Wendy Levinson, University of Toronto

Research

Appropriateness Overuse Performance Indicators Quality Of Care Resource Stewardship

Latest papers

The Climate Conversation: Incorporating Planetary Health into Shared Decision-Making.
Journal of general internal medicine · 2026 · first author
Advancing the 'Choosing Wisely' campaign to reduce low-value care in China.
BMJ evidence-based medicine · 2026
Raising the single-unit transfusion benchmark in a national quality improvement campaign: Can we do better?
Vox sanguinis · 2026

All 109 publications

Latest funding

Canadian ANtibiotic prescribing feedback initiative: Building a national framework to combat AntiMicrobial Resistance in primary care (CANBuild-AMR) - Planning and Dissemination Grant
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$50,000
Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$15,000
Monitoring the Overuse of Medical Services Across Populations
CIHR · 2014 · Nominated PI
$10,000

All 6 grants and awards

109 publications.

01

The Climate Conversation: Incorporating Planetary Health into Shared Decision-Making.

Levinson W, Oudenes J, Gupta S

Journal of general internal medicine2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10180-5 PMID: 42277371

02

Advancing the 'Choosing Wisely' campaign to reduce low-value care in China.

Pan J, Levinson W, Wei X, Lu L

BMJ evidence-based medicine2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2025-114176 PMID: 41690807

03

Raising the single-unit transfusion benchmark in a national quality improvement campaign: Can we do better?

Ahn M, Day D, Levinson W, Huynh T, Lin Y

Vox sanguinis2026

DOI: 10.1111/vox.70134 PMID: 41083201

04

Gender Matters, Age Counts: Patterns of Antipsychotic Prescribing in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes.

Mulla RT, Karagheusian K, Patey AM, Weir J, Feldman S, Levinson W, Huynh T, Hirdes JP

Healthcare management forum2026

DOI: 10.1177/08404704261437387 PMID: 41949440

05

Evaluating a quality improvement learning collaborative: qualitative evaluation of Using Labs Wisely.

Patey AM, Sivashanmugathas V, Hurwitz G, Weinerman A, Simons J, Levinson W

BMJ open quality2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003906 PMID: 42303386

06

Teaching Resource Stewardship to Medical Students-Less but Better.

Silverstein WK, Levinson W

JAMA network open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.39468 PMID: 41143799

07

Top 15 Choosing Wisely international campaign recommendations to reduce low-value care.

Levinson W, Born K, Franco JVA, Kopitowski KS

BMJ evidence-based medicine2025First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2025-113804 PMID: 40467097

08

The Clinician in Quality and Innovation: A Qualitative Study of a Novel Academic Pathway at 10 Years.

Goldman J, Wong BM, Hawker G, Levinson W, Shojania KG

American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality2025

DOI: 10.1097/jmq.0000000000000248 PMID: 40289314

09

A closer look at the role of apology in error disclosure: a simulation study.

Shannon SE, Espin S, Dunlap BS, Robins L, Odegard PS, Prouty C, Kim S, Levinson W, Helmer CG, Gallagher TH

Frontiers in health services2025

DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1569550 PMID: 40529794

10

Minimizing the Effects of Surgical Care on Climate Change.

Levinson W, Chang I, Ward S

JAMA2025First author

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.0883 PMID: 40111312

Canadian ANtibiotic prescribing feedback initiative: Building a national framework to combat AntiMicrobial Resistance in primary care (CANBuild-AMR) - Planning and Dissemination Grant

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Schwartz, Kevin L

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Audit And Feedback; Knowledge Translation; Primary Care

$50,000

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ivers, Noah M

Keywords: Audit And Feedback; Learning Health System; Quality Improvement

$15,000

Monitoring the Overuse of Medical Services Across Populations

Nominated PICIHR2014Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Levinson, Wendy

Keywords: Appropriateness; Overuse; Performance Indicators; Quality Of Care; Resource Stewardship

$10,000

A Virtual Ward to Reduce Readmissions after Hospital Discharge

Principal investigatorCIHR2009Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Laupacis, Andreas; Levinson, Wendy; Rochon, Paula A

Keywords: Community-Based Care; Health Services Research; Hospital Care; Interdisciplinary Care; Readmissions; Transitions In Care

$349,951

Exploring mentorship as a strategy to build capacity for knowledge translation research and practice

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Knowledge Translation

Principal investigators: Gagliardi, Anna R

Keywords: Education; Interviews; Knowledge Translation; Mentorship; Research Capacity; Scoping Review

$83,765

Exploring racial/ethnic differences in communication between patients and orthopaedic surgeons

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hudak, Pamela L.

