Building a Stronger Primary Care System in Ontario
POPLAR is a collaboration of primary care research and learning networks found within Departments of Family Medicine at six universities across Ontario and the Alliance for Healthier Communities.
The POPLAR networks work together as a learning health system with the goal of sharing data and ideas to understand how primary care can be improved across Ontario.
POPLAR has partnered with ICES, an independent, not-for-profit health research and analytics institute, to safely collect information from patients’ electronic medical records. ICES is one of a handful of organizations in Ontario that have been specifically designated as a prescribed entity to collect and use personal information under the province’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA).
Why contribute primary care data to POPLAR?
Contributing to the network
is easy
Patient population
benefits
Quality improvement benefits
Earn MainPro
credits
Innovative network
collaboration
After Health Information Custodians sign a Data Sharing Agreement, data will be de-identified and stored in the POPLAR Data Repository
Your practice data will ensure that your patient population is represented in evidence and research used for guidelines on best practice for all primary care providers.
Receive reports about quality indicators important to you, helping you to complete the data-driven part of the CPSO QI Program more efficiently
Reflecting on your practice QI reports and participating in research can count towards these credits required for CFPC maintenance of certification
Benefit from being part of a network that can rapidly respond to the unforeseen (such as a global pandemic) and have your contribution recognized and valued by colleagues
