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 …

Background Osteoarthritis is a common chronic condition that affects many older Canadians
and is a considerable cause of disability. Our objective was to describe the epidemiology of …

… Barber MD c , Richard Birtwhistle MD c d , Babak Aliarzadeh MD a b , Shahriar Khan MSc
c , Rachael Morkem MSc c , Gayle Halas MA e , Stewart Harris MD f , Alan Katz MB, ChB e …

Background A diagnosis of depression is common in primary care practices, but data are
lacking on the prevalence in Canadian practices. We describe the prevalence of the diagnosis …

Objective: To evaluate the prescribing patterns of antidepressants (ADs) by primary care
providers to youth, adults, and seniors, from 2006 to 2012, using data from electronic medical …

Background Building and validating electronic algorithms to identify patients with specific
disease profiles using health data is becoming increasingly important to disease surveillance …

Background Electronic medical records (EMRs) used in primary care contain a breadth of
data that can be used in public health research. Patient data from EMRs could be linked with …

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and incidence of ADHD
medication prescribing, by age and gender, from 2005 to 2015 in Canadian primary care. Method…

Background: Over 1 million Canadians have class II or III obesity; however, access to weight-loss
interventions for these patients remains limited. The purpose of our study was to …

Objectives This research examines the feasibility of using electronic medical records within
the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) for obesity …