Background: The Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) has
established a national repository of primary care patient health data that is used for both …

The development of a pan-Canadian network of primary care research networks for studying
issues in primary care has been the vision of Canadian primary care researchers for many …

Network (CPCSSN—pronounced sipsin) started in 2008, with a grant from the Public Health
Agency of Canada (PHAC), to study the feasibility of developing a network to collect health …

Background Population health planning within a health district requires current information
on health profiles of the target population. Information obtained during primary care …

Background: The health monitoring programme of the European Commission has proposed
a set of health indicators whereby the health status of member states can be measured. As …

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the validity of electronic medical records–
based diagnostic algorithms for 5 chronic conditions. Methods: A retrospective validation …

The Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network (ASPN) is a net work of primary health care
practices across the United States and Canada offering (1) a laboratory for the study of …

The Canadian health care system provides universal, publicly funded health services to its
population. Coverage includes visits to primary care, specialists, hospitalization and, in …

Objective To describe the challenges the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance
Network (CPCSSN) experienced with institutional research ethics boards (IREBs) when …

Data are urgently needed to better understand processes of care in Swiss primary care (PC).
A total of 2027 PC physicians, stratified by canton, were invited to participate in the Swiss …