, Fortin C, Mayo A, Pelc J, Robinson LR, Soong C, Guo M

American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation20251 citations

DOI: 10.1097/phm.0000000000002614 PMID: 39235857

05

Development of a patient-oriented transfer tool for transition from the intensive care unit to the ward: a mixed methods study.

Sereeyotin J, Robinson H, Detsky ME, Soong C, Kennedy E, Eta-Ndu C, Burry L, Shah S, Mehta S

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie20251 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02890-3 PMID: 39753792

06

Improving healthcare value: Choosing Wisely Canada's hospital designation program.

Datta D, Day D, Soong C

Journal of hospital medicine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13593 PMID: 39838712

07

Nosocomial meningitis diagnostic test characteristics: a systematic review

Granton D, Brown J, Fernando SM, Chaudhuri D, Bogoch II, Soong C, Englesakis M, Rochwerg B, Fan E

Infection Prevention in Practice20241 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.infpip.2024.100402

08

Introducing an addition to the family of quality improvement measures: Equity.

Soong C, Horstman MJ

Journal of hospital medicine2024First author

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13283 PMID: 38243992

09

Enhancing professional development and promoting collaboration in hospital medicine through the visiting professor exchange program.

Eid SM, Press VG, Kato H, Vaughn VM, Jenkins AM, Soong C, Gupta V, Michtalik HJ, Keniston A, Burden M, Bhandari S, Mueller SK, Society of Hospital Medicine Research Committee

Journal of hospital medicine2024

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13191 PMID: 37602533

10

Physician engagement in organisational patient safety through the implementation of a Medical Safety Huddle initiative: a qualitative study.

Rotteau L, Othman D, Dunbar-Yaffe R, Fortin C, Go K, Mayo A, Pelc J, Wolfstadt J, Guo M, Soong C

BMJ quality & safety20238 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015725 PMID: 37468150

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Ambasta, Anshula; Carpenter, Travis; Castellani, Lucas; Jensen, Lorraine F; Kiran, Tara; Moses, Brian; Razak, Fahad; Refaei, Mohammad; Shetty, Nabha; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Hospital Medicine; Patient-Oriented Research; Performance Measurement; Quality Improvement

$100,000

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Ambasta, Anshula; Castellani, Lucas; Jensen, Lorraine F; Kiran, Tara; Moses, Brian; Razak, Fahad; Shetty, Nabha; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Hospital Medicine; Patient-Oriented Research; Performance Measurement; Quality Improvement

$100,000

CANCOV2.0: 2-year follow up of the Canadian COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr: Emer. COVID Res. Gaps/Prior- Dif. Impacts on Hist. Excl/Underserved Pops

Principal investigators: Herridge, Margaret S; Cheung, Angela M

Keywords: Caregiver Health; Clinical Presentations & Trajectories; Covid-19 Research Gaps; Determinants And Prevalence Of Long-Term Outcomes Of Covid; Functional And Neuropsychological Health & Quality Of Life; Long Covid Serologic, Immunologic & Inflammatory Biomarkers; Longitudinal Study; Mitigating Factors For Disability & Impact Of Rehabilitation; Neurocognitive, Respiratory, Cardiac & Muscle Systems

$500,000

Canadian COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study (CanCOV)

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Clinical Mgmt/Health System Interventions

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Ahmed, Sofia B; Batt, Jane Andrea E; Binnie, Alexandra; Dos Santos, Claudia C; Ghassemi, Marzyeh; Herridge, Margaret S; Lamontagne, Francois; Morin, Suzanne N; Palepu, Anita; Razak, Fahad; Stelfox, Henry T; Strug, Lisa J; Tsang, Jennifer L; Verma, Amol; Yeung, Rae S

Keywords: Caregiver Health; Clinical Presentations & Trajectories; Full Spectrum Of Covid-19 Disease (Mild To Severe); Host Genetic Profiling; Knowledge To Action Cycles; Mental Health & Stigma; Prediction Models Using Machine Learning; Prospective Cohort Study; Sociodemographic And Clinical Predictors Of Outcomes; Transcriptomic, Epigenomic And Immunologic Host Response

