CAPHC – Canadian Paediatric Decision Support Network (CPDSN)

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What is CAPHC – Canadian Paediatric Decision Support Network (CPDSN)?

CAPHC - CPDSN is a network of the 16 academic paediatric health centres (17 facilities) that have come together as an organization to advance paediatric empirical decision support in Canada with the goal of improving health care and health of Canadian children, youth and their families. Our mandate is to coordinate and oversee national data sharing, networking and benchmarking for the paediatric health community.

Our members represent professionals from senior management, medical staff, decision support and quality management in paediatric health facilities.

History of CAPHC – CPDSN

Originally called the “Paediatric Data Share Project” (PDSP), the group began in 1995 as a project designed to facilitate the access of comparative clinical information for hospitals specializing in paediatric care. The official agreement was signed in the spring of 1996 between the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital, the British Columbia Children’s Hospital and the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Between 1996 and 2002, five additional facilities joined the collective and the organization was re-branded as the “Canadian Paediatric Decision Support Network” (CPDSN).

In 2004, CPDSN approached CAPHC to discuss partnership opportunities to coordinate an integrated approach for data sharing and collaborative initiatives as one national voice. By 2005, a collaborative partnership was established and CPDSN became the CAPHC-CPDSN within the CAPHC organization.

Building on CPDSN’s decade of achievements in data quality improvements and benchmarking activities, the new CAPHC-CPDSN is dedicated to promoting and enhancing Canadian paediatric data sharing and best practices.

Where CAPHC – CPDSN is today

• The organization is governed by a Steering Committee whose membership is made up of a representative from each of the 16 academic paediatric health centres (17 facilities)
• The Steering Committee is responsible for developing strategic priorities around national benchmarking initiatives and data quality improvement projects with a view of delivering high value and impact for the CAPHC-CPDSN membership. They collectively bring together their expertise, knowledge and vision to advance paediatric decision support in Canada.
• A National Coordinator Coordinator leads the data collection, national benchmarking and report writing process.
• CAPHC-CPDSN is also working in partnership with CIHI as the Paediatric Community of Practice (CoP) using the new CIHI Portal product
  • CIHI Portal provides access to analytical software used for reporting and sharing of pan-Canadian paediatric data housed within CIHI’s national data warehouses

Contact Information

To learn more about the CAPHC-CPDSN and our initiatives, please contact:

Leah Boon
National Coordinator
CAPHC - Canadian Paediatric Decision Support Network
Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres
Suite 104, 2141 Thurston Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 6C9
Tel: 613-738-4164
Fax: 613-738-3247
email: lboon@caphc.org