Keywords: patient-surgeon communication; racial/ethnic differences in communication; conversation analysis; qualitative research; orthopaedic surgery

$88,077

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

Frequent collaborators

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.

Karen Born

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

8 shared papers, latest 2025

Lynn Wilson

Department of Family and Community Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 2018

Ayelet Kuper

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

4 shared papers, latest 2013

Danielle Martin

Centre for Urban Health Solutions

4 shared papers, latest 2020

Farah Ahmad

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

3 shared papers, latest 2010

Fiona Webster

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

3 shared papers, latest 2016

Andreas Laupacis

Family and Community Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2010

Farah Ahmad

Health Policy and Management

3 shared papers, latest 2010

Michael Schull

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

2 shared papers, latest 2016

Alexander Singer

Community Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Onil Bhattacharyya

Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

2 shared papers, latest 2016

Wendy Levinson

Clinical Epidemiology

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Mark Dobrow

Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Tanya Horsley

Family Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Michael Wilson

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

2 shared papers, latest 2022

John Lavis

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Alan Katz

Community Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Vicky Stergiopoulos

School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2016

Adrian Levy

Community Health and Epidemiology

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Li Ka Shing Knowledge

2 shared papers, latest 2016

Samir Sinha

Institute for Human Development, Life Course & Aging

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Michael Wilson

Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Louise Rose

Critical Care Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Ross Upshur

Earth, Environment & Society

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Adrian Levy

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The Climate Conversation: Incorporating Planetary Health into Shared Decision-Making.

Advancing the 'Choosing Wisely' campaign to reduce low-value care in China.

Raising the single-unit transfusion benchmark in a national quality improvement campaign: Can we do better?

Gender Matters, Age Counts: Patterns of Antipsychotic Prescribing in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes.

Evaluating a quality improvement learning collaborative: qualitative evaluation of Using Labs Wisely.

Teaching Resource Stewardship to Medical Students-Less but Better.

Top 15 Choosing Wisely international campaign recommendations to reduce low-value care.

The Clinician in Quality and Innovation: A Qualitative Study of a Novel Academic Pathway at 10 Years.

A closer look at the role of apology in error disclosure: a simulation study.

Minimizing the Effects of Surgical Care on Climate Change.

Canadian ANtibiotic prescribing feedback initiative: Building a national framework to combat AntiMicrobial Resistance in primary care (CANBuild-AMR) - Planning and Dissemination Grant

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.

Monitoring the Overuse of Medical Services Across Populations

A Virtual Ward to Reduce Readmissions after Hospital Discharge

Exploring mentorship as a strategy to build capacity for knowledge translation research and practice

Exploring racial/ethnic differences in communication between patients and orthopaedic surgeons

Frequent collaborators

Karen Born

Joshua Tepper

Shiphra Ginsburg

Lynn Wilson

Sherry Espin

Ayelet Kuper

Danielle Martin

Tai Huynh

Farah Ahmad

Fiona Webster

Andreas Laupacis

Gillian Hawker

Farah Ahmad

Michael Schull

Michael Hillmer

Alexander Singer

Onil Bhattacharyya

Wendy Levinson

Michael Hillmer

Gary Teare

Stephen Bornstein

Gary Naglie

Mark Dobrow

Tanya Horsley

Michael Wilson

John Lavis

Alan Katz

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Adrian Levy

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Lianne Jeffs

Samir Sinha

Samir Gupta

Elizabeth Mansfield

Michael Wilson

Louise Rose

Alies Maybee

Mary Bell

Ross Upshur

Adrian Levy