PBRLNs

Primary care practice-based research and learning networks (PBRLNs) play a crucial role in supporting clinical research.

These networks carry out studies ranging from exploring clinicians’ and patients’ experiences, working with communities, disease prevention and health promotion to randomized controlled trials. There are PBRLNs located in each province and one across the territories, many of which are supported, in part, by the CPCRN. Together, these PBRLNs form the largest data repository of primary care electronic medical record (EMR) data in Canada. EMR data represents an invaluable resource within each provincial network and across Canada.