CPCSSN Data Quality - An Opportunity for Enhancing Canadian Primary Care Data - April 2023

Indicators Choosing specific and measurable indicators for each of the five dimensions is vital to effectively evaluate the quality of an EMR-derived dataset.3 In addition to the guidelines and framework provided by the NQAF, extensive reviews provide recommendations on systematic, statistically based methods of data quality assessments.4,7,8,11-14 The indicators chosen to evaluate the data qualit. [...] CPCSSN Data Quality 10 THE CANADIAN PRIMARY CARE SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE NETWORK Data Quality Assessment of the CPCSSN database In the sections that follow, the CPCSSN database is evaluated on the five core data quality dimensions using defined indicators. [...] A comparison of these exam measure to those reported by the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) is displayed in Figure 3.45,46 The CMHS 2012-2013 reports the average waist circumference of females at 90.5 cm and males at 97.5 cm, which is very close to the central measure of waist circumference observations in the CPCSSN database.45 The distribution of BMI observed in the CPCSSN data (50% of pa. [...] Now well into its second decade of existence, CPCSSN is shifting more of its resources to securing and maintaining the integrity of the data within the database while promoting and supporting the use of the data. [...] This publication details how representative the data of the patients and primary care providers in the CPCSSN database are when compared to the Canadian population.25 • CPCSSN has created and supports a multi-page website that provides information on their organization and how to access the data (www.cpcssn.ca).