Clinician Resources
BC-CPCSSN Information Sheet
Provides a general overview of BC-CPCSSN for clinicians that highlights benefits of joining, data privacy and security, and the data extraction process.
BC-CPCSSN Quality Improvement Tools Information Sheet
Provides summary information for clinicians on the CPCSSN Data Presentation Tool (DPT).
BC-CPCSSN Quality Improvement Tools Help Document
Contains in-depth information on using the DPT, including how to examine the prevalence of various chronic diseases, visualize top 20 prescribed medications, access the diabetes dashboard, and do custom searches.
Researcher Resources
CPCSSN Case Definitions
View the CPCSSN case definitions.
Newsletters
CPCSSN Newsletter Spring 2022
CPCSSN updates including a new case definition for non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), tips for using the Data Presentation Tool (DPT) and opportunities to participate in any of four new BC research projects.
CPCSSN Newsletter Winter 2020
Updates on the Data Presentation Tool (DPT) chronic kidney disease dashboard, an upcoming workshop on learning health systems in primary care, opportunities to participate in research, and research projects currently using CPCSSN data.
CPCSSN Newsletter Spring 2019
Information on the Data Presentation Tool (DPT) diabetes dashboard and results of the CPCSSN Organizational Survey.
Research Products
Research Posters
EMR Data as a Source of Insights into Primary Care Service Delivery
This poster was shown at the annual conference of the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research in March 2022, and presents an overview of the CPCSSN project including how the data are handled and utilized for research and quality improvement.
Identifying Frailty to Support Policy and Care Using Administrative Data
This poster was presented at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research conference in May 2017. Work is ongoing to use EMR data from CPCSSN to supplement the administrative data used to identify frailty.
The Importance of Data Cleaning when Reporting Statistics from Electronic Medical Record Data
This poster was presented at the Family Medicine Forum in November 2016.
Selected Publications
Queenan JA, Farahani P, Ehsani-Moghadam B, Birtwhistle RV. The prevalence and risk for Herpes Zoster infection in adult patients with Diabetes Mellitus in the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. Can J Diabetes 2018;42(5): 465-469.
Singian KR, Price M, Bungay V, Wong ST. Using Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network data to examine depression in patients with a diagnosis of Parkinson disease: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2016 Aug 8;4(3):E417-E423.
Green ME, Natajaran N, O’Donnell DE, Williamson T, Kotecha J, Khan S, Cave A. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: an epidemiologic cohort study from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. CMAJ Open: 2015;3(1):E15-22.
Godwin M, Williamson T, Khan S, Kaczorowski J, Asghari S, Morkem R, Dawes M, Birtwhistle R. Prevalence and management of hypertension in primary care practices with electronic medical records: a report from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. CMAJ Open. 2015;3(1):E76-82.
Birtwhistle, R, Morkem, R, Peat, G et al. Prevalence and management of osteoarthritis in primary care: an epidemiologic cohort study from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. CMAJ Open 2015:3(3);E270-E275.
Wong, ST, Manca, D, Barber, D et al. The diagnosis of depression and its treatment in Canadian primary care practices: an epidemiological study. CMAJ Open 2014:2(4);E337-E342.
Greiver M, Williamson T, Barber D, Birtwhistle R, Aliarzadeh B, Khan S, Morkem R, Halas G, Harris S, Katz A. Prevalence and epidemiology of diabetes in Canadian primary care practices: a report from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. Can J Diabetes. 2014;38(3):179-85.
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