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Artificial intelligence for good health: a scoping review of the ethics literature by Murphy, Kathleen, Di Ruggiero, Erica, Upshur, Ross, Willison, Donald J, Malhotra, Neha, Cai, Jia Ce, Malhotra, Nakul, Lui, Vincci, Gibson, Jennifer

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) has been described as the "fourth industrial revolution" with transformative and global implications, including in healthcare,…”
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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 by Willison, Donald J, Nash, Danielle M, Bota, Sarah E, Almadhoun, Samar, Scassa, Teresa, Garg, Amit X, Young, Ann

“…For decades, researchers have used linkable administrative health data for evaluating the health care system, subject to local privacy legislation. In Ontario,…”
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Association between the 2008-09 seasonal influenza vaccine and pandemic H1N1 illness during Spring-Summer 2009: four observational studies from Canada by Skowronski, Danuta M, De Serres, Gaston, Crowcroft, Natasha S, Janjua, Naveed Z, Boulianne, Nicole, Hottes, Travis S, Rosella, Laura C, Dickinson, James A, Gilca, Rodica, Sethi, Pam, Ouhoummane, Najwa, Willison, Donald J, Rouleau, Isabelle, Petric, Martin, Fonseca, Kevin, Drews, Steven J, Rebbapragada, Anuradha, Charest, Hugues, Hamelin, Marie-Eve, Boivin, Guy, Gardy, Jennifer L, Li, Yan, Kwindt, Trijntje L, Patrick, David M, Brunham, Robert C

“…In late spring 2009, concern was raised in Canada that prior vaccination with the 2008-09 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) was associated with…”
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Impracticability of Informed Consent in the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network by Tu, Jack V, Willison, Donald J, Silver, Frank L, Fang, Jiming, Richards, Janice A, Laupacis, Andreas, Kapral, Moira K

“…Governments and ethics boards increasingly require written informed consent from all subjects before enrollment in clinical registries. The authors of this…”
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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 by Mousavi, Seyedmostafa, Tannenbaum Greenberg, Dana, Ndjaboué, Ruth, Greiver, Michelle, Drescher, Olivia, Chipenda Dansokho, Selma, Boutin, Denis, Chouinard, Jean-Marc, Dostie, Sylvie, Fenton, Robert, Greenberg, Marley, McGavock, Jonathan, Najam, Adhiyat, Rekik, Monia, Weisz, Tom, Willison, Donald J, Durand, Audrey, Witteman, Holly O

“…Clinical guidelines for most adults with diabetes recommend maintaining hemoglobin A (HbA ) levels ≤7% (≤53 mmol/mol) to avoid microvascular and macrovascular…”
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Consent for use of personal information for health research: do people with potentially stigmatizing health conditions and the general public differ in their opinions? by Willison, Donald J, Steeves, Valerie, Charles, Cathy, Schwartz, Lisa, Ranford, Jennifer, Agarwal, Gina, Cheng, Ji, Thabane, Lehana

“…Stigma refers to a distinguishing personal trait that is perceived as or actually is physically, socially, or psychologically disadvantageous. Little is known…”
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Canada’s future health care system by Willison, Donald J., ScD MSc, O’Neill, Braden G., MD PhD, Greiver, Michelle, MD, Sullivan, Frank, PhD

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Views on health information sharing and privacy from primary care practices using electronic medical records by Perera, Gihan, Holbrook, Anne, Thabane, Lehana, Foster, Gary, Willison, Donald J

“…Abstract Objective To determine how patients and physicians balance the perceived benefits and harms of sharing electronic health data for patient care and for…”
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Alternatives to project-specific consent for access to personal information for health research: insights from a public dialogue by Willison, Donald J, Swinton, Marilyn, Schwartz, Lisa, Abelson, Julia, Charles, Cathy, Northrup, David, Cheng, Ji, Thabane, Lehana

“…The role of consent for research use of health information is contentious. Most discussion has focused on when project-specific consent may be waived but,…”
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Participatory governance over research in an academic research network: the case of Diabetes Action Canada by Willison, Donald J, Trowbridge, Joslyn, Greiver, Michelle, Keshavjee, Karim, Mumford, Doug, Sullivan, Frank

“…Digital data generated in the course of clinical care are increasingly being leveraged for a wide range of secondary purposes. Researchers need to develop…”
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An alternate level of care plan: Co‐designing components of an intervention with patients, caregivers and providers to address delayed hospital discharge challenges by Kuluski, Kerry, Ho, Julia W, Cadel, Lauren, Shearkhani, Sara, Levy, Charissa, Marcinow, Michelle, Peckham, Allie, Sandercock, Jane, Willison, Donald J, Guilcher, Sara JT

“…Objective To engage with patients, caregivers and care providers to co‐design components of an intervention that aims to improve delayed hospital discharge…”
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Perceptions of immunization information systems for collecting pandemic H1N1 immunization data within Canada's public health community: a qualitative study by Heidebrecht, Christine L, Foisy, Julie, Pereira, Jennifer A, Quan, Sherman D, Willison, Donald J, Deeks, Shelley L, Finkelstein, Michael, Crowcroft, Natasha S, Buckeridge, David L, Guay, Maryse, Sikora, Christopher A, Kwong, Jeffrey C

“…Immunization information systems (IISs) are electronic registries used to monitor individual vaccination status and assess vaccine coverage. IISs are currently…”
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If you build it, they will come: unintended future uses of organised health data collections by O'Doherty, Kieran C, Christofides, Emily, Yen, Jeffery, Bentzen, Heidi Beate, Burke, Wylie, Hallowell, Nina, Koenig, Barbara A, Willison, Donald J

“…Health research increasingly relies on organized collections of health data and biological samples. There are many types of sample and data collections that…”
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Survey of Awareness and Perceptions of Canadians on the Benefits and Risks of Clinical Trials by Willison, Donald J, Richards, Dawn P, Orth, Alison, Harris, Heather, Marlin, Susan

“…Little is known about the Canadian public's perspective regarding clinical trials. We surveyed 1602 Ontario and British Columbia residents to ascertain their…”
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Who's minding the shop? The role of Canadian research ethics boards in the creation and uses of registries and biobanks by Gibson, Elaine, Brazil, Kevin, Coughlin, Michael D, Emerson, Claudia, Fournier, Francois, Schwartz, Lisa, Szala-Meneok, Karen V, Weisbaum, Karen M, Willison, Donald J

“…The amount of research utilizing health information has increased dramatically over the last ten years. Many institutions have extensive biobank holdings…”
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Deliberation on Childhood Vaccination in Canada: Public Input on Ethical Trade-Offs in Vaccination Policy by O'Doherty, Kieran C., Crann, Sara, Bucci, Lucie Marisa, Burgess, Michael M., Chauhan, Apurv, Goldenberg, Maya J., McMurtry, C. Meghan, White, Jessica, Willison, Donald J.

“…Policy decisions about childhood vaccination require consideration of multiple, sometimes conflicting, public health and ethical imperatives. Examples of these…”
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What makes public health studies ethical? Dissolving the boundary between research and practice by Willison, Donald J, Ondrusek, Nancy, Dawson, Angus, Emerson, Claudia, Ferris, Lorraine E, Saginur, Raphael, Sampson, Heather, Upshur, Ross

“…The generation of evidence is integral to the work of public health and health service providers. Traditionally, ethics has been addressed differently in…”
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Written informed consent and selection bias in observational studies using medical records: systematic review by Kho, Michelle E, Duffett, Mark, Willison, Donald J, Cook, Deborah J, Brouwers, Melissa C

“…Objectives To determine whether informed consent introduces selection bias in prospective observational studies using data from medical records, and consent…”
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Alternatives to Project-specific Consent for Access to Personal Information for Health Research: What Is the Opinion of the Canadian Public? by Willison, Donald J., Schwartz, Lisa, Abelson, Julia, Charles, Cathy, Swinton, Marilyn, Northrup, David, Thabane, Lehana

“…This study sought to determine public opinion on alternatives to project-specific consent for use of their personal information for health research. The…”
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Influenza serological studies to inform public health action: best practices to optimise timing, quality and reporting by Laurie, Karen L., Huston, Patricia, Riley, Steven, Katz, Jacqueline M., Willison, Donald J., Tam, John S., Mounts, Anthony W., Hoschler, Katja, Miller, Elizabeth, Vandemaele, Kaat, Broberg, Eeva, Van Kerkhove, Maria D., Nicoll, Angus

“…Please cite this paper as: Laurie et al. (2013) Influenza serological studies to inform public health action: best practices to optimise timing, quality and…”
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