$2,112,500

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Andrew Morris and Chaim Bell: 47 shared papers
Amol Verma and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw: 38 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Lisa Burry: 23 shared papers
Amanda Mayo and Lawrence Robinson: 19 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Meiqi Guo: 16 shared papers
Andrew Morris and Lisa Burry: 15 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw: 13 shared papers
Andrew Morris and Allison McGeer: 12 shared papers
Eddy Fan and Lisa Burry: 11 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Alan Tam: 11 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Karen Okrainec: 9 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Lawrence Robinson: 9 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Peter Cram: 7 shared papers
Karen Okrainec and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw: 7 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Christine Soong: 6 shared papers
Lisa Burry and Christine Soong: 6 shared papers
Lawrence Robinson and Meiqi Guo: 6 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Amol Verma: 5 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Amanda Mayo: 4 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Christine Soong: 4 shared papers
Amanda Mayo and Jesse Wolfstadt: 4 shared papers
Amanda Mayo and Leahora Rotteau: 4 shared papers
Amanda Mayo and Christine Soong: 4 shared papers
Amanda Mayo and Meiqi Guo: 4 shared papers
Lawrence Robinson and Alan Tam: 4 shared papers
Jesse Wolfstadt and Leahora Rotteau: 4 shared papers
Alan Tam and Meiqi Guo: 4 shared papers
Christine Soong and Meiqi Guo: 4 shared papers
Andrew Morris and Amol Verma: 3 shared papers
Cara Tannenbaum and Lisa Burry: 3 shared papers
Cara Tannenbaum and Christine Soong: 3 shared papers
Allison McGeer and Chaim Bell: 3 shared papers
Allison McGeer and Eddy Fan: 3 shared papers
Eddy Fan and Mark Bayley: 3 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Jesse Wolfstadt: 3 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Leahora Rotteau: 3 shared papers
Karen Okrainec and Christine Soong: 3 shared papers
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Christine Soong: 3 shared papers
Lawrence Robinson and Christine Soong: 3 shared papers
Lawrence Robinson and Christian Fortin: 3 shared papers
Jesse Wolfstadt and Christine Soong: 3 shared papers
Leahora Rotteau and G. Baker: 3 shared papers
Leahora Rotteau and Christine Soong: 3 shared papers
Peter Cram and Christine Soong: 3 shared papers
Christian Fortin and Meiqi Guo: 3 shared papers
Cara Tannenbaum and Abi Vijenthira: 2 shared papers
Eddy Fan and Christine Soong: 2 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Peter Cram: 2 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Richard Dunbar-Yaffe: 2 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Christian Fortin: 2 shared papers
Mark Bayley and Alexander Lo: 2 shared papers
Lisa Burry and Abi Vijenthira: 2 shared papers
Amanda Mayo and Richard Dunbar-Yaffe: 2 shared papers
Karen Okrainec and Richard Dunbar-Yaffe: 2 shared papers
G. Baker and Christine Soong: 2 shared papers
Abi Vijenthira and Christine Soong: 2 shared papers
Richard Dunbar-Yaffe and Christine Soong: 2 shared papers
Christine Soong and Christian Fortin: 2 shared papers
Meiqi Guo and Alexander Lo: 2 shared papers
Andrew Morris and Christine Soong: 1 shared paper
Allison McGeer and Christine Soong: 1 shared paper
Chaim Bell and G. Baker: 1 shared paper
Amanda Mayo and Alexander Lo: 1 shared paper
Amol Verma and Christine Soong: 1 shared paper
Alan Tam and Christine Soong: 1 shared paper
Christine Soong and Alexander Lo: 1 shared paper
Christine Soong and Adriano Dias: 1 shared paper
Christine Soong and Ania Kielar: 1 shared paper
Adriano Dias and Ania Kielar: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Department of Medical Imaging
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Status
Département de médecine
Department of Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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