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The National Physician Database (NPDB) was established in 1987 by the deputy ministers of health and transferred to CIHI in 1995. The NPDB provides information on demographic characteristics of physicians, physician payments and physicians’ level of activity within Canada’s health care system. Explore our Physicians web page, which contains the mos...
The NPDB receives data from provincial and territorial medicare programs through a standardized set of data elements.
Billings by physicians in Canada for health care services are detailed at the individual physician level as well as for patient sex and age groupings. Information on physicians’ non-billings payments is collected at both the individual physician level and an aggregate level.
NPDB data is available for the following fiscal years: 1. Most recent year: 2022–2023 2. Next release: 2023–2024 (fall 2025) 3. Historical data: 1989–1990 to 2022–2023 For data from 1996 to 2022, see our NPDB data table release (ZIP). For additional data back to 1989, please complete a data request form.
NPDB data is derived from physicians’ billings, including fee codes, which are submitted from provincial and territorial medical health care insurance plans. The National Grouping System (NGS) organizes fee codes from billings data into homogenous categories for each province and territory, which allows for comparisons of physician services and act...
The NPDB contains 1. Socio-demographic, payment and service utilization data of physicians 2. Service utilization data, by age group and sex, of physicians’ patients 3. Physician payment information at the individual, specialty and aggregate level
CIHI ensures that the quality of information in our data holdings is suited to its intended uses and that data users are provided with accurate information about data quality. Read more about our Data and Information Quality Program. NPDB data quality documentation can be found in the Methodology Notes (PDF)of the annual NPDB data table release. Fo...
Jun 19, 2019 · Here are five tips to help you capture the best possible clinical photos for eConsult: 1. Lighting. Images need to be bright enough to clearly depict the object of the photo, but not so bright they wash out your image or alter the colours. Whenever possible, take photos in natural, diffuse sunlight.
Jun 12, 2020 · One study, for example, found that clinical notes meant for one patient ended up in a different patient's EMR between 0.3 and 0.5 percent of the time. 3 Although an infrequent occurrence, these mistakes can result in a meaningful number of patients receiving care intended for someone else.
May 23, 2022 · To compare effective strategies for improvement in appropriate medical coding and billing within academic outpatient medical practice, a systemic review of previous literature is crucial.
Nov 17, 2022 · A summary of changes to physician payments over time, including total payments, average payments, type of payment and service utilization cost.
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Consents for medical treatment and billing routinely obtained by hospitals and offices generally address the acquisition, sharing, and recording of identifiable PHI for patient treatment; this will include clinical photographs that are used for medical treatment.
