A data quality assessment to inform hypertension surveillance using primary care electronic medical record data from Alberta, Canada

• Main Authors: Stephanie Garies (Author), Kerry McBrien (Author), Hude Quan (Author), Donna Manca (Author), Neil Drummond (Author), Tyler Williamson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hypertension is a common chronic condition affecting nearly a quarter of Canadians. Hypertension surveillance in Canada typically relies on administrative data and/or national surveys. Routinely-captured data from primary care electronic medical records (EMRs) are a complementary...