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FAQ Group: Consent and Privacy

How does CPCSSN ensure privacy and confidentiality?

CPCSSN does not extract any directly identifiable patient information, such as healthcare number, name, address, phone number, etc. All patients, providers, and clinics are assigned a random study ID; no names of clinics or providers are included in the CPCSSN database. There is additional de-identification software that is run to fully anonymize the data before … Read more How does CPCSSN ensure privacy and confidentiality?

What are patient expectations and how do they provide consent?

Patients expect that their data are used to generate knowledge for better healthcare services/systems. All patients have the option to opt out of having their data included in the CPCSSN database. Although, we have very low numbers of opt outs across Canada. Patients who do wish to opt out can notify their primary care practitioner … Read more What are patient expectations and how do they provide consent?

What does the College of Family Physicians and Surgeons and Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) think about the opt-out model of consent?

The College of Family Physicians endorses CPCSSN for their practice improvement initiative (PII). They helped CPCSSN to create the opt-out model when the project began over 10 years ago.

Latest News

Report: Potentially Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in Canadian Primary Care

Posted: April 21, 2022

In April 2022 CPCSSN released a report on potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in Canadian primary care. The report represents a collaboration between CPCSSN and Choosing Wisely Canada (CWC). CWC is the national voice for reducing unnecessary tests and treatments in Canada. The CWC campaigns for health care providers and their organizations … Read more Report: Potentially Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in Canadian Primary Care

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Work in Progress on Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance

Posted: July 9, 2021

CPCSSN is currently studying antibiotic use and misuse in the context of the growing global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) issue. One of our ongoing projects aims to combine a prescribing app and feedback platform developed by the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) to create a new antimicrobial stewardship tool. This tool will be tested … Read more Work in Progress on Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance

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June 2021 BC-PHCRN Update

Posted: July 9, 2021

Catch up on the latest updates from the BC-PHCRN. Click here for information regarding CPCSSN’s partnership with the University of British Columbia’s Innovation Support Unit on a COVID Immunization Preparedness Primary Care Clinic Toolkit, the SPOR PIHCI Network’s online seminar series, BC-PHCRN’s involvement in SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test summer clinical trials conducted at the University … Read more June 2021 BC-PHCRN Update

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