William Silverstein, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

A survey of primary care patients' readiness to engage in the de-adoption practices recommended by Choosing Wisely Canada.
BMC research notes · 2016 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$634,949

All 1 grants and awards

1 publications.

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A survey of primary care patients' readiness to engage in the de-adoption practices recommended by Choosing Wisely Canada.

Silverstein W, Lass E, Born K, Morinville A, Levinson W, Tannenbaum C

BMC research notes201664 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-2103-6 PMID: 27286651

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad; Daneman, Nick; Desveaux, Laura; Ivers, Noah M; McIntyre, Mark; Morris, Andrew M; Schwartz, Kevin L; Taljaard, Monica; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Inpatient Care; Peer-Comparison Feedback Reporting; Pragmatic Randomized Trial

$634,949

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

Department of Medicine
Département de médecine
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

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Cara Tannenbaum

Département de médecine

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Wendy Levinson

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Karen Born

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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