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David Alter
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Latest papers
The implementation of a value-based learning health system for preventative care in Ontario, Canada.
American journal of cardiovascular disease · 2023 · senior author
HIIT the Road Jack: An Exploratory Study on the Effects of an Acute Bout of Cardiovascular High-Intensity Interval Training on Piano Learning.
Frontiers in psychology · 2020
The Effect of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-analysis.
The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2019
Latest funding
- $470,169
Reducing Readmission after Acute Coronary Syndrome Hospitalization by Identifying Important Determinants and Effective Strategies to Improve Care
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
- $2,005,020
Improving Transition of Care and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Disease Using an Innovative Big Data Approach
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
- $517,141
Assessing and Improving the Quality of Care and Outcomes of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Canada
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
8 publications.
The implementation of a value-based learning health system for preventative care in Ontario, Canada.
Rosenfeld A, Ball J, Rattanasithy S, Tsilas C, Miller R, Berardi J, Pupulin A, Carvalho C, Segal S, Kruger S, Bajaj R, Alter D
HIIT the Road Jack: An Exploratory Study on the Effects of an Acute Bout of Cardiovascular High-Intensity Interval Training on Piano Learning.
Swarbrick D, Kiss A, Trehub S, Tremblay L, Alter D, Chen JL
The Effect of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-analysis.
Francis T, Kabboul N, Rac V, Mitsakakis N, Pechlivanoglou P, Bielecki J, Alter D, Krahn M
Importance of Completing Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation for Long-Term Outcomes: A Real-World Evaluation
Suskin NG, Shariff SZ, Garg AX, Reid J, Unsworth K, Prior PL, Alter D
Care in the Home for the Management of Chronic Heart Failure
Fergenbaum J, Bermingham S, Krahn M, Alter D, Demers C
Time-to-Referral, Use, and Efficacy of Cardiac Rehabilitation After Heart Transplantation
Marzolini S, Grace SL, Brooks D, Corbett D, Mathur S, Bertelink R, Skeffington V, Alter D, Oh P
Serum ferritin is a biomarker for liver mortality in the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study.
Adams PC, Barton JC, Guo H, Alter D, Speechley M
Adherence to a cardiac rehabilitation home program model of care: a comparison to a well-established traditional on-site supervised program
Scane K, Alter D, Oh P, Brooks D
Reducing Readmission after Acute Coronary Syndrome Hospitalization by Identifying Important Determinants and Effective Strategies to Improve Care
Principal investigators: Ko, Dennis
Keywords: Acute Coronary Syndrome; Determinants Of Outcome; Health Services; Readmission; Risk Prediction
Improving Transition of Care and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Disease Using an Innovative Big Data Approach
Principal investigators: Ko, Dennis
Keywords: Big Data; Cardiovascular Disease; Determinants Of Outcomes; Health Services; Knowledge Translation; Quality Improvement; Quality Of Care; Transitional Care
Assessing and Improving the Quality of Care and Outcomes of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Canada
Principal investigators: Ko, Dennis; Jackevicius, Cynthia A
Keywords: Atrial Fibrilation; Determinants Of Care; Health Services Research; Quality Improvement; Quality Indicators; Quality Of Care
Using big data to conduct innovative cardiovascular clinical trials
Principal investigators: Tu, Jack V; Tepper, Joshua D; Farkouh, Michael E; Lindsay, Mary Patrice; Udell, Jacob A
Keywords: Administrative Data; Big Data; Cardiology; Implementation Science; Innovative Randomized Clinical Trials; Statins
The CANHEART Study: Using big data to transform the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases
Principal investigators: Tu, Jack V
Keywords: Ambulatory Care; Big Data; Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Heart Failure; Large Databases; Myocardial Infarction; Outcomes Research; Quality Indicators; Stroke
STOPP Diabetes: Scale-Up Techniques Organized for the Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
Principal investigators: Parry, Monica J; Greene, Beverly; Waddleton, Deena; Agarwal, Gina (Ragini)
Keywords: Community-Based; Diabetes Prevention; Environmental Scan; Lifestyle Management; Peer Support; Pre-Diabetes Management; Pre-Diabetes Screening; Primary Health Care; Surveillance And Registry; Telecommunications
Improving the Assessment and Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis by Evaluating Care Gaps and Advancing Risk Predictions
Principal investigators: Ko, Dennis
Keywords: Aortic Stenosis; Appropriateness Of Care; Care Gaps; Competing Risks Of Death; Heatlh Services Research; Risk Prediction Models
ACUTE Study: Acute Congestive Heart Failure Urgent and Transitional Care Evaluation
Principal investigators: Lee, Douglas S
Keywords: Emergency Department; Health Outcomes; Health Services Research; Heart Failure; Hospital Discharge; Transitional Care
Measuring and improving the quality of care for patients with cardiovascular risk factors and/or chronic cardiovascular diseases
Principal investigators: Tu, Jack V
Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Chronic Disease; Physician Networks; Primary Care; Quality Indicators; Quality Of Care; Report Cards; Specialist Care; Stroke
Socioeconomic status, quality of primary care, and survival following acute myocardial infarction: A ten-year follow-up of the Socio-economic status acute myocardial infarction study
Principal investigators: Alter, David A
Keywords: Acute Myocardial Infarction; Cohort Study; Complex Chronic Disease; Hospitalization; Primary Care; Quality Of Care; Socioeconomic Status; Survival
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
- Amit Garg and Salimah Shariff: 64 shared papers
- Joyce Chen and Joy Chen: 63 shared papers
- Dina Brooks and Sunita Mathur: 37 shared papers
- Dina Brooks and Susan Marzolini: 29 shared papers
- Paul Oh and Susan Marzolini: 19 shared papers
- Dale Corbett and Susan Marzolini: 9 shared papers
- Petros Pechlivanoglou and Valeria Rac: 9 shared papers
- Petros Pechlivanoglou and Nicholas Mitsakakis: 9 shared papers
- Dina Brooks and Paul Oh: 8 shared papers
- Valeria Rac and Nicholas Mitsakakis: 8 shared papers
- Dina Brooks and Dale Corbett: 7 shared papers
- Catherine Demers and Valeria Rac: 7 shared papers
- Sunita Mathur and Susan Marzolini: 6 shared papers
- Amit Garg and Mark Speechley: 5 shared papers
- Joyce Chen and Luc Tremblay: 4 shared papers
- Luc Tremblay and Joy Chen: 4 shared papers
- Mark Speechley and Salimah Shariff: 4 shared papers
- Dina Brooks and Neville Suskin: 3 shared papers
- Dale Corbett and Paul Oh: 3 shared papers
- Dina Brooks and David Alter: 2 shared papers
- Sunita Mathur and Paul Oh: 2 shared papers
- Paul Oh and Neville Suskin: 2 shared papers
- Paul Oh and David Alter: 2 shared papers
- Mark Speechley and Neville Suskin: 2 shared papers
- Jennifer Salerno and Catherine Demers: 1 shared paper
- Jennifer Salerno and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Amit Garg and Petros Pechlivanoglou: 1 shared paper
- Amit Garg and Nicholas Mitsakakis: 1 shared paper
- Amit Garg and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Catherine Demers and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Sunita Mathur and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Dale Corbett and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Petros Pechlivanoglou and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Valeria Rac and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Paul Oh and Carolina Carvalho: 1 shared paper
- Susan Marzolini and Joyce Chen: 1 shared paper
- Susan Marzolini and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Susan Marzolini and Joy Chen: 1 shared paper
- Joyce Chen and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Luc Tremblay and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Nicholas Mitsakakis and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Mark Speechley and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Neville Suskin and Salimah Shariff: 1 shared paper
- Neville Suskin and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- Salimah Shariff and David Alter: 1 shared paper
- David Alter and Carolina Carvalho: 1 shared paper
- David Alter and Joy Chen: 1 shared paper
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
- Medicine
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
- Rehabilitation Science
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Dina Brooks
Rehabilitation Science
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Paul Oh
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Murray Krahn
Toronto General Research Institute
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Carolina Carvalho
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Joy Chen
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Sunita Mathur
Medicine/Respirology
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Sherry Grace
Research
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Dale Corbett
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Petros Pechlivanoglou
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Valeria Rac
Status
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Susan Marzolini
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Joyce Chen
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Luc Tremblay
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Nicholas Mitsakakis
Biostatistics Division
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Mark Speechley
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Neville Suskin
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Jennifer Salerno
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Salimah Shariff
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Amit Garg
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Catherine Demers
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
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