Electronic Medical Records Primary Care (EMRPC)

Category

Routinely Collected Health Data

Population

Children & Adolescents, Perinatal

Jurisdiction

Ontario Only

Flourishing Outcomes

Access to Maternal & Child Health Services, Access to Maternal & Child Mental Health Services, Child Health & Morbidity, Parental Health & Morbidity

Description: The EMRPC dataset consists of clinically relevant information maintained by family physicians practicing in Ontario derived from electronic medical records (EMRs). Currently, about 400 family physicians with active Data Sharing Agreement representing almost 600,000 patients contribute data to EMRPC. These data have been used for a variety of projects, including: (1) validating methods for identifying patients with particular disease conditions using administrative data; (2) developing automated, accurate methods for identifying patients with disease conditions within the EMR; (3) providing feedback regarding physician performance on quality indicators for several chronic diseases; and (4) examining wait times for referrals from primary care physicians to special.

Access: ICES