Pete Wegier, University of Toronto

Research

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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
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.
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025

All 42 publications

Latest funding

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
Estimating the Economic Value of an Interoperable Real-Time 'Command Centre' (CC) Technology at a Major Acute Care Hospital in Ontario, Canada
CIHR · 2021 · Supervisor
$108,500

All 2 grants and awards

42 publications.

01

"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

02

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

03

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

04

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

05

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

06

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

07

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

08

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

09

Quality versus risk of bias assessment of palliative care trials: comparison of two tools.

Isenberg SR, Kavalieratos D, Chow R, Le L, Wegier P, Zimmermann C

BMJ supportive & palliative care2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002539 PMID: 33208350

10

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

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

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lau, Jenny; Gomes, Tara; Isenberg, Sarina R; Tanuseputro, Peter

Keywords: Clinical Research; Cohort Study; Health Service Research; Healthcare Marginalization And Access; Mixed-Methods; Opioid Use Disorder; Pain Management; Palliative Care; Qualitative Methods

$520,200

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

SupervisorCIHR2021Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Central Canada 2 year

Principal investigators: Mac, Stephen

Keywords: Cost Analysis; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Decision Analytic Modeling; Digital Health; Digital Technologies; Economic Evaluation; Health Economics; Health Policy; Health Systems Financing; Hospital-Level Hta

$108,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Department of Medicine
Medicine
Department of Family and Community Medicine
School of Nursing
Rehabilitation Science
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Epidemiology Division
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1 shared papers, latest 2022

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