title: Assessing the feasibility of extracting clinical information to create quality indicators from primary healthcare practice EMRs.
abstract: In 2011, a panel of primary healthcare (PHC) providers in Nova Scotia rated 19 of 35 selected Canadian Institute for Health Information (2006) clinical quality indicators (QIs) as "acceptable." In this study, the authors explored the feasibility of extracting electronic medical record (EMR) data required to create these PHC QI measures.
authors.affiliation: Fred Burge, MD, FCFP, MSc, is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burge
authors.forename: Beverley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van Aarsen
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Putnam
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D009674:Nova Scotia; D011320:Primary Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*