Using Routinely Collected Health Data for Research and Quality Improvement

Objectives:

Define routinely-collected health data, and identify advantages and disadvantages to their use for research, performance measurement, and quality improvement
Emphasize the importance of validation and methodological techniques used to ensure accuracy of work with routinely collected data.
Review the importance of transparency of reporting in research using routinely collected data.

PRESENTERS

Eric Benchimol, MD PhD FRCPC
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, and School of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada