Donald J. Willison

4.1k citations

56 papers · 2.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 21

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 2%
General Health Professions top 1%
Economics and Econometrics top 2%
Epidemiology top 10%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 5%

Co-authors: Paul Grootendorst Adrian R. Levy Connie Sellors Bernie J. OʼBrien Lehana Thabane Moira K. Kapral Jiming Fang Janice A. Richards
Topics: Ethics in Clinical Research (29 papers)Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (12 papers)Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (10 papers)
Cited by: Health Informatics Health Information Management Geriatrics and Gerontology
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine JAMA Journal of Clinical Oncology
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

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Donald J. Willison

53 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Artificial intelligence for good health: a scoping review of the ethics literature

2021 220 citations Kathleen Murphy, Erica Di Ruggiero et al. BMC Medical Ethics profile →

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1	Public and patient perspectives on the use of clinical and administrative health data to identify and contact people at risk of future illness—The case of chronic kidney disease 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·Donald J. Willison,Danielle M. Nash,Sarah E. Bota,(unknown),Teresa Scassa,Amit X. Garg,Ann Young,(unknown)	0
2	The Influence of Age, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status on Glycemic Control Among People With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Canada: Patient-Led Longitudinal Retrospective Cross-sectional Study With Multiple Time Points of Measurement 2023 ·JMIR Diabetes ·(unknown),(unknown),Ruth Ndjaboué,Michelle Greiver,(unknown),Selma Chipenda Dansokho,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jonathan McGavock,(unknown),Monia Rekik,(unknown),Donald J. Willison,Audrey Durand,Holly O. Witteman	6
3	Patient consent preferences on sharing personal health information during the COVID-19 pandemic: “the more informed we are, the more likely we are to help” 2022 ·BMC Medical Ethics ·(unknown),(unknown),Katherine Lajkosz,(unknown),Anne Phillips,(unknown),Rebecca Wong,Donald J. Willison,Carl Virtanen,Ann Heesters,Fei‐Fei Liu	15
4	Artificial Intelligence for Good Health: A Scoping Review of the Ethics Literature 2021 ·Research Square ·Kathleen Murphy,Erica Di Ruggiero,Ross Upshur,Donald J. Willison,Neha Malhotra,(unknown),(unknown),Vincci Lui,(unknown)	0
5	The use of personal health information outside the circle of care: consent preferences of patients from an academic health care institution 2021 ·BMC Medical Ethics ·(unknown),(unknown),Katherine Lajkosz,Flavio Habal,Patricia A. Murphy,Rebecca Wong,Donald J. Willison,Carl Virtanen,Ann Heesters,Fei‐Fei Liu	18
6	Artificial Intelligence for Good Health: A Scoping Review of the Ethics Literature 2020 ·Research Square ·Kathleen Murphy,Erica Di Ruggiero,Ross Upshur,Donald J. Willison,Neha Malhotra,(unknown),(unknown),Vincci Lui,Jennifer Gibson	3
7	Artificial Intelligence for Good Health: A Scoping Review of the Ethics Literature 2020 ·Research Square ·Kathleen Murphy,Erica Di Ruggiero,Ross Upshur,Donald J. Willison,Neha Malhotra,(unknown),(unknown),Vincci Lui,(unknown)	7
8	Participatory governance over research in an academic research network: the case of Diabetes Action Canada 2019 ·BMJ Open ·Donald J. Willison,(unknown),Michelle Greiver,Karim Keshavjee,(unknown),Frank Sullivan	14
9	Influenza serological studies to inform public health action: best practices to optimise timing, quality and reporting 2012 ·Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses ·Karen Laurie,Patricia Huston,Steven Riley,Jacqueline M. Katz,Donald J. Willison,John S. Tam,Anthony W. Mounts,Katja Höschler,Elizabeth Miller,(unknown),Eeva Broberg,Maria D. Van Kerkhove,Angus Nicoll	38
10	Research Ethics Broadly Writ: Beyond REB Review 2011 ·James A. Anderson,(unknown),Michael McDonald,Daryl Pullman,Raphael Saginur,Heather Sampson,Donald J. Willison	10
11	ICES Reports: Canada's Response to Pandemic H1N1 Influenza: The Collection of Individual-Level Data at the Point of Vaccination 2010 ·Healthcare Quarterly ·Jeffrey C. Kwong,(unknown),Sherman Quan,Christine Heidebrecht,(unknown),Julie A. Bettinger,David L. Buckeridge,Larry W. Chambers,Natasha S. Crowcroft,Irfan A. Dhalla,(unknown),Donald J. Willison,Jennifer Pereira	2
12	Written informed consent and selection bias in observational studies using medical records: systematic review 2009 ·BMJ ·Michelle E. Kho,Mark Duffett,Donald J. Willison,DJ Cook,Melissa Brouwers	187
13	Informing Governance through Evidence-Based Research on REBs: Challenges and Opportunities 2009 ·DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) ·Michael Owen,Claudia Emerson,(unknown),(unknown),Heather Sampson,Anne Townsend,Donald J. Willison,Roberta L. Woodgate	1
14	Post-Romanow Pharmacare: Last-Dollar First … First-Dollar Lost? 2004 ·A Nudge Too Far? A Nudge at All? On Paying People to Be Healthy ·Steven G. Morgan,Donald J. Willison	11
15	Patients' consent preferences for research uses of information in electronic medical records: interview and survey data 2003 ·BMJ ·Donald J. Willison,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	103
16	More of the Same Is Not Enough 2002 ·A Nudge Too Far? A Nudge at All? On Paying People to Be Healthy ·Donald J. Willison	2
17	Association of Physician and Hospital Volume With Use of Aspirin and Reperfusion Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction 2000 ·Medical Care ·Donald J. Willison,Stephen B. Soumerai,R. Heather Palmer	18
18	Effect of Local Medical Opinion Leaders on Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Trial 1999 ·Survey of Anesthesiology ·Stephen B. Soumerai,Thomas McLaughlin,Jerry H. Gurwitz,Edward Guadagnoli,Paul J. Hauptman,Catherine Borbas,Nora Morris,(unknown),Xiaoming Gao,Donald J. Willison,Richard Asinger,Fredarick L. Gobel	36
19	The role of research evidence in pharmaceutical policy making: evidence when necessary but not necessarily evidence 1999 ·Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice ·Donald J. Willison,(unknown)	14
20	Cost Effectiveness of Multi-Therapy Treatment Strategies in the Prevention of Vertebral Fractures in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis 1998 ·PharmacoEconomics ·(unknown),Daniel Grima,George W. Torrance,Cathy J. Bradley,Jonathan D. Adachi,Rolf J. Sebaldt,Donald J. Willison	28

About Donald J. Willison

Donald J. Willison is a scholar working on Health Informatics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions, having authored 56 papers that have together received 2.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ethics in Clinical Research (29 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (12 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health Informatics (183 citations), Health Information Management (175 citations) and Geriatrics and Gerontology (143 citations). Donald J. Willison has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Paul Grootendorst, Adrian R. Levy, Connie Sellors, Bernie J. OʼBrien, Lehana Thabane, Moira K. Kapral, Jiming Fang, Janice A. Richards, Frank L. Silver and Jerry H. Gurwitz. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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