title: Primary care electronic medical records: a new data source for research in Canada.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Family Medicine and Public Health (Birtwhistle), Queen's University, Kingston; Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Williamson), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. richard.birtwhistle@dfm.queensu.ca.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Birtwhistle
authors.affiliation: Departments of Family Medicine and Public Health (Birtwhistle), Queen's University, Kingston; Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Williamson), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
authors.forename: Tyler
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003219:Confidentiality; D003625:Data Collection; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data