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William A. Ghali

William A. Ghali

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Medicine

D-Index
109
Citations
68853
World Ranking
5660
National Ranking
223

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

William A. Ghali is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within health professions and medicine, with a substantial focus on health information management and health systems.

Their recent research includes the following papers:

  • Effect of Clinical Decision Support With Audit and Feedback on Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography, 2022, JAMA
  • Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance genes and its association with restricted antimicrobial use in food-producing animals: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Human-centred design processes for clinical decision support: A pulmonary embolism case study, 2020, International Journal of Medical Informatics
  • An international Delphi consensus study to define motivational communication in the context of developing a training program for physicians, 2020, Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Prophylactic Endoscopic Clipping Does Not Prevent Delayed Postpolypectomy Bleeding in Routine Clinical Practice: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study, 2020, The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Their work is frequently published in the following venues:

  • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
  • BMJ Open Quality
  • International Journal of Medical Informatics
  • CMAJ Open
  • PLoS ONE

William A. Ghali's research covers key fields of study, including:

  • Health Professions
  • Medicine

Subfields of their studies highlight the following areas:

  • General Health Professions
  • Health Information Management
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Surgery

Main topics within their research include:

  • Medical Coding and Health Information
  • Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Frequent collaborators in their publications include:

  • Danielle A. Southern
  • Hude Quan (8 publications)
  • Karen Tang (7 publications)
  • Matthew T. James (6 publications)
  • Wrechelle Ocampo (6 publications)

William A. Ghali has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2017 in the Academy of Science category.

Best Publications

  • Coding algorithms for defining comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 administrative data.

    Hude Quan;Vijaya Sundararajan;Patricia Halfon;Andrew Fong

  • Increasing Incidence and Prevalence of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases With Time, Based on Systematic Review

    Natalie A. Molodecky;Ing Shian Soon;Doreen M. Rabi;William A. Ghali

  • The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada

    G. Ross Baker;Peter G. Norton;Virginia Flintoft;Régis Blais

  • New ICD-10 version of the Charlson comorbidity index predicted in-hospital mortality

    Vijaya Sundararajan;Toni Henderson;Catherine L. Perry;Amanda Muggivan

  • Association of alcohol consumption with selected cardiovascular disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Paul E Ronksley;Susan E Brien;Barbara J Turner;Kenneth J Mukamal

  • Physician wellness: a missing quality indicator.

    Jean E Wallace;Jane B Lemaire;William A Ghali

  • Active Smoking and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Carole Willi;Patrick Bodenmann;William A. Ghali;Peter D. Faris

  • D-dimer for the exclusion of acute venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: a systematic review.

    Stein Pd;Hull Rd;Patel Kc;Olson Re

  • Restricting the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals and its associations with antibiotic resistance in food-producing animals and human beings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Karen L Tang;Niamh P Caffrey;Diego B Nóbrega;Susan C Cork

  • Effect of alcohol consumption on biological markers associated with risk of coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional studies

    Susan E Brien;Paul E Ronksley;Barbara J Turner;Kenneth J Mukamal

  • Exploring physician specialist response rates to web-based surveys

    Ceara Tess Cunningham;Hude Quan;Brenda R. Hemmelgarn;Tom W. Noseworthy

  • Assessing Validity of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 Administrative Data in Recording Clinical Conditions in a Unique Dually Coded Database

    Hude Quan;Bing Li;L Duncan Saunders;Gerry A Parsons

  • Why Do Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Not Receive Warfarin

    Tammy J. Bungard;William A. Ghali;Koon K. Teo;Finlay A. McAlister

  • Dealing with missing data in a multi-question depression scale: a comparison of imputation methods

    Fiona M Shrive;Fiona M Shrive;Heather Stuart;Heather Stuart;Hude Quan;Hude Quan;William A Ghali

  • Validity of information on comorbidity derived rom ICD-9-CCM administrative data.

    Hude Quan;Gerry A Parsons;William A Ghali

  • Comparison of the Elixhauser and Charlson/Deyo methods of comorbidity measurement in administrative data.

    Danielle A Southern;Hude Quan;William A Ghali

  • A comprehensive view of sex-specific issues related to cardiovascular disease

    Louise Pilote;Kaberi Dasgupta;Veena Guru;Karin H. Humphries

  • Cost analysis of ongoing care of patients with end-stage renal disease: the impact of dialysis modality and dialysis access.

    Helen Lee;Braden Manns;Ken Taub;William A. Ghali

  • Adapting the charlson comorbidity index for use in patients with ESRD

    Brenda R Hemmelgarn;Braden J Manns;Hude Quan;William A Ghali

  • Early Risk of Stroke After Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Caren M. Wu;Kevin McLaughlin;Diane L. Lorenzetti;Michael D. Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Hude Quan
Hude Quan University of Calgary
Braden J. Manns
Braden J. Manns University of Calgary
Finlay A. McAlister
Finlay A. McAlister University of Alberta
Rollin Brant
Rollin Brant University of British Columbia
Brenda R. Hemmelgarn
Brenda R. Hemmelgarn University of Calgary
Jacques Cornuz
Jacques Cornuz University Center for General Medicine and Public Health (Unisanté)
Harold Alan Pincus
Harold Alan Pincus Columbia University
Russell D. Hull
Russell D. Hull University of Calgary
Patrick S. Romano
Patrick S. Romano University of California, Davis
Ross T. Tsuyuki
Ross T. Tsuyuki University of Alberta

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